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 xi
... treated very fully quite in proportion with its importance in the general law . That portion devoted to assault , etc. , though not lengthy , is somewhat detailed . As regards rape and kindred offences , the but Chinese believe in ...
... treated very fully quite in proportion with its importance in the general law . That portion devoted to assault , etc. , though not lengthy , is somewhat detailed . As regards rape and kindred offences , the but Chinese believe in ...
Page xii
... treated some portions ( e . g . , larceny and arson ) at considerable length . In due order follow offences against the Peace , the State , Justice , Religion , Commerce , and Morality and Health . In every case the specific treatment ...
... treated some portions ( e . g . , larceny and arson ) at considerable length . In due order follow offences against the Peace , the State , Justice , Religion , Commerce , and Morality and Health . In every case the specific treatment ...
Page lii
... treated more tenderly or , it may be , more severely , than others , this is a perfectly legal treatment prescribed by and incorporated in the system . Furthermore , in regard of the Code itself , because one part is entitled ritual ...
... treated more tenderly or , it may be , more severely , than others , this is a perfectly legal treatment prescribed by and incorporated in the system . Furthermore , in regard of the Code itself , because one part is entitled ritual ...
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... treated leniently ; and an offender actually undergoing punishment , such as a convict serving his sentence of penal servitude or of banishment to a penal settlement , may live in hope that his punishment will be reduced or remitted ...
... treated leniently ; and an offender actually undergoing punishment , such as a convict serving his sentence of penal servitude or of banishment to a penal settlement , may live in hope that his punishment will be reduced or remitted ...
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... treated as rebels , and meted out summary justice . * * * Accessories in § 31. On the other hand , accessories to murder capital cases . are not visited with the death penalty unless , indeed , they be pirates or brigands , or where the ...
... treated as rebels , and meted out summary justice . * * * Accessories in § 31. On the other hand , accessories to murder capital cases . are not visited with the death penalty unless , indeed , they be pirates or brigands , or where the ...
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