Creative Death Penalty Reform in China
The Case of Drug Transportation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090603 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Trevaske (0000-0002-1060-2182, Griffith University, corresponding author), Susan Trevaskes |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-161 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lapo.12051 |
| OpenAlex | W2292434403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
China's criminal justice system has, for decades, been consistently notorious as one of the world's most punitive. Recent reform of the nation's decades‐long harsh criminal justice policy to instead balance severity with greater leniency has given reformist‐minded judges and legal experts some cause for optimism. However, it has also created a judicial dilemma in determining how to apply this more lenient ethos in sentencing some capital crimes. This is particularly the case for the capital crime of transporting drugs, which is the focus of this article. This article reveals how reform can be achieved through skillful legal maneuvering for a crime category that is caught between two contesting views of the social benefits of punishment
Balance (ability · Capital (architecture · Capital punishment · China · Criminal justice · Criminology · Dilemma · Ethos · Law and economics · Optimism · Political science · Punishment (psychology · Punitive damages · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Free Will and Agency · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
The Achievements and Prospects of Court Reforms in China
Law-making functions of the Chinese courts
The legal status of decisions and judicial interpretations of the Supreme Court of China
The Death Penalty in Contemporary China
Rationalising Stability Preservation through Mao's Not So Invisible Hand
Lenient Death Sentencing and the “Cash for Clemency” Debate
Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State
The Shifting Sands of Punishment in China in the Era of “Harmonious Society
A Study on the Death Penalty as Applied to Those Engaged in the Transportation of Drugs
Judicial Interpretation of China's Supreme People's Court as "Secondary Law" with Special Reference to Criminal Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |