Legal Application Manual: Criminal Law Volume

Author: Shanghai Law Society
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: The format of the "Legal Application Manual" facilitates a thorough understanding of specific topics. Users can easily locate relevant legal provisions when referencing it, saving time in judicial proceedings and legal services. By eliminating the previous hassle of searching for information, users' interest in learning is likely to increase. This is highly beneficial for the improvement of the legal system and the promotion of the rule of law spirit.
In the past, judges, prosecutors, and parties involved in litigation often faced an imbalance of legal information. Many so-called "internal regulations" played a role in trials. This information asymmetry gave judicial workers an actual advantage. However, with the development of democratic political systems, this situation has been fundamentally changed. Judicial workers no longer rely on "internal regulations" to act but must be more familiar with and understand the legal spirit to gain the initiative in their work.
Familiarity with the law does not merely require memorizing provisions but, more importantly, fully understanding the legal spirit, carefully deliberating, and ensuring accurate legal application. This guides the operation of society and the behavior of people in the direction determined by law. Understanding and interpreting legal norms have become a crucial part of case handling, as countless cases have proven that if the law is misinterpreted or applied inaccurately, society may "lose its norms."
Therefore, the "Legal Application Manual" bears an obvious responsibility in helping a broad readership, especially judicial workers, become familiar with legal provisions and understand the legal spirit.