Abstract: With the empire-wide sharp increase in cases that resulted from the Jiaqing emperor lifting the prohibition on direct appeals to Beijing, the longstanding scarcity of governmental resources in the Qing dynasty went from bad to worse. In order to mitigate this embarrassing situation, provincial governors drew upon resources from the traditional judicial administrative system and instituted temporary, informal Legal Investigative Bureaus (Fashenju) . Because the Legal Investigative Bureaus proved to be superior in relieving the backlog of cases, and their internal staff and adjudicative procedures steadily developed and matured, the Legal Investigative Bureaus evolved into a specialized branch of the traditional judicial system. The development of Legal Investigative Bureaus reveals that, although the late Qing judicial reforms transplanted many elements of the Western legal system, the process of legal reform also drew upon resources from the traditional system.

摘要： 嘉庆帝开禁京控导致的案件日增使江河日下的帝国中早已出现的资源紧缺这一现象更加凸显,各直省遂借助传统行政司法体系中的配置性资源组建了发审局这一临时性、非正式的司法机构,以消弥此种尴尬境地。由于发审局在缓解案件繁多方面的优势,其内部的人员配置、审案机制等日渐成熟,最终演化成传统体制中的专门审断机关。清末司法改革虽然移入的是西方司法体系,但此过程却离不开传统体制中所蕴资源的配合与支持。