| Description |
xii, 340 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Law, society, and culture in China |
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Law, society, and culture in China.
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| Contents |
1. Civil Law in Qing and Republican China: The Issues / Kathryn Bernhardt and Philip C. C. Huang -- 2. Civil "Law" in Traditional China: History and Theory / Hugh T. Scogin, Jr. -- 3. Legislation Related to the Civil Economy in the Qing Dynasty / Jing Junjian -- 4. Civil and Uncivil Disputes in Southeast Coastal China, 1723-1820 / Melissa A. Macauley -- 5. Code, Culture, and Custom: Foundations of Civil Case Verdicts in a Nineteenth-Century County Court / Mark A. Allee -- 6. Codified Law and Magisterial Adjudication in the Qing / Philip C. C. Huang -- 7. Women and the Law: Divorce in the Republican Period / Kathryn Bernhardt -- 8. Lawyers and the Legal Profession During the Republican Period / Alison W. Conner -- 9. Merchant Dispute Mediation in Twentieth-Century Zigong, Sichuan / Madeleine Zelin |
| Summary |
This pathbreaking volume demonstrates that, contrary to previous scholarly understanding, Qing and Republican courts dealt extensively with such civil matters as land rights, debt, marriage, and inheritance, and did so with striking consistency and in conformity with the written code. Civil justice is shown to be fundamental to an understanding of social relations and of the way the state sought to regulate those relations through law. The opening of local archives to Western scholars in the 1980's has provided the basis for this reexamination of civil law in Qing and Republican China |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-324) and index |
| Subject |
Civil law -- China -- History.
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Justice, Administration of -- China -- History.
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Practice of law -- China -- History.
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| Author |
Allee, Mark A. (Mark Anton)
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Bernhardt, Kathryn.
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Huang, Philip C., 1940-
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| LC no. |
94011687 |
| ISBN |
0804722749 |
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