Criminal Law

Author: Chen Minghua
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Traditional theories generally divide criminal law into general principles and specific principles, corresponding to the General Provisions and Specific Provisions in China's Criminal Code. The general principles part of this book consists of the following sections:
1. Introduction, which summarizes the basic theories of criminal law, as well as historical schools and doctrines.
2. General Principles of Crimes, which provides detailed discussions on the constitutive elements of crimes, different forms of crimes, exclusions from criminal liability, joint crimes, and issues of crime count.
3. General Principles of Criminal Responsibility and Punishment, which explains the issues of responsibility and punishment in crimes, with more detailed coverage of the reduction of criminal punishment systems, including the penal system, discretion, sentencing, execution, and abolition of punishment.
The specific principles part of the book is titled "General Principles of Crimes and Punishments," which introduces ten categories of crimes as stipulated in the Criminal Code, following an overview of crimes and punishments.