Essays on China's Legal Tradition / / ed. by R. Randle Edwards, Fu-mei Chang Chen, Jerome Alan Cohen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bodde, Derk,; Brockman, Rosser H.,; Chen, Fu-mei Chang,; Cohen, Jerome Alan,; Creel, Herrlee Glessner,; Edwards, R. Randle,; Henderson, Dan Fenno,; Meijer, Marinus J.,; Miyazaki, Ichisada,; Shaw, William,
• HerausgeberIn: Chen, Fu-mei Chang,; Cohen, Jerome Alan,; Edwards, R. Randle,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in East Asian Law ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; I. Introduction --; II. Legal Institutions and Procedures During the Chou Dynasty --; III. The Administration of Justice During the Sung Dynasty --; IV. Commercial Contract Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Taiwan --; V. Age, Youth, and Infirmity in the Law of Ch’ing China --; VI. The Influence of Shen Chih-ch’i’s Chi-chu Commentary upon Ch’ing Judicial Decisions --; VII. Ch’ing Legal Jurisdiction over Foreigners --; VIII. Chinese Influences on Eighteenth-Century Tokugawa Codes --; IX. Traditional Korean Law and Its Relation to China --; X. Slavery at the End of the Ch’ing Dynasty --; Works in Western Languages --; Works in East Asian Languages --; Glossary --; Index --; List of Studies in East Asian Law
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400885831; 9783110649680; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400885831
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by R. Randle Edwards, Fu-mei Chang Chen, Jerome Alan Cohen.

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.