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Divine justice : religion and the development of Chinese legal culture / Paul R. Katz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Katz, Paul R., 1961-
- Series:
- Academia Sinica on East Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Customary law--China--History.
- Customary law.
- Religion and law--China--History.
- Religion and law.
- Justice, Administration of--China--History.
- Justice, Administration of.
- History.
- China.
- Rites and ceremonies--China--History.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- China--Religious life and customs--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- The development of the judicial underworld
- The judicial continuum
- Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals
- Indictment rituals
- Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal
- Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history
- Judicial rituals in modern Taiwan
- Case study.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415443456
- 0415443458
- 9780203883686
- 0203883683
- OCLC:
- 236082318
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