RT Article
T1 The death penalty in the Peoples Republic of China
JF The Elgar companion to capital punishment and society
SP 262
OP 277
A1 Liang, Bin 1972-
A1 Wang, Jinzhou
A2 Wang, Jinzhou
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1936244349
AB Since its founding in 1949, the use of capital punishment has played an important role in China’s criminal justice system (and political system, in some eras). China’s death penalty has evolved significantly over time, though its practice is always clouded with secrecy. This chapter reviews what we do and do not know about China’s practice and critically examines the gaps between China’s death penalty law and the practice. First, we review legislative changes to China’s death penalty laws and explain the existing system. Second, we focus on the significant role played by the Chinese judiciary (the Supreme People’s Court in particular) in promoting death penalty reform measures in the new century. Last, we examine what we know about the actual practices to identify the gaps between law in books and law in action.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 272-274
SN 9781803929149
K1 China’s death penalty
K1 Law and practice
K1 Legislative changes
K1 Judicial reforms
K1 Law in action
DO 10.4337/9781803929156.00027