The shifting sands of punishment in China in the era of "Harmonious Society"

Law and Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-361

  Trevaskes, Susan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954751539     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2010.00323.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Bakken Borge. The Exemplary Society: Human Improvement, Social Control and the Dangers of Modernity in China 2000, New York, Oxford Univ. Press
2. Bakken Borge. The Culture of Revenge and the Power of Politics: A Comparative Attempt to Explain the Punitive. Journal of Power 2008, 1:169-87.
3. Chen Weidong. Youhua sifa zhiquan peizhi jianli gongzuo sifa zhidu"[Optimizing the Organization of Judicial Authority and Establishing a Fair Judicial System]: Fazhi ribao. 2008, Legal System Daily], December 9
4. Chen Xingliang. An Examination of the Death Penalty in China. Contemporary Chinese Thought 2005, 36(3):35-52.
5. Chen Xingliang. Destiny of the Death Penalty in China in the Contemporary Era. Frontiers of Law in China 2006a, 1:53-71.
6. Chen Xingliang. Kuanyan xiangji xingshi zhengce yanjiu"[A Study of the Criminal Justice Policy of Balancing Leniency and Severity]. Faxue zazhi 2006b, 1:17-25. Jurisprudence Magazine
7. Cohen Jerome. Flame of Conscience. South China Morning Post 2009, November 12
8. Dong Ruifeng. Zhuanfang zuigao fayuan yuanzhang xiao yang, wei hexie shehui tigong sifa baozheng [Exclusive Interview with SPC President Xiao Yang on Providing Legal Guarantees for the Building of a Harmonious Society]. 2007, http://www.chinacourt.org, (accessed February 6, 2007
9. Du Taoxin, Yan Bo. Xingshi sifa kuanyan xiangji de Zhengzhou yangban"[The Zhengzhou Trialing of " Balancing Leniency and Severity" Policy. 2007, http://www.mzyfz.com/news/times/v/20071018/152403.shtml, [Democracy and Law Times], August 13. (accessed August 18, 2007
10. Du Xichuan, Zhang Lingyuan. The Chinese Legal System: A General Survey 1990, Beijing, New World Press
11. Gaojianyuan, xiafu qisu he buqisu anjian zhiliang xinbiaozhun"[The Supreme People's Procuratorate Issues New Standards on the Indictable and Non-indictable Cases]. http://www.spp.gov.cn/site2006/2007-08-14/0002114812html, August 14, 2007. (accessed October 18, 2007
12. He Xin. Ideology or Reality? Limited Judicial Independence in Contemporary Rural China. Australian Journal of Asian Law 2004, 6:214-30.
13. He Xin. Why Did They Note Take on the Disputes? Law, Power and Politics in the Decision-making of Chinese Courts. International Journal of Law in Context 2007, 3:203-25.
14. He Xin. Court Finance and Court Responses to Judicial Reforms: A Tale of Two Chinese Courts. Law & Policy 2009, 31:463-86.
15. Huang Jingping. Kuanyan xiangji xingshi zhengce de shidaihanyi ji shixian fangshi"[The Significance of the Policy of Balancing Leniency and Severity to Our Times and the Method of Its Implementation. 2007, http://www.criminallaw.com.cn/article4.default.asp?id=289, [China Law Net]. (accessed February 3, 2007
16. Johnson David T, Zimring Franklin E. The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change and the Death Penalty in Asia 2009, New York, Oxford Univ. Press
17. Keith Ronald C, Li Zhiqiu. New Crime in China: Public Order and Human Rights 2006, London and New York, Routledge
18. Liebman Benjamin. China's Courts: Restricted Reform. China Quarterly 2007, 191:620-38.
19. Li Jingui. Kuanyan xiangji shi woguo jiben xingshi zhengce"[" Balancing Leniency and Severity" Is a Fundamental Criminal Justice Policy in China]. 2007, http://www.jcrb.com/zyw/n124/ca514495.htm, [Justice On-line], June 12. (accessed October 18, 2007
20. Lin Zhongliang. Geji danwei zhengfa wei de zhineng ji hongguan zhengfa gongzuo [The Functions and Macroscopic Tasks of the Politico-legal Affairs Work of Politico-legal Affairs Committees at All Levels of Government 2004, Beijing, Changan chubanshe
21. Lu Jianping. Kuanyan xiangji de lishi shuoyuan yu xiandai qishi"[The Historical Roots and Some Contemporary Revelations about Balancing Leniency and Severity. Xingshi zhengce pinglun [Commentaries on Criminal Justice Policy] 2007, Jianping Lu. in, vol. 1, edited by, Beijing, Zhongguo Fengzheng chubanshe
22. Lu Jianping. Xingshi zhengce yanjiu de Zhongguo tese"[Chinese Characteristics of Criminal Justice Policy]. Jingshi xingshi zhengce pinglun [Commentaries on Criminal Justice Policy in the Capital] 2008, Jianping LuLirong Guo. in, vol. 2, edited by, Beijing, Shifan daxue chubanshe
23. Peerenboom Randall, He Xin. Dispute Resolution in China: Patterns, Causes and Prognosis. East Asia Law Review 2009, 4:1-61.
