A history of civil law in early China : : cases, statutes, concepts, and beyond / / by Zhaoyang Zhang.
How did people solve their disputes over debt, compensation, inheritance and other civil matters in early China? Did they go to court? How did the authorities view those problems? Using recently excavated early Chinese legal materials, Zhang Zhaoyang makes the compelling argument that civil law was...
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| Superior document: | Legal history library ; Volume 60 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Legal history library ;
Volume 60. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
| Notes: | Through the careful examination of cases, statutes and terminology preserved in both excavated and transmitted materials, this book argues that a civil law with distinctive Chinese characteristics emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties (221 B.C.-A.D. 220). |
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Table of Contents:
- Early cases concerning "civil" matters
- The differences between Yu and Song
- Early civil statutes
- A detailed study on three civil sases
- Fundamental concepts : Zhi, Mingfen and Min-si
- Beyond civil laws
- Conclusion : the Civil Law of Early China.