Code, Custom and Legal Practice in China

Huang, Philip C. C.

ISBN 10: 0804741107 / ISBN 13: 9780804741101

Verlag: Stanford University Press, 2002

Beschreibung

What changes occurred and what remained the same in Chinese civil justice from the Qing to the Republic? Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chinese law. It also casts a new light on Chinese law by emphasizing rural areas and by comparing the old and the new. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474. . 2001. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780804741101

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Code, Custom and Legal Practice in China
• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0804741107
• ISBN-13: 9780804741101
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

What changes occurred and what remained the same in Chinese civil justice from the Qing to the Republic? Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chinese law. It also casts a new light on Chinese law by emphasizing rural areas and by comparing the old and the new.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Philip C. C. Huang is Professor of History and founding Director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. His most recent book is Civil Justice in China: Representation and Practice in the Qing (Stanford, 1996).