What are the main legal forms of the Qin Dynasty

After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the legal system took the form of laws, decrees, styles, legal questions and answers, legal notices, and the procedures, lessons, and acts of the court, among other forms of law.

(1) Laws

"Laws" are laws formally promulgated by the imperial court on a specialized matter. It became the main form of law in the Qin Dynasty after Shang Yang changed the name from "Law" to "Ruler". The status of the "law" as the representative form of ancient Chinese law was thus established.

(2)Order

"Order" is a legal document issued by the monarch or the emperor in the form of an order in response to a momentary matter, which, like the "law", was also a major form of law frequently used in the Qin Dynasty, but with a higher degree of effectiveness than that of the "law". The "system" and "edict" became the proper name for the emperor's orders, which not only distinguished them from the orders issued by other people, but also gave them the highest majesty and gave them the highest legal effect.

(3) style

"Style" is the court issued by the unified guidelines for officials to hear the case and the writing of interrogation transcripts, site investigation transcripts, sealing transcripts and other legal documents program legal documents; "style" in the text refers to the "guidelines" standard "model "standard" example "mode" or "format" meaning.

(4) Legal Q&A

"Legal Q&A" is an authoritative explanation of the laws and decrees of the court and local officials in charge of the law, and they are as universally binding as the legal provisions. The question-and-answer format provides a clear explanation of certain provisions, terms, and the intent of the Qin law, and is an important addition to the text of the Qin law.

(5) Legal Notices

Legal notices were legal notices issued by officials at all levels of the Qin dynasty within the scope of their authority, but their effect was usually limited to the specific area and scope of the issuer's authority.

(6) Courses, classes, and court actions

From the view of the Bamboo Slips of the Sleeping Tiger Earth Tomb of the Qin Dynasty, there were also various forms of laws such as "courses," "classes," and "court actions" in the Qin Dynasty. Qin Jian contains "workers course" three, is issued by the court to provide for the competent personnel to assess the quantity and quality of labor of the official crafts producers of the law, analyzed by its content, "course" and "style" contains the same meaning of "standard". Qin Jian also contains "cattle and sheep class", its content is about cattle and sheep breeding law. In addition, the qin tomb bamboo brief "law answer" in more than ten directly to the "court act" as the basis for its "court act" that is, the case of the case into the example.