| Abstract: | Since the founding of the People＇s Republic of China in 1949, guidance over cases, in an incomplete form, has played an important role in the process of guidance by judicial organs at higher levels over the work of those at lower levels. In 1956, a national conference on the work judicial examination was held. The meeting explicitly proposed the attachment of importance to typical cases. In 1962, then Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong （1893-1976）, in light of the existence of relevant problems, pointed out that it would not do without law, and that both the cdminal law and civil law must be enacted, saying that China should not only enact law, but should also compile collections of cases. In December 1962, the Supreme People＇ s Court made principled provisions for relevant issues in the practice of adjudication, under which part of the work was to sum up the experience in the work of adjudication, and select typical cases for guidance over future work. Meanwhile, the supreme court also made specific provisions for ways of selecting typical cases in this regard. |
