Abstract
Zhang Yipeng 張一鵬 (1872-1944) is a well-known legal and political figure in modern Chinese history. As a young man he first earned a juren 舉 人 degree in the imperial examination and then studied law in Japan. He was active in politics for half of his life. He also worked in the judicial department for a long time and was a lawyer. He was enthusiastic about local public welfare, and personally experienced many important historical events. He was one of a number of legal professionals in the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China. He wrote and translated many books; for example, he founded the Legal Affairs Magazine (Fazheng zazhi 法政雜誌) in Japan, edited and translated Criminal Procedure Law (Xingshi susong fa 刑事訴訟法) and other books, and was the first to translate the Treatise on Legal Codes (Fadian lun 法典論) and Lectures on [the] Prosecutorial System (Jiancha jiangyi 檢察講義) into Chinese. His legal and political practice mainly focused on revoking extraterritoriality and other foreign legal privileges, education, crime prevention, prison reform, and local autonomy. Examining his life will restore this “missing person” who participated in the process of legal modernization to public view and provide a glimpse into the efforts of a generation of legal professionals.
Keywords
Zhang Yipeng (Chang I-p’eng), Legal Affairs Magazine (Fazheng zazhi), local autonomy, judicial sovereignty
Cite
Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.
