The Evolution and Reference of the Three-jurisdiction System in Ancient China
The gradual change of the central judicial organs from one to three in ancient China is the embodiment of the judicial idea of"careful punishment",and also the need to strengthen the imperial power and check the central judicial power.Since the Tang Dynasty,in the judicial reform and practice of the past dynasties,the system of three judicial departments has gradually overcome the drawbacks such as the overlapping setting of judicial organs in the Song Dynasty,the confusion and complexity of procedures,the or-gans in the Yuan Dynasty,each leading their own affairs and not controlling each other,the intervention of the Ming Dynasty,the em-peror's capricious overstepping of the law,and so on,to the Qing Dynasty has been relatively complete,and has better played the role of balancing the judicial power and promoting judicial detail and justice.
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