ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between the Guomindang (GMD) and the courts by focusing on the 1929 conflicts between the Suzhou Baptist schools and the local GMD party apparatus. The GMD regime supported the principle of rule by the party. At the local level, the GMD’s rise was often stymied by the independent judiciary whose judgments were based on the principle of the rule of law. The local party might not have been able to control the local court in the early years of the GMD regime, but it did steadily alter state-society relationships, as it could benefit from the local court’s commitment to the rule of law. For instance, the district court in Suzhou actively defended the principle of rule by the party in conflicts between Baptist schools and the local party because the GMD had made that principle the law of the land.

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当法治遇上党治：民国苏州浸信会与当地国民党的冲突

摘要 本研究通过关注 1929 年苏州浸信会学校与当地 GMD 党组织之间的冲突，考察了国民党 (GMD) 与法院之间的关系。GMD 政权支持党的执政原则。在地方层面，GMD的崛起往往受到基于法治原则的独立司法机构的阻碍。在 GMD 政权的早期，地方政党可能无法控制地方法院，但它确实稳步改变了国家与社会的关系，因为它可以从地方法院对法治的承诺中受益。例如，苏州地区法院在浸信会学校与当地党派冲突中积极捍卫党治原则，因为GMD已将这一原则定为当地法律。