Joint Criminal Responsibility (Second Edition)

Author: Chu Xingliang
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Publishing Date: 2006-11-01
Features: The Theory of Joint Criminality is an academic monograph revised based on the author's doctoral dissertation completed in 1987. Although the book was published as late as in 1992, the doctoral dissertation defense was completed in March 1988. After the defense, the author absorbed various questions raised during the defense and made significant revisions and supplements to the paper, especially by adding some content, forming a quite substantial theoretical system of joint criminality. The first part of the book is the general theory of joint criminality, where the author systematically explores the basic theoretical issues of joint criminality in nine chapters. Except for the introduction, which is a historical examination of joint criminality, the general theory mainly involves issues related to the conviction and sentencing of joint criminality. Especially, the author provides a rather detailed discussion on joint criminal acts and joint criminal intent, which is of great significance for solving the conviction problem of joint criminality. The second part of the book is the specific theory, where the author discusses eleven chapters of theoretical issues related to joint criminality, including the causal relationship of joint criminality, the initiation of joint criminality, and also the criminal procedure issues of joint criminality. It can be said that this book is the most in-depth and comprehensive work in China's criminal law academia to explore the issue of joint criminality. Since the book was mainly written around 1987, the provisions of China's criminal law on joint criminality have undergone significant revisions afterward, especially in the 1997 criminal law revision, where the provisions on the conviction and sentencing of joint criminality were changed. To give readers a comprehensive understanding of the changes in China's joint criminality system after the publication of the book in 1992, two papers, The Phenomenon of Joint Criminality in Recent Criminal Legislation and Its Interpretation and Historical Misinterpretation and Logical Misguidance—A Review of the Revision of Joint Criminality, are specially included as appendices.