Civil law in Qing and Republican China
By: edited by Kathryn Bernhardt, Philip C.C. Huang ; contributors, Mark A. Allee ... [et al.].
Contributors: Bernhardt, Kathryn.; Huang, Philip C., 1940-; Allee, Mark A.
Series: Law, society, and culture in China
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Justice, Administration of -- China -- History.; Civil law -- China -- History.; Practice of law -- China -- History.
Description: "This pathbreaking volume demonstrates that, contrary to previous scholarly understanding, Qing and Republican courts dealt extensively with such civil matters as land rights, debt, marriage, and inheritance, and did so with striking consistency and in conformity with the written code. Civil justice is shown to be fundamental to an understanding of social relations and of the way the state sought to regulate those relations through law. The opening of local archives to Western scholars in the 1980's has provided the basis for this reexamination of civil law in Qing and Republican China."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-324) and index.