The Judicial Disposal Of The Relatives’ Adultery And Rape Behavior In The Qing Dynasty

In ancient China, the law for adultery and rape behavior has a long history.The relatives’ adultery and rape behavior as a special type of the adultery and rape behavior was attached great importance by all previous dynasties.However judicial disposal of the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior in the Qing dynasty widened the punishment scope and aggravated penalties comparing to previous generations.The main is discussed in this paper for legal provisions of the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior in the Qing dynasty and how to punish the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior.First of all, review legal provisions and judicial disposal of the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior before Qing dynasty.It was found that moral condemnation of relatives’ adultery and rape behavior as early as the pre-Qin period.This behavior in the Qin and Han dynasties period have the specific charge that named "Beastly conduct".And the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior during the time of Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasty is listed as one of ten categories of major crimes become a permanent statutes.The ancient society make the legal provisions of relatives’ adultery and rape perfect and mature gradually and punishment also become more and more strict.Secondly, analyze the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior in the Qing dynasty.This part makes a detailed analysis for specific judicial disposal of the relatives’ adultery and rape behavior in the Qing dynasty,and how to punish the kill and wound behavior in cases of relatives’ adultery and rape behavior from the Qing dynasty on the legal rules of relatives’ adultery and rape behavior in tow ways of the relatives’ adultery and relatives’ rape,combining a large number of cases in the Qing dynasty.Finally, we can find the similarities and differences of the judicial disposal contrasting normal persons’ adultery and rape behavior with relatives’ adultery and rape behavior in the Qing dynasty.This part will find out why the Qing dynasty pay more attention to relatives’ adultery and rape behavior and legal ethics foundation through comparative analysis.