本站原创ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS4-5
ABSTRACT5-7
摘要7-8
CONTENTS8-10
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION10-15
1.1 Motivation of the study10-11
1.2 Statement of problems11-12
1.3 Purpose of the study12
1.4 Significance of the study12-13
1.5 Organization and supplementary explanations of the study13-15
1.5.1 Organization of the study13-14
1.5.2 Supplementary explanations14-15
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW15-22
2.1 Vagueness and its related concepts15-18
2.1.1 Definition of vagueness15-16
2.1.2 Vagueness and its related concepts16-18
2.1.3 Summary18
2.2 Previous studies on vagueness in legislative language18-21
2.2.1 Previous studies abroad18-19
2.2.2 Previous studies in China19-21
2.3 Previous studies on vagueness in the language of the Chinese criminal legislation21-22
CHAPTER THREE VAGUENESS IN LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE22-39
3.1 A brief introduction to legislative language22-24
3.1.1 What is legislative language?22
3.1.2 Features of legislative language22-24
3.2 Reasons of vagueness in legislative language24-28
3.2.1 Inherent nature of language24-26
3.2.2 Complexity and changeabipty of legal phenomena26-28
3.2.3 Summary28
3.3 Functions of vagueness in legislative language28-39
3.3.1 Positive functions29-33
3.3.2 Negative functions33-38
3.3.3 Summary38-39
CHAPTER FOUR VAGUENESS IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHINESE CRIMINALLEGISLATION39-66
4.1 A brief introduction to the Chinese criminal legislation39-42
4.1.1 Evolution of the criminal legislation39-40
4.1.2 Features of the criminal legislation40-42
4.2 Vagueness in the Chinese criminal legislation42-56
4.2.1 Vagueness at the lexical level43-48
4.2.2 Vagueness at the phrase-level48-53
4.2.3 Vagueness at the clause-level53-54
4.2.4 Summary54-56
4.3 Vagueness and evolution of the Chinese criminal legislation56-66
4.3.1 Role of evolution of criminal legislation in epminating negative functions of vagueness56-62
4.3.1.1 From the Criminal Act of the PRC (1979) to the Criminal Act of the PRC (1997)57-58
4.3.1.2 Amendments to the Criminal Act of the PRC (1997)58-59
4.3.1.3 Single criminal statutes59-60
4.3.1.4 Legislative interpretations60-62
4.3.2 Roles of evolution of the criminal legislation in carrying forward the positive functions of vagueness62-64
4.3.3 Summary64-66
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION66-69
5.1 Summary66-67
5.2 Suggestions67-68
5.3 Limitations and recommendations68-69
REFERENCES69-70