Criminal Trial Reference. Issue No. 51

Author: Chief Editors of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Criminal Divisions of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features: As a professional guidance and research journal organized by the Supreme People's Court's divisions, Criminal Trial Reference has been committed to its editorial purpose of grounding in practice, emphasizing practicality, focusing on guidance, and reflecting authority since its establishment in April 1999. Through the joint efforts of its editorial committee members, authors, and readers, it has closely connected with criminal judicial practice, providing targeted and authoritative professional guidance and references for criminal judicial personnel. It has been widely welcomed by criminal judicial workers and teaching and research personnel in criminal law. Since 2006, Criminal Trial Reference has been jointly organized by the Supreme People's Court's First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Criminal Divisions. Vice President Jiang Xingchang of the Supreme People's Court serves as the Director of the Editorial Committee, with Vice Presidents Shen Deyong, Zhang Jun, and Xiong Xuanquan as Deputy Directors. Vice President Xiong Xuanquan serves as the Chief Editor, and the five division chiefs of the criminal courts serve as deputy editors. In 2006, Criminal Trial Reference remained a bimonthly publication, with a total of six issues published throughout the year. It includes the following sections:
【Cases】Select typical and difficult cases with research value in fact determination, evidence admissibility, legal application, and sentencing under criminal law and judicial interpretations, providing detailed explanations of judges' rulings to offer specific guidance and references for criminal judicial personnel handling similar cases.
【Criminal Judicial Norms and Their Understanding and Application】New criminal laws, legislative interpretations, judicial interpretations, and other regulatory documents on criminal justice, with invited authors who participated in drafting relevant criminal judicial norms to write articles on their understanding and application, explaining the background, issues addressed, and key considerations in applying these norms.
【Criminal Policy】New criminal judicial policies, such as speeches by the President or Vice Presidents of the Supreme People's Court at criminal trial work conferences, and issues discussed at these conferences.
【Judicial Practice Clarifications】The five criminal divisions of the Supreme People's Court provide answers to legal application difficulties with universal guiding value in criminal trial work.
【Editorial Q&A】The editorial team addresses difficult issues encountered by readers in criminal judicial work.
【Laws, Regulations, and Rules】Laws, administrative regulations, and departmental rules closely related to criminal judicial work.
【Experience Exchange】Regulatory documents on criminal justice drafted by local judicial authorities and their background explanations; speeches by mayors and vice mayors of local courts at criminal trial work conferences, and so on.
【Issue Discussion】Ambiguous or specific legal and judicial interpretation provisions that must be resolved in criminal judicial work, providing work for criminal judicial personnel to handle similar issues.
【Selected Judgments】Outstanding judgments with strong reasoning that demonstrate judges' wisdom in applying general legal norms to resolve specific cases.
As a professional guidance and research journal organized by the Supreme People's Court's divisions, Criminal Trial Reference has been committed to its editorial purpose of grounding in practice, emphasizing practicality, focusing on guidance, and reflecting authority since its establishment in April 1999. Through the joint efforts of its editorial committee members, authors, and readers, it has closely connected with criminal judicial practice, providing targeted and authoritative professional guidance and references for criminal judicial personnel. It has been widely welcomed by criminal judicial workers and teaching and research personnel in criminal law. Since 2006, Criminal Trial Reference has been jointly organized by the Supreme People's Court's First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Criminal Divisions. Vice President Jiang Xingchang of the Supreme People's Court serves as the Director of the Editorial Committee, with Vice Presidents Shen Deyong, Zhang Jun, and Xiong Xuanquan as Deputy Directors. Vice President Xiong Xuanquan serves as the Chief Editor, and the five division chiefs of the criminal courts serve as deputy editors. In 2006, Criminal Trial Reference remained a bimonthly publication, with a total of six issues published throughout the year. It includes the following sections:
【Cases】Select typical and difficult cases with research value in fact determination, evidence admissibility, legal application, and sentencing under criminal law and judicial interpretations, providing detailed explanations of judges' rulings to offer specific guidance and references for criminal judicial personnel handling similar cases.
【Criminal Judicial Norms and Their Understanding and Application】New criminal laws, legislative interpretations, judicial interpretations, and other regulatory documents on criminal justice, with invited authors who participated in drafting relevant criminal judicial norms to write articles on their understanding and application, explaining the background, issues addressed, and key considerations in applying these norms.
【Criminal Policy】New criminal judicial policies, such as speeches by the President or Vice Presidents of the Supreme People's Court at criminal trial work conferences, and issues discussed at these conferences.
【Judicial Practice Clarifications】The five criminal divisions of the Supreme People's Court provide answers to legal application difficulties with universal guiding value in criminal trial work.
【Editorial Q&A】The editorial team addresses difficult issues encountered by readers in criminal judicial work.
【Laws, Regulations, and Rules】Laws, administrative regulations, and departmental rules closely related to criminal judicial work.
【Experience Exchange】Regulatory documents on criminal justice drafted by local judicial authorities and their background explanations; speeches by mayors and vice mayors of local courts at criminal trial work conferences, and so on.
【Issue Discussion】Ambiguous or specific legal and judicial interpretation provisions that must be resolved in criminal judicial work, providing work for criminal judicial personnel to handle similar issues.
【Selected Judgments】Outstanding judgments with strong reasoning that demonstrate judges' wisdom in applying general legal norms to resolve specific cases.