movie has entered the second half of the Spring Festival. The movie " Article 20 " directed by the famous director Zhang Yimou and starring Lei Jiayin , Ma Li , Zhao Liying , etc. has recently achieved a single-day box office decline for three consecutive days. (Up against the trend). According to Beacon Professional Edition, as of 7:30 on February 15, the film's box office reached 858 million, surpassing "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" in the single-day box office and ranking third.
The movie "Article 20" directed by Zhang Yimou has achieved a single-day box office decline for three consecutive days. Image source/Internet
"Article 20" refers to the legal provisions on "justifiable defense" in Article 20 of the Criminal Law. Exploring legitimate defense in laughter and tears is the greatest experience for many viewers watching "Article 20". After the film was released, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV and other authoritative organizations spoke out about the conflict between love and law in the film - the Supreme People's Procuratorate published film review articles "Shirk and Responsibility" and "The Law is Not" on its official WeChat account for two consecutive days. Cold Logic", CCTV News Channel launched a special program "Focus on "Legitimate Defense"" on February 13, and Xinhua News Agency also published an article "Looking at Justifiable Defense in Criminal Law from the Movie "Article 20"". Luo Xiang, a famous "top" law popularization teacher and professor at China University of Political Science and Law, was deeply moved after reading "Article 20" and said that it was because of "Article 20" that he embarked on the path of public law popularization. Public reports from
show that in addition to the film being highly recognized by the audience, many of the lines in the film that explain legal principles and law enforcement principles are classics and have left a deep impression on moviegoers and left them with endless aftertaste. "Classic lines from "Article 20"" also quickly became a hot search term on the Internet. The Supreme People's Procuratorate even made these lines into posters, which added fuel to the "popularity of the classic lines in "Article 20"" and triggered widespread attention and discussion. So, what are the representative classic lines in the movie "Article 20"? How do ordinary people understand these legal sayings? Upstream news was sorted out based on public reports.
The law cannot yield to the law
"The law cannot bow to the law (concession)", this is a classic line that appears many times in the movie, and it can also be said to be the "problem" of the movie.
"The law cannot yield to the law" is a familiar legal motto. It was first proposed by the German scholar Bernard in the mid-19th century. He wrote: "If the basis of the right of legitimate defense is that the law does not need to yield to the law, then this It not only means that a certain person has the right to legitimate defense, but also means that everyone whose rights have been infringed has the right to legitimate defense..."
Ji Bingxue, director of the Office of the First Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said that in judicial practice "The law cannot bow to lawlessness" means that a right cannot yield to behavior that infringes upon this right. Defensive behavior and illegal infringement behavior are the relationship between law and illegality. If the defending person is unlawfully infringed, the infringement is illegal, and the defensive act is legitimate.
Ji Bingxue said that our country’s laws encourage citizens to exercise their right to legitimate defense in accordance with the law. However, for a long time, some people have called the self-defense system the "sleeping clause", mainly because the factual evidence in such cases is often complicated, and some lack evidence, which leads to great disputes in the determination; many people believe that "the dead person is the most important. Whoever makes trouble is justified, whoever gets killed or injured is justified." But the Kunshan anti-murder case in 2018 (Yu Haiming fought back against Liu Hailong) awakened the "sleeping clause". In recent years, judicial organs have handled a number of legitimate defense cases that have attracted great attention from society in accordance with the law. The spirit of the rule of law that "the law cannot yield to the law" has also become a concept that prosecutors must follow when handling such cases.
Zhang Tingting, producer of the Film and Television Center of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, participated in the entire planning and production process of the film. "At the beginning of our creation, we wanted to promote the concept of 'the law cannot give in to the law', activate dormant legal provisions, stop illegal infringements, and promote the spirit of justice and courage." Zhang Tingting said that the cases in the film refer to the Kunshan anti-murder case. , Fuzhou Zhao Yu case and Laiyuan anti-murder case and other real-life cases.
Luo Xiang, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law, posted a video chat about his thoughts after watching "Article 20". Picture source/video screenshot
Luo Xiang, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law, also wrote an article after reading "Article 20" and pointed out that the essence of legitimate defense is to empower the people and encourage the people to fight against illegal infringements. The law does not need to give in to lawlessness, and it must not be too demanding on defenders or chill the hearts of those who are brave enough to do what is right.
What we are dealing with is not a case, but other people’s lives.
Many movie fans felt that the prosecutor Lu Lingling (played by Gao Ye) in the movie was "too competitive" during the movie. Even though there is surveillance video, we still have to find evidence, which makes everyone unhappy and the case cannot be completed. The reason lies in her lines: "What we handle are not cases, but other people's lives."
