Recent Information on the Criminal Justice System of the People's Republic of China Information has been requested on the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China. It is our understanding that the requester is interested chiefly in the recent period of development of the criminal justice system. For his use, we are enclosing a bibliography listing recent English-language writings on Communist Chinese criminal law. To supplement this bibliography, we wish to make a few comments. Less than a month after the death of Mao Zedong in September 1976, a coalition of more moderate figures within the Communist Chinese leadership ousted the "gang of four." The "gang of four" was composed of the most prominent of Mao's radical followers, and it included his widow, Jiang Qing. Shortly after the ouster of the "gang of four," the new leadership adopted a policy of "strengthening the legal system." Although some would discount the amount of progress that has been made in the implementation of this policy, "strengthening the legal system" has been one of the central policies of the post-Mao leadership throughout the years of its power, and it promises to continue to be a major policy. Few scholarly studies of justice in Communist China have been published in American sources since the Peking regime introduced the policy of strengthening the legal system. We believe that the major ones of such scholarly studies are included in the bibliography that follows. Abundant, although undigested, information on justice in the PRC is available, however,Recent Information on the Criminal Justice System of the People's Republic of China Information has been requested on the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China. It is our understanding that the requester is interested chiefly in the recent period of development of the criminal justice system. For his use, we are enclosing a bibliography listing recent English-language writings on Communist Chinese criminal law. To supplement this bibliography, we wish to make a few comments. Less than a month after the death of Mao Zedong in September 1976, a coalition of more moderate figures within the Communist Chinese leadership ousted the "gang of four." The "gang of four" was composed of the most prominent of Mao's radical followers, and it included his widow, Jiang Qing. Shortly after the ouster of the "gang of four," the new leadership adopted a policy of "strengthening the legal system." Although some would discount the amount of progress that has been made in the implementation of this policy, "strengthening the legal system" has been one of the central policies of the post-Mao leadership throughout the years of its power, and it promises to continue to be a major policy. Few scholarly studies of justice in Communist China have been published in American sources since the Peking regime introduced the policy of strengthening the legal system. We believe that the major ones of such scholarly studies are included in the bibliography that follows. Abundant, although undigested, information on justice in the PRC is available, however,Recent Information on the Criminal Justice System of the People's Republic of China Information has been requested on the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China. It is our understanding that the requester is interested chiefly in the recent period of development of the criminal justice system. For his use, we are enclosing a bibliography listing recent English-language writings on Communist Chinese criminal law. To supplement this bibliography, we wish to make a few comments. Less than a month after the death of Mao Zedong in September 1976, a coalition of more moderate figures within the Communist Chinese leadership ousted the "gang of four." The "gang of four" was composed of the most prominent of Mao's radical followers, and it included his widow, Jiang Qing. Shortly after the ouster of the "gang of four," the new leadership adopted a policy of "strengthening the legal system." Although some would discount the amount of progress that has been made in the implementation of this policy, "strengthening the legal system" has been one of the central policies of the post-Mao leadership throughout the years of its power, and it promises to continue to be a major policy. Few scholarly studies of justice in Communist China have been published in American sources since the Peking regime introduced the policy of strengthening the legal system. We believe that the major ones of such scholarly studies are included in the bibliography that follows. Abundant, although undigested, information on justice in the PRC is available, however,Recent Information on the Criminal Justice System of the People's Republic of China Information has been requested on the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China. It is our understanding that the requester is interested chiefly in the recent period of development of the criminal justice system. For his use, we are enclosing a bibliography listing recent English-language writings on Communist Chinese criminal law. To supplement this bibliography, we wish to make a few comments. Less than a month after the death of Mao Zedong in September 1976, a coalition of more moderate figures within the Communist Chinese leadership ousted the "gang of four." The "gang of four" was composed of the most prominent of Mao's radical followers, and it included his widow, Jiang Qing. Shortly after the ouster of the "gang of four," the new leadership adopted a policy of "strengthening the legal system." Although some would discount the amount of progress that has been made in the implementation of this policy, "strengthening the legal system" has been one of the central policies of the post-Mao leadership throughout the years of its power, and it promises to continue to be a major policy. Few scholarly studies of justice in Communist China have been published in American sources since the Peking regime introduced the policy of strengthening the legal system. We believe that the major ones of such scholarly studies are included in the bibliography that follows. Abundant, although undigested, information on justice in the PRC is available, however,Recent Information on the Criminal Justice System of the People's Republic of China Information has been requested on the criminal justice system of the People's Republic of China. It