CUHK LAW GREATER CHINA LEGAL HISTORY SEMINAR SERIES – ‘BETWEEN BRUTALITY AND BENEVOLENCE: THE HISTORICAL FUNCTION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN CHINA’ BY PROF. MICHELLE MIAO (ONLINE)
- Starting Time 活動開始時間
January 13, 2023 at 4:30 AM UTC
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January 13, 2023 at 12:30 PM GMT+8
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- Participants 嘉賓
Prof. Michelle Miao, Associate Professor, CUHK LAW
- Organizers 主協辦機構
The Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK LAW)
- Mode 活動形式
- Online
- Venue 地點
- Zoom Meeting. The zoom link will be sent in due course
- Languages 語言
- English
- Description 詳情
Capital punishment has occupied a unique position in Chinese legal history. As a permanent fixture in imperial China’s legal system, capital punishment was the sole corporal punishment consistently employed by various dynasties from Pre-Qin to the late Qing. From legislation to judicial practices, the use of ultimate punishment in Chinese history has been riddled with contradictions and complexities. This research addresses these dilemmas by placing an analytical spotlight on the functionality, rather than merely the mechanisms of state-endorsed killing. It chronicles the origins and evolution of capital punishment in pre-modern China by examining continuity and changes, execution methods and rituals, and how capital punishment was understood and experienced in history.
About the Speaker:
Prof. Michelle Miao, Associate Professor, CUHK LAWCPD credit is available upon application and subject to accreditation by the Law Society of Hong Kong (currently pending).
Register here by 5pm, 12 January 2023 to attend the seminar.
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