Ji Bingxue, director of the Office of the First Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said, "What we handle are not cases, but other people's lives." This sentence has become popular in recent years. It has gradually become the motto of judicial personnel. It emphasizes that judicial personnel should put themselves in the perspective of the parties and understand the demands of the parties more when handling cases. "For judicial officers, cases may be part of their work, but for the parties concerned, they involve whether the crime has been punished in accordance with the law, whether the rights of the victim have been protected in accordance with the law, and whether fairness and justice have been upheld. The impact may be The entire life of the person involved."
The official WeChat account of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, a film review article "The Law is Not Cold Logic" also pointed out that (charges) it hits on people's heads, it is a person's fate, even the fate of a family, as well as reputation, Dignity and freedom are the most precious things. It affects a person's sense of right and wrong and justice.
A crime pollutes a river, and a wrong decision pollutes the entire water source.
This is a classic line in the film about the disaster consequences of injustice.
British philosopher Francis Bacon once left a classic saying about the relationship between judicial justice and social justice: "One unfair judgment has more harmful consequences than ten crimes. Because a crime only pollutes a stream of water, while a wrong judgment will cause more harm than ten crimes." It has polluted the entire water source."
In 2020, the official account of the Supreme People's Court once published an article "Purifying the Humanistic Environment and Implementing the "Three Provisions"" (author Ni Shouming) pointed out that it is not terrible that the water flow is polluted, but the water source is polluted. horrible. In a society governed by the rule of law, justice is the last line of defense for justice. Whoever is the winner of the judgment is equivalent to declaring who is the righteous. Every just verdict is a reaffirmation of social justice. On the contrary, every unjust verdict is likely to have a butterfly effect that will lead to a decline in social morale. There are many such examples in practice. In order to eliminate the impact of "illegal interference" and "illegal interference", the relevant central and state departments have formulated "three regulations": "Regulations on Recording, Notification and Accountability of Leading Cadres' Interference in Judicial Activities and Interference in the Handling of Specific Cases" and "Regulations on Internal Judicial Organs" "Provisions on the Recording and Accountability of Personnel Interrogation Cases" and "Several Provisions on Further Regulating the Contact and Interaction between Judicial Personnel and Litigants, Lawyers, Persons with Special Relationships, and Intermediary Organizations". To outsiders, this is a "high-voltage line" to interfere with justice; to insiders, it is a "shield" to resist illegal interference.
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html On February 12, Luo Xiang, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law, recalled his original intention to popularize the law after reading "Article 20", which aroused widespread concern among netizens. Luo Xiang said in the video: "There are no rational people in the law, only ordinary people with flesh and blood. We are all imperfect ordinary people, so we must immerse ourselves in the defender's position and don't be too harsh on the defender."
14 , Luo Xiang once again published a long article "The "Problems" and "Problems" of Self-Defense", pointing out that the law is not that profound, and it reflects nothing more than ordinary people's common sense. If you were Zhang San, would you still remain calm when you saw your wife being sexually assaulted and the rapist walking away? Are you indifferent and so calm? If you break free from the rope, won't you step forward and hit him?When you see him going to the car to get a knife, you have to ask the artificial intelligence whether it can get scissors at this time? Is it okay to poke? How many stabs did it take? ...
He specifically mentioned that (law) conviction and sentencing must not destroy the people's simple thinking about a sound sense of law.
director Zhang Yimou also said in an interview with a CCTV reporter that "Article 20" was made for ordinary people in thousands of households because the story of the movie contains many problems that everyone faces and can resonate with the public.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate also issued two reviews of the movie, pointing out that the stories in the movie "are things that really happen to us people. They may seem far away, but they may happen to us from time to time." "Article 20" is not only a legal-themed movie, but also a life movie that belongs to everyone and will affect a person's sense of right and wrong and sense of justice. The law is not cold logic. The Supreme People's Procuratorate explained "legitimate defense" in layman's terms: "Why can't you fight back when you're beaten? What's wrong with acting bravely? Why can't you resist bravely when you've been tortured and humiliated repeatedly, and faced with serious personal risks? Justice should have its own confidence. When When people protect themselves and others, we cannot be too harsh on them."
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Other popular classic lines
The law makes it more costly for bad people to commit crimes, rather than making it more costly for good people to take action.
What is the law? It is the law of nature, the law of the country, and human feelings. I do not believe in national law without natural principles, nor do I believe in natural principles without human feelings.
All right things have a price, but you can’t stop doing them just because they have a price.
What kind of world are we handing over to them?
Fairness and justice are so important to the people.
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