is our understanding that the requester is interested chiefly in the recent period of development of the criminal justice system. For his use, we are enclosing a bibliography listing recent English-language writings on Communist Chinese criminal law. To supplement this bibliography, we wish to make a few comments. Less than a month after the death of Mao Zedong in September 1976, a coalition of more moderate figures within the Communist Chinese leadership ousted the "gang of four." The "gang of four" was composed of the most prominent of Mao's radical followers, and it included his widow, Jiang Qing. Shortly after the ouster of the "gang of four," the new leadership adopted a policy of "strengthening the legal system." Although some would discount the amount of progress that has been made in the implementation of this policy, "strengthening the legal system" has been one of the central policies of the post-Mao leadership throughout the years of its power, and it promises to continue to be a major policy. Few scholarly studies of justice in Communist China have been published in American sources since the Peking regime introduced the policy of strengthening the legal system. We believe that the major ones of such scholarly studies are included in the bibliography that follows. Abundant, although undigested, information on justice in the PRC is available, however,-2- in primary sources. The reader who does not read Chinese may gain access to much of this information through the English translations published in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China (FBIS). This source is available in microfiche in the collection of the Library of Congress. The Far Eastern Law Division maintains a card file of articles in FBIS dealing with law, and NewsBank, Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, publishes a quarterly index under the title Index, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China. The requester will be interested particularly in two supplements published on July 27 and July 30, 1979, which contain English translations of the seven laws adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress in July 1979. These laws are the organic law of the local people's congresses and the local people's governments, the electoral law for the National People's Congress and the local people's congresses, the organic law of the people's court, the organic law of the people's procuratorates, the criminal code, the code of criminal procedure, and the joint venture law. The February 26, 1980, issue of FBIS contains what are referred to in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China (see below) as the Security Administration Punishment Act and the Decision of the State Council of the PRC Relating to Problems of Rehabilitation Through Labor. Both of these enactments were issued originally in 1957, and both have been reissued in 1980. The People's Republic of China has published only erratic and very incomplete statistics on criminal justice. Some figures for the recent period are presented in articles in FBIS.-2- in primary sources. The reader who does not read Chinese may gain access to much of this information through the English translations published in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China (FBIS). This source is available in microfiche in the collection of the Library of Congress. The Far Eastern Law Division maintains a card file of articles in FBIS dealing with law, and NewsBank, Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, publishes a quarterly index under the title Index, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China. The requester will be interested particularly in two supplements published on July 27 and July 30, 1979, which contain English translations of the seven laws adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress in July 1979. These laws are the organic law of the local people's congresses and the local people's governments, the electoral law for the National People's Congress and the local people's congresses, the organic law of the people's court, the organic law of the people's procuratorates, the criminal code, the code of criminal procedure, and the joint venture law. The February 26, 1980, issue of FBIS contains what are referred to in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China (see below) as the Security Administration Punishment Act and the Decision of the State Council of the PRC Relating to Problems of Rehabilitation Through Labor. Both of these enactments were issued originally in 1957, and both have been reissued in 1980. The People's Republic of China has published only erratic and very incomplete statistics on criminal justice. Some figures for the recent period are presented in articles in FBIS.-2- in primary sources. The reader who does not read Chinese may gain access to much of this information through the English translations published in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China (FBIS). This source is available in microfiche in the collection of the Library of Congress. The Far Eastern Law Division maintains a card file of articles in FBIS dealing with law, and NewsBank, Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, publishes a quarterly index under the title Index, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China. The requester will be interested particularly in two supplements published on July 27 and July 30, 1979, which contain English translations of the seven laws adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress in July 1979. These laws are the organic law of the local people's congresses and the local people's governments, the electoral law for the National People's Congress and the local people's congresses, the organic law of the people's court, the organic law of the people's procuratorates, the criminal code, the code of criminal procedure, and the joint venture law. The February 26, 1980, issue of FBIS contains what are referred to in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China (see below) as the Security Administration Punishment Act and the Decision of the State Council of the PRC Relating to Problems of Rehabilitation Through Labor. Both of these enactments were issued originally in 1957, and both have been reissued in 1980. The People's Republic of China has published only erratic and very incomplete statistics on criminal justice. Some figures for the recent period are presented in articles in FBIS.