On the Historical Position of Substantive Law and Procedural Law in China

In ancient China, substantive law and procedural law in general combined together, unlike the West as clear-cut, China's ancient dynasties have both substantive law and procedural law in the code, and Chinese history is generally heavy on the substantive and light on the procedural, and thus the substantive law in Chinese history for the maintenance of social stability, the unity of the country plays a very important role, while in the procedural aspects of the law, it can be said that Chinese There is almost no procedural law in the real sense of history, the successive codes of law contain procedural content and effectively assist the substantive law to maintain the ruling order, there is no more independent significance

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