At about 1943, the High Court in Shan-Gan-Ning Dist rict processed a judicial reform, emphasizing on the regularization of judicial t rial and the specialization of judges. The reform finally failed because of various reasons including that opponent force was very strong, the whole society lacked the spirit and custom of rule-of-law, and legal knowledge and legal persons were deficient. The paper makes a full research of the background, contents, process and the failing reasons of the reform according to first-hand records and diaries, with the aim to provide itsexperience and lectures to the judicial reform in the pipeline. |