TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1991-1572
AU  - Min, Dong-Fang
TI  - An Analysis of the Increase and Decrease in the Death Penalty Articles and the Death Penalties in Qing Code
JO  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JA  - Journal for Legal History Studies
VL  - 23
SP  - 257
EP  - 289
KW  - Qing Code、death penalty articles、number of death penalties
PY  - 2013
AB  - The number of death penalty articles specified by Shun Zhi Lv was 135 and the number of various death penalties totaled 223. The number of death penalty articles specified by Yong Zheng Lv increased to 158 and the number of various death penalties increased to 407 accordingly. By the fifth year of the Reign of Qian Long, the number of death penalty articles specified by the Da-Qing-Lv-Li decreased to 152 while the number of various death penalties rose to the level of 444. During the ninth year of the Reign of Tong Zhi, the number of death penalty articles specified by the Da Qing-Lv-Li peaked at 162 and the number of various death penalties increased to 772 as a result. The death penalty of Qing Code focused primarily on homicide and property cases. The rise and fall in the number of death penalty articles in Qing dynasty were quite complicated and the increase in the number of death penalties did not necessarily mean the increase in the number of death penalty imposed by the authorities. It suggests that any study on the historical background of the death penalty imposed by the authorities should be carried with great caution and hasty conclusions should never be encouraged.
Y1  - 2013/08/20
ER  -