Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410406
Zuo Jian-wei
Zuo Jianwei argues that despite the influence of public opinion in the application of capital punishment, media and policymakers play a greater role in the outcomes of judicial decisions. Zuo suggests that there is a difference between actual public opinion and portrayals of such circulating in the media. Actual public opinion ought to be treated seriously and cautiously when evaluating the legal and social effect of the application of the death penalty.
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.1080/21620555.2009.11038449
Liwei Village, Wu Yi, He Xuefeng, Luo Xingzuo, Dong Leiming
Chen Baifeng. “The Influence of Changing Peasant Values on Familial Relations: Liwei Village, Anhui,” 41, no. 1 (Fall 2008), pp. 30–42. Chen Xingliang. “A Study on the Death Penalty as Applied to Those Engaged in the Transportation of Drugs: Observations on a Letter from a Prisoner Condemned to Death,” 41, no. 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 48–65. ———. “On the Death Penalty: From the Chief Editor of Criminal Law review,” 41, no. 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 41–44. Day, Alexander. “The Central China School of Rural Studies: Guest Editor’s Introduction,” 41, no. 1 (Fall 2008), pp. 3–9. Dong Leiming. see Wu Yi. Fan Yu. “A Brief Analysis of the Ma Xiwu Trial Mode: Formation of a Civil Trial Mode and Its Historic Destiny,” 41, no. 2 (Winter 2008–9), pp. 78–91. Guo Xinghua. “Understanding the Logic Behind Rule of Law in China: Guest Editor’s Introduction,” 41, no. 2 (Winter 2008–9), pp. 3–6. ———. “Why Do We Obey the Law? A Comparative Study of Legal Awareness Among U.S. and Chinese Citizens,” 41, no. 2 (Winter 2008–9), pp. 7–40. He Xuefeng. “The Regional Variation of Rural Governance and the Logics of Peasant Action,” 41, no. 1 (Fall 2008), pp. 10–29. ———. see Wu Yi. Huang Jialiang. “How Are Laws Practiced? A Sociological Analysis Based on a Judicial Case in China,” 41, no. 2 (Winter 2008–9), pp. 41–77. Iseman, Sandra. see Ma Hang. Li Chaohai. see Liu Linping. Li Derui. see Wu Yi. Liu Linping and Li Chaohai. “Behavioral Convergence and Destigmatization: A Study on the ‘Legitimization’ of Prostitution,” 41, no. 3 (Spring 2009), pp. 55–70. Liu Zhijun. “Casual Workers in Hangzhou: An Investigation and Study,” 41, no. 3 (Spring 2009), pp. 40–54. ———. “Liushou Children in a Chinese Village: Childhood Apart from Parents,” 41, no. 3 (Spring 2009), pp. 71–89. Lu Jianping. “On the Application of the Death Penalty and Public Opinion,” 41, no. 4 (Summer 2009), pp. 66–79.
陈Baifeng。“农民价值观的变迁对家庭关系的影响:安徽里威村”,第41期。1 (Fall 2008), pp. 30-42。陈Xingliang。"关于对从事毒品运输的人适用死刑问题的研究:对一名死刑犯来信的意见",第41期。4 (Summer 2009), pp. 48-65。——《论死刑:来自《刑法评论》主编》,第41期。4(夏季2009),第41-44页。天,亚历山大。《华中乡村学派:特邀编者简介》,第41期。1(2008年秋季),第3-9页。盾Leiming。见吴仪。风扇。《简析马锡武审判模式:民事审判模式的形成及其历史命运》,第41期。2 (Winter 2008-9),第78-91页。郭兴华。《理解中国法治背后的逻辑:特约编辑导论》,第41期。2 (Winter 2008-9), pp. 3-6。——“我们为什么要守法?”《中美公民法律意识的比较研究》,第41期。2 (Winter 2008-9),第7-40页。他雪峰。《农村治理的地域差异与农民行动的逻辑》,第41期。1(秋季2008),第10-29页。——见吴仪。黄古时。“法律是如何实施的?”《基于中国一个司法案例的社会学分析》,第41期。2 (Winter 2008-9),第41-77页。Iseman,桑德拉。见马航。李Chaohai。见刘林萍。李德瑞。见吴仪。刘林萍和李朝海。“行为趋同与去污名化:卖淫“合法化”研究”,第41期。3(2009年春季),第55-70页。刘志军。《杭州市临时工调查与研究》,第41期。3(2009年春季),第40-54页。——《中国农村柳寿儿童:远离父母的童年》,第41期。3(2009年春季),第71-89页。陆。"关于死刑的适用与公众舆论",第41号。4(2009年夏季),第66-79页。
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410403
Zhang Guifeng
Being opposed to scholars' proposal to abolish the death penalty for corrupt government officials, Zhang Guifeng argues that, before the effective settlement of three paradoxes existing in China's ineffective struggle against corruption, the death penalty remains necessary.
