Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With Special Relation to Ruling Cases. Together with a Brief Excursus on the Law of Property, Chiefly Founded on the Writings of the Late Sir Chaloner Alabaster ...Luzac & Company, 1899 - 677 pages |
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Page ix
... systematic , can hardly be said to be concentrated . I mean that for example in the Code , all the considerations touching , e . g . , any given offence , do not appear under that offence the whole subject is PREFACE IX.
... systematic , can hardly be said to be concentrated . I mean that for example in the Code , all the considerations touching , e . g . , any given offence , do not appear under that offence the whole subject is PREFACE IX.
Page xi
... given the prior place to Offences against the Person . Homicide in especial has been treated very fully quite in proportion with its importance in the general law . That portion devoted to assault , etc. , though not lengthy , is ...
... given the prior place to Offences against the Person . Homicide in especial has been treated very fully quite in proportion with its importance in the general law . That portion devoted to assault , etc. , though not lengthy , is ...
Page xliii
... given effect to before being actually so embodied . The laws are divided into six divisions , corresponding to the six Boards at Peking , and they are further supplemented by the Liu Pu Tsê Lii.e. the Rules established by these offices ...
... given effect to before being actually so embodied . The laws are divided into six divisions , corresponding to the six Boards at Peking , and they are further supplemented by the Liu Pu Tsê Lii.e. the Rules established by these offices ...
Page lxv
... the offender's native place , imprisonment , or even fine . Two instances may be given where no penalty is inflicted : ( a ) utter accident unavoidable by C. E. G. e ment varies in kind . any exercise of sight or INTRODUCTION LXV.
... the offender's native place , imprisonment , or even fine . Two instances may be given where no penalty is inflicted : ( a ) utter accident unavoidable by C. E. G. e ment varies in kind . any exercise of sight or INTRODUCTION LXV.
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... given case . Circonstances attenuantes are taken into consideration , but not by the lower court they must await the Autumn Revision . The lower court has simply to decide on the facts , and the clause they come under , while the ...
... given case . Circonstances attenuantes are taken into consideration , but not by the lower court they must await the Autumn Revision . The lower court has simply to decide on the facts , and the clause they come under , while the ...
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