Research on in the Late Qing Dynasty

Author: Li Qicheng
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is based on a large amount of primary sources, reconstructing the entire process of the establishment and operation of the various judicial courts in the late Qing Dynasty—simultaneously the earliest local courts in China—from both procedural and substantive aspects. It analyzes the breakthroughs made by these courts in traditional judicial systems and examines the challenges they faced during operation from multiple perspectives. Finally, it points out that the establishment of the various judicial courts in the late Qing Dynasty was a significant event in the history of Chinese judicial systems, marking the first implementation of the idea of judicial independence at the local level and putting the four-tier, three-instance system into practice. The achievements of judges' independent case handling, emphasis on procedures, separate trials for civil and criminal cases, and the selection of judges through professional examinations were inherited and developed by the Republic of China, and indirectly influenced the judicial systems after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The book reconstructs the entire process of the establishment and operation of the various judicial courts in the late Qing Dynasty—simultaneously the earliest local courts in China—and analyzes the breakthroughs made by these courts in traditional judicial systems from both procedural and substantive aspects, as well as the challenges they faced during operation.