The Study On Crime Of Powerful Landlord During Qin-Han Dynasty

The period of Qin-Han dynasty, have following social changes of the Spring and Autumn period and the period of Warring states, the crime of powerful landlord was very rampant. This article , from a angle of social history, based on researches of former scholars, introducing concerned methods of crime sociology and connecting with historical background of social changes of the Spring and Autumn period and the period of Warring states, study the problem of crime of powerful landlord during Qin-Han dynasty.Be limited by time, words, more be constrained by the author level, the article only is a research on the phenomenon of crime of powerful landlord during Qin-Han dynasty. By collecting and combing regarding historical materials, according to dissimilarity of the object on witch crime of powerful landlord encroach, The author classified its crime activities into the following three type: The crime of Breaking economic order: Annexing farmland and possessing courtyard beyond rules, Sheltering person, Conceal property to escape the taxes and levies, Enslaving peasant. The crime of Disturbing social order: Damaging local feudal social order, Indulging the clansmen and guests as robber, Revenge. The crime of Endangering governmental rule: Treason felony,Misprision, Seizing prisoner, Oganizing the private armed forces.By establishing a classified system for crime of powerful landlord, the author made a concrete analysis of the organizing way ,criminal means and detailed contents of it.Based on the above-mentioned substantial researches, the article point out that the crime of powerful landlord during Qin-Han dynasty totally had the following four features: The first, criminal contents had special features of the ages. The second, criminal society endanger was comparatively serious. The third, criminal development situation gradually weakened .The fourth, some criminal activities gradually became legitimate .