On the Jurisprudence Demonstrated in Cases and Legal Precedents Handled by Su Shi
Cases and legal precedents are the law and jurisprudence in practice,as well as the summary of judicial experience and the embodiment of judicial wisdom.Su Shi was an all-rounder in the field of literary arts such as poetry and prose,calligraphy and painting,as well as a jurist.During his tenure as an official,he successively handled a number of judicial cases and left behind some legal precedents,embodying a different jurisprudence which is from the law in the text,to the law in the heart and then to the law in action.The jurisprudence is not as the knowledge form,but more practical one in a period of social transformation.Those cases and legal precedents embody both the positive initiative of the law enforcers and the jurisprudence based on the peo-ple-oriented thought,the idea of benevolent government and the integration of rites and laws.Some of them integrate heavenly justice,national law and human feelings,and are characterized by richness and uniqueness,which are closely related to the state and social governance during the period of social transformation in the Northern Song Dynasty.Su Shi has made a contribution that cannot be ignored in the history of justice in ancient China and those cases and legal precedents are still of relevance today.
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