Studies on the History of Law - Research on the of the Late Qing Dynasty

Author: Li Qicheng
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book, based on a large amount of primary sources, reconstructs the establishment and operation of the various courts in the late Qing Dynasty—simultaneously China's earliest local courts—in full. It analyzes the breakthroughs made by these courts in both procedural and substantive aspects of traditional judicial systems, and examines the difficulties encountered during their operation from multiple perspectives. Finally, it points out that the establishment of the various courts in the late Qing Dynasty was a major event in the history of Chinese judicial systems, marking the first implementation of the idea of judicial independence at the local level and putting the four-tier, three-instance system into practice. Among the achievements, the independence of judges in handling cases, the emphasis on procedures, the separate handling of civil and criminal cases, and the selection of judges through professional examinations were inherited and developed by the Republic of China, and indirectly influenced the judicial systems established after the founding of the People's Republic of China.