title: Exemptions from punishment in China and Thailand from the perspective of the theory of Leon Petrazyck
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metadata.value: Chitov, Alexandre N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-03-04T13:31:11Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-03-04T13:31:11Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.value: Chitov, Alexandre N. 2018. Exemptions from punishment in China and Thailand from the perspective of the theory of Leon Petrazyck. Pravovedenie 62 (3): 570–581.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu25.2018.309
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17150
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This paper compares legislative provisions of Chinese and Thai laws pertaining to exemptions
  from punishment. These exemptions must be distinguished from the exemptions from criminal
  liability. In the latter case, Chinese and Thai courts cannot inflict punishment on a person who
  is justified or excused in committing an act otherwise defined as a crime. In contrast, an exemption
  from punishment is granted by courts as an exercise of discretionary powers. Chinese
  and Thai laws bear similar characteristics in defining the exemptions from criminal liability, but
  differ significantly in the scope of discretionary powers of courts to exempt from punishments.
  Chinese law allows judges to have more discretion in not imposing penalties on an offender
  than Thai law does. The reason for the difference lies in a greater openness of Chinese law to
  moral considerations to be played in sentencing practices. Thai law is much more influenced
  by the philosophy of legal positivism. These similarities and differences are discussed in the
  light of the theory of Leon Petrazycki. It is argued that Petyrazycki’s concept of intuitive law
  as attributive imperatives is important in explaining and justifying the powers of the court not
  to inflict punishment if it meets the goals of criminal justice. From the viewpoint of the theory
  of Petrazycki, Chinese law can accommodate better the intuitive law of the public to the exigencies
  of various social situations. However, Petrazycki’s theory alone cannot override many
  reasons against giving judges extensive powers to apply their intuitive laws to exempt offenders
  from punishment. There is a plurality of psychological imperatives which may conflict with each
  other. To resolve those conflicts, it is necessary to draw on the idea of natural law. Even though
  Petrazycki did not explicitly argue for the existence of the natural law, its existence can be drawn
  from common psychological imperatives as well as from a striking similarity between various
  systems of criminal law in such diverse countries as China and Thailand. Many of the legal provisions
  of their laws display certain common legal paradigms that cannot be only accounted for
  by the adoption of the Western legal concepts.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This paper is based on the research program funded by the Thailand Research Fund (TRF)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 62; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: criminal liability
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: punishment
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Thailand
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: China
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: psychological theory of law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Petrazycki
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Exemptions from punishment in China and Thailand from the perspective of the theory of Leon Petrazyck
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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