Judicial Independence and Modern China

Author: Han Xiutao
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book is an academic monograph that systematically studies the historical development of judicial independence in modern China. The author employs a historical narrative approach and utilizes the analytical framework of legal sociology. Starting with an analysis of the characteristics of traditional Chinese justice and its crisis in the modern era, the book delves into the intellectual understanding of judicial independence in late Qing society and the numerous obstacles encountered in judicial reform practices. Building on this foundation, it rigorously examines the theoretical frameworks and institutional designs surrounding judicial independence during the Republican period. It proposes the transformation of judicial independence from a value concept of Western rule of law into a tool concept in modern China, and explores the historical significance of this transformation for the development of modern Chinese justice and contemporary judicial reform and modernization in China. This book is suitable for teachers and students of law and history at universities and colleges, as well as for practitioners in public security, procuratorates, courts, and other judicial departments.