Law, Society, and Culture in China – serie
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Civil Justice in China
Representation and Practice in the Qing
Inbunden, 1996
1624 kr
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To what extent do newly available case records bear out our conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system? Is it true, for example, that Qing courts rarely handled civil lawsuits—those concerned with disputes over land, debt, marriage, and inheritance—as official Qing representations led us …
Social Power and Legal Culture
Litigation Masters in Late Imperial China
Inbunden, 1998
935 kr
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Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents for commoners and elites alike. Litigation masters—a broad category of legal facilitators ranging from professional plaintmasters to simple …
Civil Justice in China
Representation and Practice in the Qing
Häftad, 1998
397 kr
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To what extent do newly available case records bear out our conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system? Is it true, for example, that Qing courts rarely handled civil lawsuits—those concerned with disputes over land, debt, marriage, and inheritance—as official Qing representations led us …
Women and Property in China, 960-1949
Inbunden, 1999
1393 kr
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Previous scholarship has presented a static picture of property inheritance in China, mainly because it has focused primarily on men, whose rights changed little throughout the Imperial and Republican periods. However, when our focus shifts to women, a very different and dynamic picture …
Women and Property in China, 960-1949
Häftad, 2002
342 kr
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Previous scholarship has presented a static picture of property inheritance in China, mainly because it has focused primarily on men, whose rights changed little throughout the Imperial and Republican periods. However, when our focus shifts to women, a very different and dynamic picture …
Talons and Teeth
County Clerks and Runners in the Qing Dynasty
Inbunden, 2000
873 kr
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For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the lowest level of functionaries in the Qing state's administrative hierarchy. Yet until now we have known very little …
Civil Law in Qing and Republican China
Av Kathryn Bernhardt, Philip C. C. Huang
Häftad, 1999
455 kr
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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. …
Code, Custom, and Legal Practice in China
The Qing and the Republic Compared
Inbunden, 2002
1639 kr
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Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chinese law. It also casts a new light on Chinese law by emphasizing rural areas and by comparing the old and the new.The book asks the question: What changes occurred and what …
Code, Custom, and Legal Practice in China
The Qing and the Republic Compared
Häftad, 2002
397 kr
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Drawing on archival records of actual cases, this study provides a new understanding of late imperial and Republican Chinese law. It also casts a new light on Chinese law by emphasizing rural areas and by comparing the old and the new.The book asks the question: What changes occurred and what …
Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China
Häftad, 2002
357 kr
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This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing that the eighteenth century in China was a time of profound change in sexual matters. During this time, the basic organizing principle for state …
Talons and Teeth
County Clerks and Runners in the Qing Dynasty
E-bok, 2000
999 kr
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For commoners in the Qing dynasty, the most salient agents of the imperial state were not the emperor's appointed officials but rather the clerks and runners of the county yamen, the lowest level of functionaries in the Qing state's administrative hierarchy. Yet until now we have known very little …
