Great legal traditions: civil law, common law, and Chinese law in historical and operational perspective
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CONTENTS
LIST OF BOXES AND FIGURES XVII
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIX
NOTES ON SPELLINGS, USAGES, CITATIONS, AND OTHER CONVENTIONS XXIII
CHAPTER ONE * INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL TRADITIONS AND COMPARATIVE LAW 3
STUDY QUESTIONS 4
INTRODUCTORY COMMENT 4
I. THE CONCEPT OF A LEGAL TRADITION 5
A. DEFINING LEGAL TRADITION 5
1. A STRAIGHTFORWARD APPROACH 5
2. A MORE NUANCED APPROACH 7
B. LEGAL TRADITIONS IN TODAY S WORLD 10
1. DIFFERENT METHODS OF CLASSIFYING LEGAL TRADITIONS AND FAMILIES 10 2.
COMPETING LISTS OF LEGAL TRADITIONS AND FAMILIES 11
3. PURPORTED CONVERGENCES IN LEGAL TRADITIONS 12
C. DEEPER QUESTIONS ON LEGAL SYSTEMS 14
1. WHAT IS LAW? 14
2. HART S CONCEPT OF LAW 15
3. FULLER S MORALITY OF LAW 16
D. LEGAL TRADITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS BOOK 18
1. IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC CONDITIONING 18
2. THREE GREAT LEGAL TRADITIONS-PLUS OTHERS 18
II. THE VALUE AND CHALLENGE OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LAW 21
A. COMPARATIVE LAW AS A TERM AND A DISCIPLINE 21
1. WHAT COMPARATIVE LAW IS 21
2. WHAT COMPARATIVE LAW IS NOT 22
B. POSSIBLE AIMS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LAW 22
1. LEGAL SELF-AWARENESS AND SELF-IDENTITY 22
2. LAW REFORM 23
3. SOCIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING 23
4. A TOOL OF CONSTRUCTION 24
5. CROSS-BORDER LEGAL PRACTICE 24
6. CONTRIBUTING TO A HARMONIZATION OF LAW 25
C. WAXING AND WANING INFLUENCE OF COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES 26 1.
HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE LAW STUDIES 26
2. CHALLENGES TO A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LAW 27
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VIII CONTENTS
D. INTEGRATING TWO PERSPECTIVES: HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY OPERATION 28
1. COMPARATIVE LEGAL HISTORY 29
2. CONTEMPORARY OPERATION OF LEGAL SYSTEMS 30
APPENDICES TO CHAPTER ONE APPENDIX 1.1 COMPARATIVE TIME LINES FOR THE
THREE GREAT LEGAL TRADITIONS 32
APPENDIX 1.2 KEY DATES AND EPOCHS IN THE THREE GREAT LEGAL TRADITIONS 38
APPENDIX 1.3 MAP OF EURASIA IN OUTLINE 40
CHAPTER TWO * THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 41 STUDY
QUESTIONS 42
INTRODUCTORY COMMENT 44
I. THE FIRST LIFE OF ROMAN LAW: FOUNDATION, MATURATION, COMPILATION 45
A. OVERVIEW OF ROMAN TIMES 46
1. GEOGRAPHIC AND CHRONOLOGICAL COVERAGE 46
2. REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE, EAST AND WEST, POLYTHEISM AND CHRISTIANITY 50 B.
THE TWELVE TABLES 51
1. POLITICAL SETTING 51
2. CONTENT 52
3. SIGNIFICANCE 53
C. LEGAL PRACTICE IN EARLY ROME 54
1. THE PRAETOR 54
2. THE JUDEX 55
3. THE JURISCONSULTS 56
D. OTHER ASPECTS OF (WESTERN) ROMAN LAW 58
1. THE TENDENCY TOWARD CHAOS 58
2. THE EFFORTS AT CODIFICATION 59
3. THE OVERLAY OF CHRISTIANITY 60
E. JUSTINIAN AND THE CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS 62
1. JUSTINIAN AND THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE 62
2. THE GREAT COMPILATION 63
F. THE LAW OF THE DARK AGES 66
1. PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF LAW 67
2. SURVIVAL AND PARTIAL INFLUENCE OF ROMAN LAW 71
II. THE SECOND LIFE OF ROMAN LAW: REDISCOVERY AND CHANGE 72 A.
REDISCOVERING THE DIGEST AND CREATING THE JUS COMMUNE 73
1. THE REDISCOVERY OF THE DIGEST 73
2. THE GLOSSATORS 75
3. GRATIAN S DECRETUM AND THE CODIFICATION OF CANON LAW 77 4. THE
COMMENTATORS (POST-GLOSSATORS) 81
5. COMMERCIAL LAW 82
6. THE JUS COMMUNE 4
B. REPLACING THE JUS COMMUNE WITH NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEMS 86 1. THE RISE
