Essays on China's Legal Tradition

Published by Princeton University Press 1981

Essays on China's Legal Tradition

Edited by: Jerome Alan Cohen , Fu-mei Chang Chen and R. Randle Edwards

Volume 10 in the series Studies in East Asian Law

In the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400885831

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In this volume of essays a group of scholars from Europe, Japan, the Republic of China, and the United States examines China's legal tradition to determine its importance for the study of both pre-modern China and of contemporary affairs.

Originally published in 1981.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
I. Introduction Jerome Alan Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Legal Institutions and Procedures During the Chou Dynasty Herrlee Glessner Creel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
III. The Administration of Justice During the Sung Dynasty Ichisada Miyazaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
IV. Commercial Contract Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Taiwan Rosser H. Brockman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
V. Age, Youth, and Infirmity in the Law of Ch’ing China Derk Bodde Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
VI. The Influence of Shen Chih-ch’i’s Chi-chu Commentary upon Ch’ing Judicial Decisions Fu-mei Chang Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
VII. Ch’ing Legal Jurisdiction over Foreigners R. Randle Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
VIII. Chinese Influences on Eighteenth-Century Tokugawa Codes Dan Fenno Henderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
IX. Traditional Korean Law and Its Relation to China William Shaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
X. Slavery at the End of the Ch’ing Dynasty Marinus J. Meijer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Works in Western Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Works in East Asian Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425
List of Studies in East Asian Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439