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Imperial Chinese government ministry responsible for judicial processes and penalties
The Ministry or Board of Justice was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China.
Functions
Under the Ming, the Ministry of Justice had charge of most judicial and penal processes, but had no authority over the Censorate or the Grand Court of Revision.[1]
See also
- Chinese law
- Capital punishment & Torture in China
- Death by a Thousand Cuts & the Nine Familial Exterminations
References
Citations
- ^ Hucker (1958), p. 32.
Sources
- Hucker, Charles O. (1958), "Governmental Organization of The Ming Dynasty", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 21: 1–66, doi:10.2307/2718619, JSTOR 2718619.
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