Dalisi Explained

Dalisi^[1] (大理寺; variously interpreted as the Court of Judicature and Revision, the Court of Judicial Review,^[2] and the Office of Justice^[3]) was the central government's judicial body in ancient China responsible for handling criminal cases.^{[4] [5]} It was also referred to as Jisi (棘寺) because interrogations of criminals sometimes took place under thorn trees.^[6] Ancient Vietnam followed ancient China's precedent and also established a similar institution.

References

• Book: Hucker, Charles O. . Charles Hucker . A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China . 468 . . 1985 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Relationship of “Humanity, Reason and Law” with Chinese Legal Traditions . 2024-11-17 . Shenyang Normal University . 2024-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913203530/https://flwh.synu.edu.cn/_upload/article/files/30/09/5520b9cd4cbc895f2155753dd148/3ac3164b-a93e-4536-b7b2-ae825feae9f0.pdf . live .
2. Web site: From the Imperial Capital to the Magistrate’s Court: Judicial Practices in Imperial China . 2024-11-17 . academic.oup.com.
3. Web site: CONTRACTS AS TOOLS TO PROMOTE MORALITY AND SOCIAL ORDER: THE TANG DYNASTY’S REGULATION OF CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS . https://web.archive.org/web/20241117162516/https://www.tsinghuachinalawreview.law.tsinghua.edu.cn/UploadFiles/2022-11-18/vpnmy1k8vbb9ezft.pdf . 2024-11-17 . 2024-11-17 . Tsinghua China Law Review.
4. [北宋]
5. Web site: 古代大理寺名称及职能的演变 – 北京政法网 . live . https://archive.today/20241117162356/https://www.bj148.org/wh/bl/zh/202110/t20211004_1618301.html . 2024-11-17 . 2024-11-17 . www.bj148.org.
6. [南宋]