Research Report on the Development of Criminal Rule of Law. Volume 2004

Author: Zhao Bingzhi
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The 2004 volume of this book collects 12 research consultation reports submitted by the Research Center for Criminal Law Science at Renmin University of China to national legislative and central political and legal leadership organs, as well as other relevant research by the center that align with the book's purpose, totaling 27 articles. These cover many cutting-edge topics in the development of China's criminal legal system, holding positive theoretical reference significance for advancing the progress of China's criminal legal system. This volume is divided into three parts:
Part "Death Penalty Cluster" includes 8 reports on restricting and abolishing the death penalty. Reasonable restrictions on the death penalty are an important aspect of improving China's criminal law. The excessive and indiscriminate application of the death penalty has not only severely impacted the healthy development of the criminal legal system but has also, to some extent, become a significant obstacle to the advancement of China's socialist rule of law and the construction of a harmonious society. In recent years, the academic community in China has widely called for substantial reductions and restrictions on the application of the death penalty through legislative and judicial means, gradually abolishing the death penalty for non-violent crimes. This has led to increasing discussions on the death penalty issue among all sectors of society, making it one of the topics of widespread public concern. The 8 reports in this part conduct in-depth and detailed research on abolishing the death penalty for non-violent crimes, legislative control of the death penalty, as well as issues such as smuggling crimes, financial crimes, tax crimes, and theft crimes.
Part "General Issues" includes 12 reports, which comprehensively and thoroughly examine hot topics related to the development and improvement of the criminal legal system, such as the principle of universal jurisdiction, criminal judicial interpretations, the relationship between constitutional and criminal law, the legal subject of unit crimes, compulsory medical treatment for mentally ill patients, criminal policy, the system of meritorious service, the parole system, the principle of not punishing twice for the same crime, the decriminalization of victimless crimes, the principle of nullum crimen sine lege in international criminal law, and the evidence disclosure system.
Part "Specific Issues" includes 7 reports, which conduct comprehensive and detailed discussions on legislative improvements related to crimes such as obstructing corporate and business management order, obstructing judicial proceedings, illegal medical practice, environmental crimes, and bribery crimes.