Legislative Interpretation

Author: Huang Taiyun
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: After the revision and promulgation of the Criminal Law in 1997, with the development and changes in Chinese society, some new situations in crime have emerged. It is necessary to modify and supplement the Criminal Law in a timely manner according to the evolving circumstances and the need to combat crime. From March 1997 to the end of June 2006, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued a total of 6 Criminal Law amendments and 9 legislative interpretations of the Criminal Law. This book is intended to help legal workers and the general public study and understand these laws. It primarily combines legislative practice to explain the legislative background, legislative intentions, main content, major issues debated during the drafting and revision process of the amendments and legislative interpretations of the Criminal Law, as well as some key issues that leading institutions should pay attention to when distinguishing between crimes and non-crimes, and between one crime and another. This enables readers to correctly understand the Criminal Law amendments and legislative interpretations of the Criminal Law.