Answer the question:

1. Please summarize the main characteristics of the penal system in traditional China.

2. Is mediation one of the major modes of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in your country? If so, compare the practice of mediation in your country and that in China.

3. What impressed you most in terms of the culture of justice in traditional China?

4. Please comment on the argument that the history of Chinese legal system is equivalent to the history of criminal law.

5. What is your understanding of the relationship between law and family life in traditional China?