The Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China is a
government ministry
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under the
State Council of
China
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which is responsible for legal affairs. The range of responsibilities include judicial process, drafting legislation, developing legal framework, participating in national and international treaties, prosecution and sentencing.
The ministry also ensure in the maintenance and improvement of China's system of law and justice and its
national security
National security, or national defence, is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived as protection against military att ...
.
Administration
The executive head of the ministry is the Minister of Justice. This position is equivalent to
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
in other countries.
Organizational structure
Agencies
The (司法部监狱管理局) operates national prisons in China. As of 2015, Liu Zhenyu (刘振宇) is the head of the department.
Home page
Bureau of Prison Administration. Retrieved on May 17, 2015. "局 长：刘振宇"
List of Justice Ministers
See also
* Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China
* Chinese law
Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. The core of modern Chinese law is based on Germanic-style civil law, socialist law, and traditional Chinese approaches.
For most of the history of China, its legal syste ...
* Court system of the People's Republic of China
The judicial branch, organized under the constitution and law, is one of five organs of power elected by the People's Congress, in the People's Republic of China.
According to the constitution, the court system is to exercise judicial pow ...
* Judicial system of China
The judicial branch, organized under the constitution and law, is one of five organs of power elected by the People's Congress, in the People's Republic of China.
According to the constitution, the court system is to exercise judicial pow ...
* Law of the People's Republic of China
The Law of the People's Republic of China, officially referred to as the Socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, is the legal regime of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
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* Law enforcement in the People's Republic of China
Law enforcement in China consists of an extensive public security system and a variety of enforcement procedures used to maintain order in the country. Along with the courts and procuratorates, the country's judicial and public security agenci ...
* '' Legal Daily''
* Legal history of China
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vari ...
* Legislative system of the People's Republic of China
The legislative system of China, which refers to the People's Republic of China or the Republic of China (ROC), that encroaches a set of system of laws and regulations generated in China's legal system or more narrowly the system of formulation ...
* Ministries of the People's Republic of China
The executive branch of the central government of the People's Republic of China, the 13th State Council, is currently made up of 26 Constituent Departments of the State Council ().
The 26 cabinet-level executive departments are:
* 21 ministr ...
* National Judicial Exam
The National Judicial Examination () was the unified legal examination of the People's Republic of China for legal professionals. It is replaced by the new created National Unified Legal Professional Qualification Examination () since 2018.
Req ...
References
External links
Ministry of Justice
at 中国普法网
at 中国普法网 (Archive)
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Justice
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...
Legal organizations based in China
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
Ministries established in 1949