What are the main features of China's legal system?

1 Based on China's traditional Confucianism, it combines the essence of Legalists, Taoists and Yin and Yang, and gets rid of the shackles of religious theology.

2. It embodies a strong ethical color.

3. While taking national law as the main body, confirm the effectiveness of "folk law".

The central government has the final legislative power.

5. In the feudal era, the system that the law exempts a specific person from the crime is mainly reflected in the fact that bureaucrats and nobles enjoy legal privileges, and good people and bad people are punished with the same crime.

6, the combination of law, mixed compilation. From Li Kui's "Jurisprudence" in the Warring States Period to the last feudal code "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", criminal law is the main content, and civil, administrative and litigation contents coexist.

7. Judicial power is not independent. In the long feudal era, it was difficult for judicial organs to exercise their functions and powers independently. Although the central government has a special judicial organ, its activities are either controlled by the emperor, interfered by imperial families, consorts, eunuchs and powerful ministers, or restricted by the central administrative organs.

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Chinese legal system has a long history and unique features, which has made great contributions to human civilization ruled by law. China's national strength in ancient times was in the forefront of East Asia and even the world for a long time, forming a Confucian civilization circle in East Asia with China as the core.

China's legal system naturally affects neighboring countries, especially the laws of the Tang Dynasty. As a representative work of Chinese legal system, the Law of the Tang Dynasty transcended national boundaries and exerted great influence on Asian countries.

The contents of Korean Koryo Law are all taken from Tang Law. The Dabao Law formulated by Wu Wen is also based on the Tang Law. The criminal books issued during the period of Li Taizun in Vietnam were mostly based on the Law of the Tang Dynasty.

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