24. Qianxi 'kuanyan xiangji xingshi zhengce' "[An Introductory Analysis of the Policy of " Balancing Leniency and Severity" ]. 2007, http://lunwen.lawtime.cn/xingfaxflw/2007021261376.html, September 14, Shaanxi Feng County Procuratorate Procurator Han Shanqing, accessed September 30, 2007
25. Shi Yan'an. Restorative Justice Practice in China!: Status Quo, Challenge and Future of Victim-Offender Reconciliation in China. 2007, http://www1.law.nyu.edu/nyulawglobal/fellowsscholars/.../gffyananshipaper.pdf, Unpublished paper. (accessed February 2, 2010)
26. SPC Opinion: " Zuigao renmin fayuan guanyu guanche kuanyan xiangji xingshi zhengce de rougan yijian. http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/10/content_12960937.htm, [SPC Opinion on Implementing the Criminal Justice Policy of Balancing Leniency and Severity]. 2010. February 8. (accessed February 10, 2010
27. Trevaskes Susan. Courts and Criminal Justice in Contemporary China 2007a, Lanham, MD, Lexington Press
28. Trevaskes Susan. Severe and Swift Justice in China. British Journal of Criminology 2007b, 47(1):23-41.
29. Trevaskes Susan. The Death Penalty in China Today: Kill Fewer, Kill Cautiously. Asian Survey 2008, 43:393-413.
30. Trevaskes Susan. Policing Serious Crime in China 2010, London, Routledge
31. Zhang Geng. Kuanyan xingji xingshi zhengce yu hexie shehui"[The Criminal Justice Policy of Balancing Leniency and Severity and Harmonious Society. Xingshi zhengce pinglun [Commentaries on Criminal Justice Policy 2007, 1. Jianping Lu. in, vol, edited by, Beijing, Zhongguo Fengzheng chubanshe
32. Zhang Qianfan. The People's Court in Transition: The Prospects of the Chinese Judicial Reform. Journal of Contemporary China 2003, 12:69-101.
33. Zhao Lei. Zhongguo sifa kaiqi shaosha shidai: Congzhong congkuai chengwei lishi henji"[Chinese Justice Enters a New Era of Fewer Executions: Severe and Swift Punishment Becomes a Vestige of History]: Nanfang ribao. 2007, Southern China Daily], January 4
34. Zhongguo Jiangzai Xiaoyou Falu Kuangjianei Yange Kongzhi Sixing"[China Is Putting in Place Strict Legal Controls on the Application of the Death Penalty]. 2006, http://news.xinhuanet.com.legal/2006-12/28/content_5542754.htm, Xinhua News Release, December 28. (accessed on December 29, 2006
35. Zhongyang zhengfa weiyuanhui guanyu shenhua tizhi he gongzuo jizhi gaige ruogan wenti de yijian. Opinion by the CPC Politico-legal Affairs Committee on Certain Issues Relating to Optimizing Reform to the Justice System and its Work Mechanisms 2008. Approved and transmitted by the Politburo in the document titled " Zhongyang zhengfa weiyuanhui guanyu shenhua sifa tizhi he gongzuo jizhi gaige ruogan wenti de yijian' de tongzhi: Zhengfa 2008-19 hao"[Politburo Notice Approving the " Opinion by the CPC Politico-legal Affairs Committee on Certain Issues Relating to Optimizing Reform to the Justice System and its Work Mechanism" (Politico-legal Document 2008 No.19)]. (Unpublished
36. Zuigao fayuan fuyuanzhang: sixing hezhun bukaiting, shi chu you yin"[SPC Deputy President Says Ratification of Death Sentences Are Not Heard in Open Court for Good Reason]. http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2007-03/10/content_5825329.htm, 2007. Xinhua News Release, March 10. (accessed March 11, 2007