Criminal Law

Author: Liu Defa
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Publish Date: 2004-10-13
Features: Criminal law is a major course in higher legal education. This textbook strictly adheres to the requirements of main course textbooks for higher education legal majors, following the principle of integrating theory with practice. It comprehensively and accurately introduces the basic knowledge and fundamental principles of criminal law in China, incorporating the latest criminal legislation and judicial achievements. It emphasizes the application of criminal theory to solve practical problems in criminal judicial practice, thereby ensuring the textbook has a high academic level and practical value.
In addition to the introduction, the textbook is divided into four parts: Introduction to Criminal Law, General Theory of Crimes, General Theory of Punishments, and Specific Offenses and Punishments. The first three parts cover the basic theories and general principles of criminal law, focusing on the general provisions of criminal law as the research subject. They systematically and thoroughly discuss the nature of criminal law, its fundamental principles, crimes and their common elements, justifiable acts, forms of completion in intentional crimes, joint offenses, forms of crime number, criminal liability, general theories of punishment, types of punishment, and the criminal system, among other issues related to the determination and sentencing of crimes.
The fourth part, Specific Offenses and Punishments, discusses each of the ten categories of crimes stipulated in the current Criminal Code chapter by chapter. The content covers the common theories of various crimes, the standards for the establishment of specific crimes and their related theories, highlighting their practical applicability.
To highlight its judicial utility, the textbook not only elaborates on common and key crimes but also provides detailed and appropriately concise discussions and arguments for various specific crimes. This is a distinct feature that sets it apart from other similar textbooks.