The Trace Inspection Of Judicial Activities In Qing Dynasty

Trace is always accompanying with the process of commission of crime, which also plays an important role in the whole judicial activities. So Trace inspection is regarded as one of the significant parts in judicial activities of past dynasities. Qing Dynasty is the last dynasty of the feudal society, whose trace inspection can represent the highest level in the whole feudal dynasty of China, so the research on Qing Dynasty trace inspection is critical to understanding the significance of the judicial activities of feudal dynasty.With the development of Chinese civilization, the trace inspection has also made great stride. One of the significant symbols which represented the maturity of chinese judicial civilization is the comparatively early and perfect trace inspection system. The evolution of trace inspection in Qing dynasity has the relatively complete specialties, although it was not be classified exclusively. The advanced experience in the trace inspection of Qing dynisity still has the model significance in nowadays. Today’s trace inspection remain take part of advantages of that in Qing Dynasity. The judical development in china has thought-provoking reference significance in today’s judical practice, which experienced a period which was characterized with looking up to substance and downing on process. This paper studies the trace inspection of the Qing Dynasty, which is mainly established in the judicial inspection. By virtue of the decrees, official lawsuits, criminal act and criminal books in Qing Dynasty, the author quests sorts of trace inspections, analyzes the kinds of trace inspection and introduces the skills, the subjects as well as the procedures of trace inspection in Qing dynasity. And thus the author elaborates the function of trace inspection in judical practice in Qing dynasity.The first chapter is about the classification about trace inspections. According to the standards in nowadays, this paper classifies the trace inspection into fingerprint traces inspection, footprint traces inspection, tool trace inspection, rifle and bullet traces inspection as well as special aspects traces inspection. this chapter repectively illustrates the definitions and the charaters of the ancienttrace inspection mentioned above. It also analyzes their functions in ancient judical historic evolution.Chapter Two studies the subjects in trace inspection of Qing dynasity. It divides the subjects into magistracy, post-mortem examiner and state and government officials.Chapter Three analyzes the skills in trace inspection in Qing dynasity, exploring the resource of the skills and making use of its advanced experience.Chapter Four introduces the procedures of judicial trace inspection in Qing Dynasty. It concludes the admissibility of the case, preparation and inquiry before the inspection, inqusition of the record production with the aim of restoring the whole trace inspection process.Chapter Five illustrates the function of trace inspection in Qing Dynasty, and mainly divides its function into that in inveatigation stage and in punishment fits the crime stage.The conclusion part generalizes the significance of trace inspection in Qing Dynasty, and summarizes the epochal characteristics and historical role in trace inspection of Qing Dynasty.