Law in Imperial China : Exemplified by 190 Ch'ing Dynasty Cases (Translated from the Hsing-an hui-lan), With Historical, Social, and Juridical Commentaries / Clarence Morris, Derk Bodde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodde, Derk, author.

Morris, Clarence, author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in East Asian Law

Harvard Studies in East Asian Law ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--China--History.

Law.

Local Subjects:

Law--China--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (628 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2013

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Part One. PRELIMINARY ESSAY ON CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES

I. BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHINESE LAW

II. THE CH'ING CODE AND ITS PEDIGREE

III. THE PENAL SYSTEM

IV. THE JUDICIARY

V. THE HSING-AN HUI-LAN OR CONSPECTUS OF PENAL CASES

VI. CHINESE SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT AS SEEN IN THE CONSPECTUS

Part Two. 190 CASES FROM THE HSING-AN HUI-LAN

TABLE OF CASES

Explanation of Headings

Note on the Translations

TRANSLATION S OF CASES

APPENDICES. BIBLIOGRAPHY. GLOSSARY. INDEX

Appendix A. LIST OF CITED STATUTES AND SUB-STATUTES

Appendix Β. LIST OF CITED PUNISHMENTS AND RELATED DATA

Appendix C. CHRONOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

Appendix D. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

Appendix E. SOURCES OF CASES

Appendix F. ΚAO YAO AND EARLY CHINESE LAW

Appendix G. COSMIC HARMONY IN THE CH'ING DYNASTY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GLOSSARY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-73321-5

OCLC:

1013956355