Criminal Law

Author: Chen Xingliang
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive discussion on issues of crime and punishment. In addition to incorporating mature theoretical achievements in the main fields of criminal law in recent years, it also breaks new ground and innovates in both form and content. For the first time, this book directly adopts the progressive theory of crime formation from the civil law system to explain the specific articles of the criminal code. In arranging the order of crimes in the general theory, it breaks the traditional practice of listing them according to the order of the specific articles, instead arranging them based on the principle of modern legal systems prioritizing the protection of individual rights (individual - society - state) according to the value of theoretical research and the frequency of cases. The book is divided into two parts. The first part, "General Theory of Criminal Law," primarily elaborates on the concept of crime, the conditions for crime formation, special forms of crime (accomplice, incomplete crime, multiple-crime forms), the concept and purpose of punishment, types of punishment, sentencing, and execution of punishment. Considering the actual situation of undergraduate criminal law education in China, it places more emphasis and delves deeper into certain issues where theoretical discussions have already matured. The second part, "Specific Theory of Criminal Law," provides a detailed analysis of over 400 criminal offenses stipulated in the criminal code, arranged in the order of crimes against individual legal interests (crimes against personal rights, crimes against property), crimes against social legal interests (crimes against public safety, crimes against the market economy order, crimes against social management order), and crimes against state legal interests (crimes against the existence of the state, crimes against the function of the state). The book has a complete system and thorough discussions, making it a distinctive new textbook on criminal law suitable for law, public security, and other majors in law schools. It is also an ideal reading material for legal professionals such as public security, procuratorial, judicial, and legal practitioners in studying criminal law.