True crimes in eighteenth-century China : twenty case histories / compiled and translated by Robert E. Hegel ; with contributions by Maram Epstein, Mark McNicholas, and Joanna Waley-Cohen
Judicial procedures -- Interrogation techniques -- Intent and premeditated violence -- Failure of "Confucian" family values -- Control of politically marginal groups and individuals -- Social mobility and crime -- Imperial intervention
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index