OF THE NATION-STATE AND THE INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION 86
2. THE FRENCH CODE CIVIL 91
3. THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE 1 0
C. MODERN CIVIL LAW IN MASS SOCIETY 13
1. MODERN IN WHAT SENSE? } 4
2. THE NOVELTIES OF MASS SOCIETY 1 05
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CONTENTS IX
3. PROSPECTS FOR A NEW JUS COMMUNE 108
APPENDICES TO CHAPTER TWO APPENDIX 2.1 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE ROMAN
JURISCONSULT GAIUS 111 APPENDIX 2.2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE ROMAN
JURISCONSULT ULPIAN 112 APPENDIX 2.3 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE ROMAN
EMPEROR
CONSTANTINE 113
APPENDIX 2.4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR JUSTINIAN 115
APPENDIX 2.5 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF TRIBONIAN, JURIST FOR JUSTINIAN 117
APPENDIX 2.6 OPENING PAGE OF THE INSTITUTES (JUSTINIAN, 6TH CENTURY CE)
(IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION) 118
APPENDIX 2.7 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLEMAGNE 120
APPENDIX 2.8 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF IRNERIUS 122
APPENDIX 2.9 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GRATIAN (AUTHOR OF DECRETUM) 123
APPENDIX 2.10 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ACCURSIUS (GLOSSATOR) 124 APPENDIX
2.11 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BARTOLUS (POST-GLOSSATOR) 125
APPENDIX 2.12 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DANTE 127
APPENDIX 2.13 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MACHIAVELLI 129
APPENDIX 2.14 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS HOBBES 131
APPENDIX 2.15 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 133 APPENDIX
2.16 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PORTALIS 136
APPENDIX 2.17 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SAVIGNY 137
APPENDIX 2.18 OBSERVATIONS BY J.A.C. THOMAS ON SECOND LIFE OF ROMAN
LAW 139
APPENDIX 2.19 OBSERVATIONS BY VAN DEN BERGH ON THE JUS COMMUNE 143
APPENDIX 2.20 DIAGRAMMATIC CHRONOLOGY OF EUROPEAN CIVIL LAW 145 APPENDIX
2.21 HISTORY OF THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION IN SONG 148
CHAPTER THREE * THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION IN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 151
STUDY QUESTIONS 152
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS 156
I. SOURCES OF LAW AND THE ROLE(S) OF LAWYERS 157
A. SOURCES OF LAW 157
1. THE ORTHODOX VIEW 157
2. THE MODERN VIEW 161
3. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CASELAW 163
4. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP (DOCTRINE) 164
B. CLASSIFICATIONS, CODIFICATION, AND CERTAINTY 164
1. PRIVATE LAW AND PUBLIC LAW 165
2. THE ROLE OF CODES AND CODIFICATION 167
3. CERTAINTY AND EQUITY 173
C. THE LEGAL PROFESSION(S) 174
1. INTRODUCTION 174
2. JUDGES 176
3. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS (STATE S ATTORNEYS) 178
4. GOVERNMENT LAWYERS 179
5. ADVOCATES 179
6. NOTARIES 181
7. ACADEMIC LAWYERS (LEGAL SCHOLARS) 181
D. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ITALIAN LAW 181
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1. SOURCES OF LAW IN ITALY 182
2. CLASSIFICATIONS AND CODIFICATION OF LAW IN ITALY 186
3. THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS AND LEGAL EDUCATION IN ITALY 187
A. THE ITALIAN LAW STUDENT 188
B. THE ITALIAN LAW SCHOOLS 188
C. COURSES OF STUDY AND DEGREE PROGRAMS 189
D. CURRICULAR DETAILS 192
E. CAREER SELECTION AND PREPARATION 194
II. CONTENT AND OPERATION 199
A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 199
1. HISTORY, REFORM, AND COMPROMISE 200
2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN ACTION IN THE MODERN CIVIL LAW WORLD 204 B.
