Trial System Study Of Shanghai International Mixed Court In Shanghai International Settlement

In the modern judicial environment,the Qing dynasty set up Mixed Court which of judicial in order to deal with problems in Shanghai International Settlement in 1864.The Court was 63 years old and mainly deal with cases that civil case and criminal case when Chinese as defendant.After the establishment of Mixed Court,it had an organization which collaborated with each other and serviced for judicial function by the Qing and foreigner.Mixed Court set up unique trial system which include Chinese judge and foreign jury officer.According to legal procedures,the judges deal with cases that civil case and criminal case when Chinese as defendant by using Chinese and Western laws flexibility.The trial system had some advantage that meticulous division of jurisdiction.But the system maintained International Settlement security rather than law.Not only that,it had no professional talent.The trial system present a trend of modernization by mixed Chinese and Western legal culture.The Court accumulated experience for judicial reform.But,under the background of semi-colonial and semi-fedual cociety,Mixed Court became plunder tool judicial sovereignty.Mixed Court did not cause deeper judicial reform.