Revealing the symbolic meaning of the five characters represented in "Article 20": Legitimate defense is the confidence of a good person! "Article 20" was released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the cast is very strong. Article 20 is justifiable defense, in order to avoid unlawful infringement, the parties themselves take measures to stop and resist, even if the other party causes harm, it is still legitimate defense and does not need to bear criminal responsibility, but if the defense exceeds a certain limit and causes the other party to cause major damage, the party may need to bear a certain amount of criminal responsibility.
There is a detail in Article 20 that if the other party commits a very serious violent crime, even if the person who is injured or injured in the course of self-defense, it is not considered excessive defense and will not bear criminal responsibility. The meaning of this sentence has a heavy weight, and it is also the theme of the movie, it can change the fate of countless people, and it will affect the sense of justice in this world, the law needs to protect honest people, and you can't endure injustice because you are afraid of breaking the law again, if everyone is like this, the public's sense of right and wrong and justice will be shaken, there is a line that the law cannot bow to the lawless, good people are beaten and have to fight back, it is right to act bravely, the law should give justice a confidence, so that ordinary people can dare to resist when they encounter danger. Each of the five roles in Article 20 has a symbolic meaning:
1, Zhang Guisheng
In the first story, Zhang Guisheng stood up to save people at work, and when he was beaten, the other party was seriously injured, which turned out to be intentional injury. After Zhang Guisheng was released from prison, he went around asking for justice, and in the end he did not get a righteous result until he died, his life was completely changed, obviously to save people, how did he go to prison? Of course, his sentencing was in line with the provisions of the criminal law, but logically speaking, in order to save a girl he didn't know, he only entangled with the other party, his purpose was not to hurt people, and he had no grievances with the other party. Zhang Guisheng represents a civilian hero, and it is the 20th article that was once irretrievable.
2、赵丽颖
Zhao Liying's deaf and mute person, there are many symbolic meanings, she is the lowest level of ordinary people, even unable to speak, representing the vulnerable group that is easy to be ignored, in the second story, she owes a huge debt in order to treat her daughter, the other party's constant insults make the two desperate, in the case of the other party claiming to kill himself, the husband desperately resists and causes the other party to be seriously injured, in this extreme situation, how can the victim grasp the scale of the law? There are many such cases, and legal workers are also asking themselves, Lu Lingling and Han Ming want to wake up this sleeping Article 20, let it wake up completely, and apply it more to the case, the judicial concept is changing, legislation is for justice, if the law is a little biased, it will affect too many people's lives, if the law sleeps, a lot of justice cannot be served, Zhao Liying's role is now the 20th article that can be redeemed.
3, Han Ming's son
Revealing the symbolic significance of the five roles in Article 20: Legitimate defense is our confidence to be good people! The law should be corrected dialectically, instead of always following conventions, and judicial courage is the greatest justice that can promote the progress of judicial concepts. Han Ming's son fights for his classmates, stops campus bullying, is outnumbered or dares to take action, the child needs the law to protect the flame of justice in his heart, if only the urgency and degree of victimization are used to determine the boundaries of legitimate defense, whether there is a loophole, the parties have no God's perspective, there are special situations at the scene, it is not possible to explain with simple logic, where are the boundaries of the cases of legitimate defense, and the causes, limits and results of the incident need to be judged. The story and ending of this child show that the future of Article 20 is to protect good people.
4, Han Ming
Han Ming turned out to be a legal worker who was smoothed out of the edges and corners, always mechanically enforcing the law, handling cases with conventions, the story of his son and Zhang Guisheng made him awaken, the law must not be compromised, the law is a kind of reliance, righteousness and courage must be affirmed by the society, legitimate defense is a consensus, deep into everyone's subconscious, dare to shoot when it is time to shoot, the law highly supports legitimate defense, the bad guys dare to reach out and face the danger of counterattack, if they are not careful, they will pay a serious price, so that the bad guys dare not make a move. He represents the sleeping righteousness, which is slowly waking up.
5, Lu Lingling
Lu Lingling is a kind of uncompromising justice, and she has been fighting on the case, because she understands that this case will affect the life of a family of three. After hearing the news of the fatal threat, Wang Yongqiang already believed his words, thinking that if he was gone, his wife and daughter would have no tomorrow, so in extreme panic, Wang Yongqiang made a ruthless move, of course, so many wounds, there must be suppressed venting and revenge, so is this case a legitimate defense? After all, the knife that the village tyrant said was not in his hand at that time.
In the end, this knife appeared, proving the urgency of legitimate defense, Wang Yongqiang's family of three has a new hope, this hope is given by the law, if it is judged according to the convention, the future of the family of three will be buried, innocence is in the hearts of many people, more important than life, such a movie clearly tells the public that the law should make the cost of bad guys committing crimes higher, not that the cost of good guys fighting back is greater, if the right thing must have a price, then it can't let good people spend their lives to swallow this price.
The film uses the male protagonist's ideological change, reflecting the multifaceted nature of "legitimate defense", if the parties fought back in the past, as long as the means were a little excessive, it was very likely to be identified as intentional injury, in the seventies and eighties, at that time, there were too many car bandits and road blockers in villages and towns, and a contradiction and dispute was very likely to produce vicious violence cases, at that time, the terms of legitimate defense were strictly stuck, and they would not be used easily, for fear that someone would take advantage of the loopholes, and later the rapid economic development, "legitimate defense" The environment is different, the emergence of many cases, such as Yu Huan was sentenced to life imprisonment for injuring a gangster to death in order to protect his mother, and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for excessive defense in the second instance under public opinion, and the ending of the sensational "Kunshan Anti-Homicide Case" in 2018 made Article 20 really pay attention.
The deceased Liu Moulong drove into a non-motorized lane after drinking, took out a large knife after a scratch, and the knife fell during the dispute between the two parties, and the other party picked up the knife to fight back, causing him to die of serious injuries, and the result was a "legitimate defense" acquittal. "Justified defense" has become more and more widely used in recent years, protecting more ordinary people, the law cannot be compromised, the case must stand the test of justice and people's hearts, the movie "Article 20" wants to discuss, it is about the relationship between reason, law and emotion in justifiable defense, and 3 stories are written into an answer, this is a good movie that makes the audience have a feeling, every line is real and powerful, and it hits the audience's heart.
The so-called legitimate limit in Zhengguang defense, if this threshold is too high, it will restrict everyone's awareness of righteousness and self-help, and the fear that it will become the crime of intentional injury, resulting in not daring to shoot, the movie uses a vivid and vivid story to tell the real role of legitimate defense, making it more life-like, when the audience shed tears for the characters, only to understand how important Article 20 is, legitimate defense is a judicial practice, and it is the guarantee of our pursuit of fairness and justice, and the grassroots workers in the movie need more space to build a bridge between the law and the public。 Han Ming's final statement sparked the audience's resonance with the value of law. In real life, legitimate defense is prone to cause controversy, and the rule of law is crossing thousands of rivers and mountains, not forgetting the original intention of justice, and promoting the progress and growth of China's rule of law.