Abstract
Having perceived a shift in the legal culture of contemporary China, the paper crystallizes in its first section the changes of values in the criminal procedure law (CPL) of the People's Republic of China between 1979 and 2012. Then it reveals, in the second section, the incompatibility between the rule of law and social harmony, the current founding values of the Chinese CPL, from both historical and temporary perspectives. Multiple missions originating from the above two values taken by the CPL 2012 are surveyed in the third section. In the fourth section, the paper illustrates how the two values compete and compromise with each other by exploring controversial mechanisms in the new CPL.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Sept 2013 |
| Event | 8th Annual Conference: New Approaches and New Questions in Chinese Law (ECLS 2013) - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Sept 2013 → 20 Sept 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 8th Annual Conference: New Approaches and New Questions in Chinese Law (ECLS 2013) |
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| Place | United Kingdom |
| City | Oxford |
| Period | 18/09/13 → 20/09/13 |