-2- in primary sources. The reader who does not read Chinese may gain access to much of this information through the English translations published in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China (FBIS). This source is available in microfiche in the collection of the Library of Congress. The Far Eastern Law Division maintains a card file of articles in FBIS dealing with law, and NewsBank, Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, publishes a quarterly index under the title Index, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China. The requester will be interested particularly in two supplements published on July 27 and July 30, 1979, which contain English translations of the seven laws adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress in July 1979. These laws are the organic law of the local people's congresses and the local people's governments, the electoral law for the National People's Congress and the local people's congresses, the organic law of the people's court, the organic law of the people's procuratorates, the criminal code, the code of criminal procedure, and the joint venture law. The February 26, 1980, issue of FBIS contains what are referred to in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China (see below) as the Security Administration Punishment Act and the Decision of the State Council of the PRC Relating to Problems of Rehabilitation Through Labor. Both of these enactments were issued originally in 1957, and both have been reissued in 1980. The People's Republic of China has published only erratic and very incomplete statistics on criminal justice. Some figures for the recent period are presented in articles in FBIS.-2- in primary sources. The reader who does not read Chinese may gain access to much of this information through the English translations published in Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China (FBIS). This source is available in microfiche in the collection of the Library of Congress. The Far Eastern Law Division maintains a card file of articles in FBIS dealing with law, and NewsBank, Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut, publishes a quarterly index under the title Index, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, People's Republic of China. The requester will be interested particularly in two supplements published on July 27 and July 30, 1979, which contain English translations of the seven laws adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People's Congress in July 1979. These laws are the organic law of the local people's congresses and the local people's governments, the electoral law for the National People's Congress and the local people's congresses, the organic law of the people's court, the organic law of the people's procuratorates, the criminal code, the code of criminal procedure, and the joint venture law. The February 26, 1980, issue of FBIS contains what are referred to in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China (see below) as the Security Administration Punishment Act and the Decision of the State Council of the PRC Relating to Problems of Rehabilitation Through Labor. Both of these enactments were issued originally in 1957, and both have been reissued in 1980. The People's Republic of China has published only erratic and very incomplete statistics on criminal justice. Some figures for the recent period are presented in articles in FBIS.-3- Theories of punishment and crime causation and prevention are presented in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949- 1963, a citation for which is in the bibliography that follows. For information on these topics in the recent period, the requester must locate relevant materials in FBIS. The following is a bibliography that may be useful: Chinese Law past and Present: A Bibliography of Enactments and Commentaries in English Text. Compiled and edited by Fu-shun Lin. New York: The East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1966. 419 p. Prepared by Tao-tai Hsia, Chief, and Kathryn Haun, Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Libraryoof Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980 [*KAA*] KAH: kah 3/12/80-3- Theories of punishment and crime causation and prevention are presented in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949- 1963, a citation for which is in the bibliography that follows. For information on these topics in the recent period, the requester must locate relevant materials in FBIS. The following is a bibliography that may be useful: Chinese Law past and Present: A Bibliography of Enactments and Commentaries in English Text. Compiled and edited by Fu-shun Lin. New York: The East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1966. 419 p. Prepared by Tao-tai Hsia, Chief, and Kathryn Haun, Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Libraryoof Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980 [*KAA*] KAH: kah 3/12/80-3- Theories of punishment and crime causation and prevention are presented in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949- 1963, a citation for which is in the bibliography that follows. For information on these topics in the recent period, the requester must locate relevant materials in FBIS. The following is a bibliography that may be useful: Chinese Law past and Present: A Bibliography of Enactments and Commentaries in English Text. Compiled and edited by Fu-shun Lin. New York: The East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1966. 419 p. Prepared by Tao-tai Hsia, Chief, and Kathryn Haun, Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Libraryoof Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980 [*KAA*] KAH: kah 3/12/80-3- Theories of punishment and crime causation and prevention are presented in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949- 1963, a citation for which is in the bibliography that follows. For information on these topics in the recent period, the requester must locate relevant materials in FBIS. The following is a bibliography that may be useful: Chinese Law past and Present: A Bibliography of Enactments and Commentaries in English Text. Compiled and edited by Fu-shun Lin. New York: The East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1966. 