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In modern times, xíng denotes penal law or criminal law. An example of the classical use of xíng is Xíng Bù (刑部, lit. "Department of Punishment") for the legal or justice department in imperial China. The two major Chinese philosophical schools discussed below, Confucianism and Legalism, strongly influenced the idea of law in China.
The present Criminal Code, The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国刑法) is the product of extensive revisions, most recently passed on December 26, 2020 (the 11th Amendment to enact on March 1, 2021) which featured changes in response to recent social changes, some notable changes included the lowering of age ...
From the provisions of the penal code, magistrates could either derive principles of civil law either directly, if a matter was stated in the penal code (such as matters regarding debt and usury, dealings with land, the borrowing and pledging of property, and the sale of goods in markets), or indirectly reading into a criminal statute a basis ...
The Great Ming Code was the legal code of the Ming dynasty, focused primarily on criminal law.It was created at the direction of the dynasty’s founder, the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, in the late 14th century, as part of broader social and political reforms.
Endangering national security is among the crime categories included in the 1997 revision of China's criminal code. [5] It comprises Articles 102 to 113 of the 1997 Criminal Law and imposes the confiscation of property as a supplementary penalty. [6] The crimes included are: Treason; Separatism; Armed rebellion, rioting; Collaborating with the ...
The penal system in the People's Republic of China is composed of an administrative detention system and a judicial incarceration system. As of 2020, it is estimated that 1.7 million people had been incarcerated in the People's Republic of China, which is the second-highest prison population after the United States.
Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work is a book by Terence C. Halliday and Sida Liu on challenges facing criminal defense lawyers in China under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule, where criminal defense invokes laws and procedures that challenge the authority of the CCP.
Laws Voting results (Yea / Nay / Abstain) Amendment(s) 1 July 1979: Criminal Procedure Law: 1996, 2012, 2018 9 April 1991: The Civil Procedure Law: 2007, 2012, 2017 28 February 1995: Public Procurators Law: 2001, 2017, 2019 28 February 1995: Judges Law: 2001, 2017, 2019 15 May 1996: Lawyers Law: 2001, 2007, 2012, 2019 25 December 1999: Special ...