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410405
Lu Jianping
Lu Jianping examines the apparent divide between popular public support for capital punishment at the legislative level and the resistance to judicial rulings in special cases. Lu concludes with some reflection on the changing contexts in which public opinion is shaped and deployed.
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410401
Zhao Bing-zhi, Wang Yunfeng
Zhao Bingzhi and Wan Yunfeng argue that a practical and feasible approach to limiting and abolishing capital punishment in China is to begin by eliminating nonviolent crimes (such as economic crimes) as capital offenses. Economic crime is a useful starting point given that it does not fall within the purview of criminal law and is readily distinguishable from violent crimes that jeopardize state security, endanger public security, and damage individuals.
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410404
Chen Xing-liang
Calling into question different motives to transport drugs, the typical divisions of labor in Chinese drug circuits, and the sentences meted out to smugglers, Chen Xingliang examines the rationale of punishment schedules under the Criminal Law of China. Chen takes the position that when sufficient evidence is presented to prove a person was employed by others to transport drugs, the death penalty should not apply.
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410400
Zhang Ning
The debate over application of the death penalty for economic crimes is complicated by political issues surrounding its use against corrupt officials.
围绕对腐败官员使用死刑的政治问题,使对经济犯罪适用死刑的辩论变得复杂。
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Pub Date : 2009-07-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410402
Xingliang Chen
Introducing a special issue of Criminal Law Review on capital punishment, Chen Xingliang presents the words of a netizen as a reflection of the general public response to the scholars' consensus favoring strict limitations on—and the eventual abolition of—the death penalty. By doing so, Chen calls upon scholars to take into account the public understanding of the death penalty when promoting their project.
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Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410303
Zhou Jian-xin, Zhou Daming
Of all migrant casual workers, construction workers as a group do the hardest work, the most dangerous jobs, and have the fewest guarantees. The vocation has a low threshold, is labor intensive, and engages a vast number of people, thus becoming the starting point for many migrant workers in their quest to make a living away from home or as a means of accumulating "seed capital." Once the time is ripe, they will move to other jobs, for which reason construction workers exhibit a high degree of mobility.
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Pub Date : 2009-04-01DOI: 10.2753/CSA0009-4625410300
Zhou Daming
Since the 1980s, in the wake of the transformation of and developments in China’s social economy and the adjustments in the structure of agriculture, increasingly large numbers of peasants have begun to flock to the cities. Thus, migrant workers in the cities have become one of the most conspicuous groups in contemporary Chinese society. Existing studies show that migrant workers are not one homogeneous unit. There are stratifications and differences among groups of migrant workers, and an important and unique subgroup among them are the informally hired migrant workers. How can we better resolve problems caused by the formation and development of these informally hired migrant workers? And how should we enable them to integrate better and more rapidly into society and obtain the respect and acknowledgement they deserve? These are urgent, difficult, and long-term issues that call for common efforts on the part of all people in society, including scholars—efforts that must find reflection in practice. Of the seven articles in this issue, five focus on exploring the characteristics and existence of different types of urban migrant casual workers. Zhou Jianxin and Zhou Daming have collaborated on investigations and studies regarding nannies, haulage workers, and construction workers among the migrant casual workers in the Pearl River Delta. By means of oral interviews with nannies in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, they analyze their group characteristics, focus on the salient “gender aggregation effect” present among them and the fact that they are a purely female group of workers, and point out that this has made them vulnerable and weak. In their research on individual cases of haulage workers, the authors find that these
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