419 p. Prepared by Tao-tai Hsia, Chief, and Kathryn Haun, Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Libraryoof Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980 [*KAA*] KAH: kah 3/12/80-3- Theories of punishment and crime causation and prevention are presented in The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949- 1963, a citation for which is in the bibliography that follows. For information on these topics in the recent period, the requester must locate relevant materials in FBIS. The following is a bibliography that may be useful: Chinese Law past and Present: A Bibliography of Enactments and Commentaries in English Text. Compiled and edited by Fu-shun Lin. New York: The East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 1966. 419 p. Prepared by Tao-tai Hsia, Chief, and Kathryn Haun, Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Libraryoof Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980 [*KAA*] KAH: kah 3/12/80BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COMMUNIST CHINESE LAW: MOST RECENT MATERIALS Carl, Beverly May. "Contemporary law in the People's Republic of China". 32 Southwestern Law Journal 1255-1279 (1979). Cheng Shu-ping. The Chinese communist system of reform through labor. [n.p.] World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1978. 103p. Crockett, George W. , Jr. and Morris Gleicher. "Inside China's prisons." 61 Judicature 409-415 (April 1978). Quinto, David. "Dershowitz tours Chinese criminal courts." Harvard Law Record, v. 70, No. 1, Feb. *, 1980, p.2, 6. Fogel, David. "China: trial by the masses." Corrections Magazine, v. 3, Dec. 1977, p. 42-44. Paragon, Donald. "The administration of justice and law in new China". Case & Comment, v. 83, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 42-45, 48-49, 51-52, 56 Some recent developments related to human rights in the People's Republic of China: prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979, 20 p. Prepared by Kathryn A. Haun Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Law Library Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COMMUNIST CHINESE LAW: MOST RECENT MATERIALS Carl, Beverly May. "Contemporary law in the People's Republic of China". 32 Southwestern Law Journal 1255-1279 (1979). Cheng Shu-ping. The Chinese communist system of reform through labor. [n.p.] World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1978. 103p. Crockett, George W. , Jr. and Morris Gleicher. "Inside China's prisons." 61 Judicature 409-415 (April 1978). Quinto, David. "Dershowitz tours Chinese criminal courts." Harvard Law Record, v. 70, No. 1, Feb. *, 1980, p.2, 6. Fogel, David. "China: trial by the masses." Corrections Magazine, v. 3, Dec. 1977, p. 42-44. Paragon, Donald. "The administration of justice and law in new China". Case & Comment, v. 83, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 42-45, 48-49, 51-52, 56 Some recent developments related to human rights in the People's Republic of China: prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979, 20 p. Prepared by Kathryn A. Haun Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Law Library Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COMMUNIST CHINESE LAW: MOST RECENT MATERIALS Carl, Beverly May. "Contemporary law in the People's Republic of China". 32 Southwestern Law Journal 1255-1279 (1979). Cheng Shu-ping. The Chinese communist system of reform through labor. [n.p.] World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1978. 103p. Crockett, George W. , Jr. and Morris Gleicher. "Inside China's prisons." 61 Judicature 409-415 (April 1978). Quinto, David. "Dershowitz tours Chinese criminal courts." Harvard Law Record, v. 70, No. 1, Feb. *, 1980, p.2, 6. Fogel, David. "China: trial by the masses." Corrections Magazine, v. 3, Dec. 1977, p. 42-44. Paragon, Donald. "The administration of justice and law in new China". Case & Comment, v. 83, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 42-45, 48-49, 51-52, 56 Some recent developments related to human rights in the People's Republic of China: prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979, 20 p. Prepared by Kathryn A. Haun Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Law Library Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COMMUNIST CHINESE LAW: MOST RECENT MATERIALS Carl, Beverly May. "Contemporary law in the People's Republic of China". 32 Southwestern Law Journal 1255-1279 (1979). Cheng Shu-ping. The Chinese communist system of reform through labor. [n.p.] World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1978. 103p. Crockett, George W. , Jr. and Morris Gleicher. "Inside China's prisons." 61 Judicature 409-415 (April 1978). Quinto, David. "Dershowitz tours Chinese criminal courts." Harvard Law Record, v. 70, No. 1, Feb. *, 1980, p.2, 6. Fogel, David. "China: trial by the masses." Corrections Magazine, v. 3, Dec. 1977, p. 42-44. Paragon, Donald. "The administration of justice and law in new China". Case & Comment, v. 83, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 42-45, 48-49, 51-52, 56 Some recent developments related to human rights in the People's Republic of China: prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979, 20 p. Prepared by Kathryn A. Haun Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Law Library Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COMMUNIST CHINESE LAW: MOST RECENT MATERIALS Carl, Beverly May. "Contemporary law in the People's Republic of China". 32 Southwestern Law Journal 1255-1279 (1979). Cheng Shu-ping. The Chinese communist system of reform through labor. [n.p.] World Anti-Communist League, China Chapter, 1978. 103p. Crockett, George W. , Jr. and Morris Gleicher. "Inside China's prisons." 61 Judicature 409-415 (April 1978). Quinto, David. "Dershowitz tours Chinese criminal courts." Harvard Law Record, v. 70, No. 1, Feb. *, 1980, p.2, 6. Fogel, David. "China: trial by the masses." Corrections Magazine, v. 3, Dec. 1977, p. 42-44. Paragon, Donald. "The administration of justice and law in new China". Case & Comment, v. 83, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 42-45, 48-49, 51-52, 56 Some recent developments related to human rights in the People's Republic of China: prepared for the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979, 20 p. Prepared by Kathryn A. Haun Legal Research Analyst Far Eastern Law Division Law Library Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 March 1980