Chinese Traditional Criminal Law Theory and Practice

Author: Song Sibei
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Publish Date: 2004-10-13
Features: This book consists of eleven chapters. Chapter primarily explores the characteristics and impacts of the origin of Chinese criminal law from specific conditions and special approaches. Chapters 2 to 5 belong to the criminal theory section, discussing the germination, formation, development, and changes of several major criminal theories, with a focus on their main content and characteristics. Chapters 6 to 7 belong to the legislative overview and technical section, organizing and introducing relevant materials on traditional Chinese criminal legislative activities and legal sources, and summarizing their characteristics through the evolution of the structure of criminal codes. Chapters 8 to 9 belong to the general theory section, focusing on the concept of crime and its features and constitutive elements, as well as the fundamental principles and other sentencing principles in traditional Chinese criminal law. Chapters 10 to 11 belong to the specific theory section, introducing the names and penalties of traditional Chinese criminal law while separately studying their characteristics. This book has three main features: First, in terms of the organizational structure, it follows the framework of modern criminal law and the sequence of historical development to study the basic theories and practical issues of traditional Chinese criminal law. Second, it dedicates four chapters to systematically and comprehensively study traditional Chinese criminal theory by organizing and analyzing the thoughts of "divine governance," "moral governance," "ritual governance," and "legal governance." Third, it provides its own perspectives on the characteristics of the general overview of traditional Chinese criminal legislation, the evolution of the of criminal codes, and other related aspects.