A Study On The System Of Autumn Trial In The Qing Dynasty

The autumn trial is an important judicial system in Qing Dynasty, devoted to the review of death penalty cases, through the gradual development of Shunzhi, Kangxi and Yong Zhengsan Dynasty, by the time of Qian Long have been standardized and improve, become a unique system Chinese legal history-- the review system of death sentence. It is not only the most important trial system in the Qing Dynasty, also represents the most complete ancient China review system of death sentence is the big, it is the concrete embodiment of Confucian thought Chinese cautious punishment in judicial system on. This paper is an analysis of a general situation about autumn adjudgement which is according to the development’s level and historical background of autumn adjudgement,as well as the historical sense of autumn adjudgement and the countercheck of death penalty in force.