How to Refine Rules: The Practice of the Chinese Criminal Case Guidance System

Author: Liu Shude
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: In China, the Supreme People's Court has long fulfilled its constitutional duty of ensuring the uniform application of law primarily through the issuance of judicial interpretations. This single mechanism, especially the drawbacks inherent in the process of drafting judicial interpretations, has drawn attention from the legislative, practical, and academic communities. The Supreme People's Court has begun to increasingly value the role of cases, particularly with the formal establishment of the case guidance system in the "Second Five-Year Reform Plan of the People's Courts," aiming to construct a pluralistic mechanism for ensuring the uniform application of law. This book draws on 357 cases selected from the authoritative series "Reference for Criminal Trial" edited by the Supreme People's Court's Criminal Trial Division, extracting 62 criminal judicial rules. It serves as guidance for practicing judicial personnel, provides teaching and research materials for the academic community, and offers preliminary suggestions for the construction of the criminal case guidance system.