晚清中央司法机关的近代转型

晚清进行的司法改革首先从中央司法机关法部与大理院的转型开始。中央司法机关既要对自身机构进行改造 ,以适应新的职能的需要 ;也要调整好部院之间的关系 ,以实现司法独立。这一转型过程十分艰难 ,尤其是部院关系的协调颇费周折。通过部院转型这一视角可以透视司法改革的行动者对于改革全局的影响 ,展现中国司法制度近代化的生动侧面。

The Modernization of Central Judicial Departments in Late Qing Dynasty

The modernization of central judicial government is the very beginning of the judicatory reform launched in the last years of late Qing Dynasty. The inner organs of Board of Justice and Central Judicial Justice , which was the central judicial departments at that time, had to be changed into modern branches to meet the new functions. To coordinate the relation between Board of Justice and Central Judicial Justice was even more important because it may decide the primary fate of the independence of judiciary in China. From the angle of the modernization of central judicial departments, the judicatory reform story may take on a new look. This is confirmed by all the details and the stories written in this article.