CIVIL PROCEDURE 208
1. WHERE IS THE TRIAL? 208
2. EVIDENCE AND PROOF 215
3. JUDGMENTS, ENFORCEMENT, AND APPEALS 218
C. DIVISION OF COURT STRUCTURES AND JURISDICTION 220
1. ORDINARY COURTS 222
2. ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS 224
3. CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCILS AND COURTS 225
D. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ITALIAN LAW 228
1. CRIMINAL COURTS AND ACTIONS IN ITALY 228
2. CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS AND ACTIONS IN ITALY 229
III. CLOSING OBSERVATIONS 231
A. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CIVIL LAW 232
1. COLONIZATION 232
2. DECOLONIZATION AND NATIONALIZATION OF LAW 234
B. THE FUTURE OF THE CIVIL LAW 235
1. MIXED LEGAL SYSTEMS 235
2. THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND IDEOLOGY 236
3. CRITICISMS OF THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION 238
APPENDICES TO CHAPTER THREE APPENDIX 3.1 TRAINING OF LAWYERS IN FOUR
LEGAL SYSTEMS (EXCERPTS FROM JOURNAL ARTICLE BY SZTO) 239
APPENDIX 3.2 THE O.J. SAMPSON INQUISITION (LAW JOURNAL ARTICLE BY
MOSCOVITZ ON COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE) 255 APPENDIX 3.3 THE FOXY
KNOXY TRIAL (EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLE BY GRIFFITH ON COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL
LAW) 302
APPENDIX 3.4 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN ITALIAN LAW (BY GABRIELLA DI PAOLO,
UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO) 317
APPENDIX 3.5 MAP OF THE WORLD IN 1800 (SHOWING COLONIAL CLAIMS) 325
APPENDIX 3.6 MAP OF THE WORLD IN 1910 (SHOWING COLONIAL CLAIMS) 326
APPENDIX 3.7 MAP OF AFRICA IN 1914 (SHOWING EUROPEAN CLAIMS) 327
CHAPTER FOUR * THE COMMON LAW TRADITION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 329
STUDY QUESTIONS 330
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS 332
I. PRE-NORMAN ENGLISH LAW 333
A. THE CELTS AND THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN 333
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B. THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD 334
1. GERMANIC TRIBES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMS 334
2. COURTS IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND 336
II. THE RISE OF COMMON LAW AFTER THE NORMAN CONQUEST 338
A. THE NORMAN TAKEOVER AND WILLIAM S REFORMS 338
1. AN OVERVIEW OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 1066 338
2. THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY 339
3. FEUDALISM, CENTRALIZATION, AND THE COMMON LAW 342
4. THE ROYAL COURTS 343
B. A TUG-OF-WAR OF COURTS-NATIONAL VERSUS LOCAL 344
1. PECULIARITIES OF COURTS-FURTHER DETAILS 344
2. THE WRIT SYSTEM 347
3. CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PECULIAR COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT 348 A. EMPHASIS
ON PROCEDURE 349
B. CATEGORIES AND CONCEPTS 349
C. PUBLIC LAW AND PRIVATE LAW 350
D. BARRIERS TO THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW 350
III. THE NEED FOR AND RISE OF EQUITY 354
A. LAW AND EQUITY IN CONFLICT 354
B. THE POST-CONFLICT COMPLEMENTARITY OF LAW AND EQUITY 360 IV. MODESTLY
REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE AND LEGAL CONTINUITIES 364 A. THE RATIONALIZATION
OF ENGLISH LAW 364
1. COMMERCIAL LAW 364
2. BLACKSTONE S COMMENTARIES 365
3. THE 19TH CENTURY REFORMS 366
B. MODERN COMMON LAW IN MASS SOCIETY 370
V. TRANSPLANTATION OF THE COMMON LAW 372
A. REASONS FOR, AND EXTENT OF, DISTRIBUTION 372
B. THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 378
