Civil Law in Qing and Republican China /

This pioneering volume shows that contrary to previous scholarly understanding, the courts in Qing (1644-1911) and Republican (1911-1949) China dealt extensively with civil matters such as land rights, debt, marriage, and inheritance; and, moreover, did so in a consistent and predictable way. Drawin...

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Autores principales: Bernhardt, Kathryn (Autor, Contribuidor), Huang, Philip C. C. (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Allee, Mark A. (Contribuidor), Conner, Alison W. (Contribuidor), Junjian, Jing (Contribuidor), Macauley, Melissa A. (Contribuidor), Scogin Jr., Hugh T. (Contribuidor), Zelin, Madeleine (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Colección:Law, Society, and Culture in China
Temas:
Asian Studies.
History > Asian.
Law > Law and Society.
LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • CHAPTER ONE Civil Law in Qing and Republican China: The Issues
  • CHAPTER TWO Civil"Law" in Traditional China: History and Theory
  • CHAPTER THREE Legislation Related to the Civil Economy in the Qing Dynasty
  • CHAPTER FOUR Civil and Uncivil Disputes in Southeast Coastal China, 1723-1820
  • CHAPTER FIVE Code, Culture, and Custom: Foundations of Civil Case Verdicts in a Nineteenth-Century County Court
  • CHAPTER SIX Codified Law and Magisterial Adjudication in the Qing
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Women and the Law: Divorce in the Republican Period
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Lawyers and the Legal Profession During the Republican Period
  • CHAPTER NINE Merchant Dispute Mediation in Twentieth-Century Zigong, Sichuan
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Character List
  • Index

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