BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; NOTES ON CITATION AND TRANSLITERATION; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUDICIAL UNDERWORLD: A comparative perspective; 2 THE JUDICIAL CONTINUUM; 3 OATHS AND CHICKEN-BEHEADING RITUALS; 4 INDICTMENT RITUALS; 5 TRIALS OF THE INSANE AND DRESSING AS A CRIMINAL; 6 JUDICIAL RITUALS IN ASIAN COLONIAL AND IMMIGRANT HISTORY; 7 JUDICIAL RITUALS IN MODERN TAIWAN; 8 CASE STUDY: The Dizang Abbey; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
This book examines the integral role of religious beliefs and practices in Chinese legal culture
