Ming legal system

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Justice
gptkb:Censorate
local magistrates
gptkbp:focus social class
collective responsibility
Confucian values
gptkbp:goal maintain social order
reinforce imperial authority
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ming legal system
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Qing_legal_system
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Tang_Code
Song legal system
gptkbp:language gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkbp:mainLegalCode gptkb:Da_Ming_Lü
gptkbp:notableFeature codification of laws
detailed legal procedures
emphasis on family responsibility
integration of customary law
gptkbp:period 1368–1644
gptkbp:punishmentsIncluded exile
death penalty
corporal punishment
gptkbp:source imperial edicts
precedents
statutory codes
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Ming_dynasty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Qing_legal_system
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8