APPENDICES TO CHAPTER FOUR APPENDIX 4.1 EXCERPTS FROM LAWS OF KING
JETHELBERT, 600 CE 383 APPENDIX 4.2 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF KING
^THELBERT 385
APPENDIX 4.3 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF KING CANUTE 387
APPENDIX 4.4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WILLIAM OF NORMANDY 389 APPENDIX 4.5
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HAROLD II 391
APPENDIX 4.6 LIST OF ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS BEGINNING WITH WILLIAM I 392
APPENDIX 4.7 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF KING JOHN 393
APPENDIX 4.8 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF VACARIUS 395
APPENDIX 4.9 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HENRY DE BRACTON 396
APPENDIX 4.10 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS DE LITTLETON 397 APPENDIX
4.11 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HENRY VIII 398
APPENDIX 4.12 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR EDWARD COKE 400
APPENDIX 4.13 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF LORD MANSFIELD 401
APPENDIX 4.14 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 402 APPENDIX
4.15 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JEREMY BENTHAM 404
APPENDIX 4.16 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JAMES KENT 405
APPENDIX 4.17 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DAVID DUDLEY FIELD 406
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APPENDIX 4.18 LEGAL CODIFICATION IN AMERICA (EXCERPT OF LAW JOURNAL
ARTICLE BY HEAD) 408
APPENDIX 4.19 HISTORY OF THE COMMON LAW TRADITION IN SONG 432
CHAPTER FIVE * THE COMMON LAW TRADITION IN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 433
STUDY QUESTIONS 433
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS 434
I. SOURCES OF LAW 436
A. SOURCES OF LAW IN GENERAL 436
B. THE INTERPLAY OF STATUTES AND CASELAW 440
C. LAW AND EQUITY 442
D. CUSTOM 445
E. THE ROLE OF JURISTS AND LEGAL WRITING 446
II. CATEGORIES OF LAW AND LAWYERS 447
A. THE LEGAL PROFESSION 447
B. PRIVATE LAW AND PUBLIC LAW 447
III. CONTENT AND OPERATION 448
A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 448
B. CIVIL PROCEDURE 451
C. DIVISION OF COURT STRUCTURES AND JURISDICTION 452
D. THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND IDEOLOGY 452
IV. CLOSING OBSERVATIONS 453
CHAPTER SIX * THE CHINESE LEGAL TRADITION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 455
STUDY QUESTIONS 456
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS 458
I. DYNASTIC CHINA S LEGAL DEVELOPMENT 459
A. OVERVIEW AND PATTERNS 459
B. CONFUCIANISM AND LEGALISM 463
1. FOUNDATIONS OF IF AND THE CONFUCIANIST TRADITION 463
A. CONFUCIUS AND THE LI 463
B. MENGZI AND XUNZI 468
2. LEGALISM AND THE CONFUCIANIZATION OF THE LAW 470
A. THE LEGALISTS, FA, AND THE QIN DYNASTY 470
B. THE HAN DYNASTY AND DONG ZHONGSHU 472
C. LAW CODES IN DYNASTIC CHINA 476
1. THE HAN CODE 476
2. THE KAIHUANG CODE AND THE TANG CODE 477
A. YANG JIAN 477
B. THE TANG CODE 478
3. THE SONG, YUAN, MING, AND QING CODES 481
A. SONG, YUAN, AND MING CONTINUITY 481
B. QING CODE-GENERAL STRUCTURE AND SUBSTANCE 482
C. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE 482
D. CIVIL LAW UNDER THE QING CODE 484
E. RULES OF BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE THE CODE 488
D. KEY THEMES IN DYNASTIC CHINESE LAW 489
1. LAW AND CONTINUITY 490
A. QIN UNIFICATION 492
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B. CONTINUITY AND LEGAL CONSERVATISM 492
