1954+Development+of+a+Legal+System

Description: 1954 Development of a Legal System (Right to public trial): The development of a legal system allowed the peasants to rule out landlords in public trials that were unwillingly to give out lands or had previously imposed unfair land policies.

Role in Maos' Consolidation of Power: The anti-landlord campaigns lasted throughout the 1950s and it gave peasants the opportunity to settle scores and pursue vendettas at a local level that ultimately gave Mao more support from the peasant level of the population.