| 英文摘要 |
In the Western Zhou period, incumbents were empowered to impose penalties on people when they considered necessary or after litigation completed﹒whereas disputes caused by farmland and so on could also be settled by means of litigation. When such decisions were made, the parties to the dispute should seek people commonly recognized as arbiter, which should verify the facts involved, resolve disputes according to current views, principles, precedents or conventions, etc after the two parties were present, made statements, furnish proofs, and so on. |
