On The Judicial Functions Of The States And Counties Of The Ming Dynasty

This article will describe legal function of shire and county government in Ming Dynasty, which was not limited within pure legal judge activities, but all legal activities to maintain tyrannical governing by shire and county government in Ming dynasty, including legal education, maintenance of social security, legal judge, legal administration, legal management and supervising, legal activity of all relevant staffs in shire and county government, effects on legal function of shire and county government from tyrannical political body. This article will describe with 4 chapters:Chapter 1, discussion to legal organization construct of shire and county in Ming dynasty, this is to say, this chapter sets up main officers of shire and county as main thread, working staffs such as servants and policemen in shire and county as eye, the basic legal organizations of shire and county "LI", "BAO" as subsidiary thread, andmainly particularizes their separate legal duties.Chapter 2, this article will try to comment on legal education realized by shire and county in Ming dynasty, explained the contents and goal of this kind of legal education realized by shire and county governments in Ming dynasty from the concrete methods such as rural principles, explaining to law and order and setting up of official and social schools, The Emperor's instructions.Chapter 3, this article will try to introduce the legal functions of shire and county in Ming dynasty from 4 aspects such as maintaining social security, dealing with civilian suing, judging crime cases and detaining and conveying the prisoners, its purpose is to get a conclusion that being the basic solid governments of snire and county government, it had full, complete, systemic and regular legal functions.Chapter 4, this article will try to comment on the unbalance of exerting of shire and county government in Ming dynasty, describe the reason with historic success, generality, at the same time with its own special characteristics, The basic reason rises up from feudal authorities collection tyrannical system from the effects of shire and county officers' quality, official behavior, and their assistants.