Legal Document Tutorial - (Second Edition)

Author: Zhou Daolun
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Legal Document Tutorial was compiled under the new circumstances of governing the country by law and building a socialist rule-of-law state, to meet the needs of legal document teaching in higher law schools. The book has the following characteristics:
First, it is up-to-date. The book summarizes the experience of legal document creation and teaching in recent years, reflects the new achievements of legal document reform and research, and is compiled according to the current effective document formats and requirements of public security, procuratorates, courts, prisons, and other agencies, making its content the most up-to-date.
Second, it is scientific. The textbook is structured into chapters and sections, divided into three parts: Part I, Introduction, primarily discusses the concept, characteristics, structural elements, writing techniques, and requirements for creating legal documents; Part II, Investigation, Prosecution, Adjudication, Prison, and State Compensation Documents, is the main part of the textbook; and Part III, Lawyer, Arbitration, and Notarization Legal Documents, consists of non-litigation documents closely related to litigation.
Third, it highlights key points. The Legal Document Tutorial primarily focuses on legal documents created by public security, procuratorates, courts, and prisons; narrative legal documents; and commonly used legal documents.
Fourth, it is highly applicable. The textbook adheres to the spirit of reform and the principle of closely linking theory with practice. For each type of document, it not only explains the content but also emphasizes the facts, evidence, and reasoning, teaching the methods and requirements for creating documents, as well as the key considerations during creation, making it easier for students to understand and for personnel in judicial practice departments to use. The book is written by experts who have long been engaged in legal document research and practice. Among domestic similar textbooks, this book stands out with its strong author team and authoritative materials, exerting a broad influence. The authors first summarize the structural elements of legal documents, basic writing techniques, and the principles and requirements for creating legal documents. Then, based on a comprehensive summary of the experience in creating legal documents, they systematically explain the writing methods, techniques, and requirements for various judicial documents, including investigation, prosecution, adjudication, prison, state compensation, lawyer, arbitration, and notarization. Its prominent features are the novelty of content, strong applicability, and a combination of theoretical and scientific rigor.
The revision of the second edition of this book is based on the legislative, judicial practice, and development of legal documents in China in recent years, and it upholds the constitutional principle of respecting and safeguarding human rights as well as the spirit of building a harmonious socialist society. Building on the first edition, it adds several types of legal documents, such as the First Instance Criminal Judgment of Acquittal, the First Instance Civil Judgment in Simple Procedure, and the Judgment (Decision) on Compensation Confirmation, and makes revisions and deletions to the content of some documents, making the book even more perfect and truly an excellent textbook for legal documents.