C. CODES AS CULTURAL CONSTITUTIONS 493
2. LAW AND DYNASTIC CHINA S REJECTION OF CHALLENGERS 494 A. MILITARY AND
POLITICAL CHALLENGES 494
B. RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGES 497
C. EUROPEAN IDEAS AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE 497
D. DURABILITY IN CHINA S RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL INFLUENCE 500 3. THE RULE
OF LAW VERSUS POLITICAL CONTROL 501
4. THE GUIDING ETHIC IN LAW AND GOVERNMENT 503
II. MODERN CHINA S LEGAL DEVELOPMENT 506
A. OVERVIEW AND PATTERNS 506
B. THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (1911-1949) 513
1. THE QING COLLAPSE, LEGAL REFORM, AND THE MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT 514 2.
NATIONALISTS AND COMMUNISTS 516
C. THE PRC IN MAO ZEDONG S GRIP (1949-1978) 517
1. A SHARP LEFT TURN 517
2. GOVERNING BY MOVEMENT 518
3. REVOLUTIONARY MELTDOWN 520
D. THE PRC IN REFORM MODE (1979-PRESENT) 520
1. LEGAL AND ECONOMIC RECLAMATION 520
2. A LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRENZY 521
3. INSTITUTIONAL RECOVERY 525
4. SUMMING UP AS OF 2010 526
E. DISCONTINUITIES AND DISCONNECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LAW 527 1.
A TERMINATION OF DYNASTIC CHINESE LAW S CONTINUITY 527 2. THE BALANCE
BETWEEN INDIGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS INFLUENCES 530 A. STRIKING THE BALANCE
IN DYNASTIC CHINESE LAW 530
B. STRIKING THE BALANCE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LAW 530 C. REASONS FOR A
THOROUGH FILTERING 534
APPENDICES TO CHAPTER SIX APPENDIX 6.1 HISTORY OF THE CHINESE LEGAL
TRADITION IN SONG 536
CHAPTER SEVEN * THE CHINESE LEGAL TRADITION IN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
537 STUDY QUESTIONS 539
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS 540
I. RULE OF LAW IN CHINA 541
A. PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS: FAZHI, RENZHI, AND
INSTRUMENTALISM 541
1. RULE OF LAW-A SURVEY OF MEANINGS 542
2. RULE OF LAW IN A CHINESE CONTEXT 544
A. IN GENERAL 544
B. RULE OF MAN, RULE OF LAW, AND RULE BY LAW 546
C. CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 548
B. THREE QUESTIONS 553
1. CONTROL VERSUS DISCRETION 554
2. A FOCUS ON MINSHI 555
3. WHO WRITES THE RULES? 556
C. THICK AND THIN VERSIONS OF A RULE OF LAW 560
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1. PEERENBOOM AND FULLER 560
2. PROPOSING AND TESTING A HYPOTHESIS 561
A. A HYPOTHESIS ON ASPIRATIONS 561
B. FEELING THE STONES WHEN CROSSING THE RIVER 564
C. DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW 566
D. IMPORTANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE RULES 567
E. RESTRICTIONS ON OFFICIALS POWER 567
F. RULE OF LAW AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 568
G. RULE OF LAW OR RULE OF IP. 569
H. PLURALISM IN PERSPECTIVES 569
I. CONSENSUS IN OBSERVATION? 570
D. A SUMMING-UP ON THE RULE OF LAW 573
II. SOURCES AND CATEGORIES OF LAW AND LAWYERS 574
A. FORMAL AND INFORMAL SOURCES OF LAW 575
B. LEGAL CATEGORIES 580
C. THE ROLES OF JUDGES AND LEGAL SCHOLARS 583
1. JUDICIAL JURISDICTION OUTSIDE TRIALS 584
2. QUESTIONABLE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES 584
3. LINGERING PROBLEMS WITH JUDICIAL INCOMPETENCE 586
4. JUDICIAL EXPLANATION -LIMITED LEGISLATIVE POWER? 588 5. THE ROLE OF
SCHOLARS 589
III. CHINESE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 590
A. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS IN MODERN CHINA 591
1. EFFORTS BEFORE 1979 591
2. THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW OF 1979 592
3. THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW OF 1996 593
4. RELATED LEGISLATION 594
B. GENERAL PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES 594
1. PRE-TRIAL STAGE 594
2. FIRST INSTANCE 595
3. SECOND INSTANCE 597
4. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT 598
C. ROLES AND RIGHTS OF THE MAIN PARTIES IN CRIMINAL CASES 598
1. THE CRIMINAL SUSPECT AND DEFENDANT 598
2. VICTIMS 599
3. JUDGES 599
4. PUBLIC PROSECUTORS 599
5. PEOPLE S ASSESSORS 600
6. DEFENSE LAWYERS 600
7. PUBLIC SECURITY ORGANS 601
D. ISSUES CONCERNING CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CHINA 601
1. JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 601
2. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURTS, PROCURATORATES, AND PUBLIC SECURITY
ORGANS 602
3. THE LAWYER S RESTRICTED ROLE IN DEFENSE 602
4. TESTIMONY BY THE SUSPECT OR DEFENDANT 603
5. OTHER ISSUES 604
IV. MODERN CHINA S LEGAL ETHIC 605
A. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS 605
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B. WHERE TO FIND THE CENTRAL LEGAL ETHIC-A SURVEY OF POSSIBILITIES 607
1. A NEW CONFUCIANISM? 607
A. NEO-CONFUCIANISM 607
B. NEW CONFUCIANISM 610
C. CONFUCIANIST INFLUENCE IN TODAY S CHINA 612
2. MARXIST-LENINIST-MAOIST-DENGIST THOUGHT? 615
A. CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS 615
B. PARTY LINE AS A NEW LEGAL ETHIC? 618
3. CONSTITUTIONALISM? 622
A. A COMPARATIVE DETOUR 622
B. CONSTITUTIONALISM IN CHINA 624
4. RELIGION? 628
5. OTHER POSSIBILITIES 632
C. MODERN CHINA S LEGAL IDENTITY 636
1. PROGRESSIVISM 637
2. RESTORATION 638
3. CHINA-APPROPRIATENESS 638
4. EXTROVERSION 639
5. LEGITIMACY 640
6. MATERIALIST ORIENTATION 641
V. CLOSING OBSERVATIONS 642
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER SEVEN APPENDIX 7.1 SAMPLING OF RULE-OF-LAW
DEFINITIONS 645
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 655
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 661
INDEX 663
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