Law codes in dynastic China : a synopsis of Chinese legal history in the thirty centuries from Zhou to Qing / John W. Head and Yanping Wang.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Head, John W. (John Warren), 1953-
Other Authors: Wang, Yanping, 1969-
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
Law > China > Codification > History.
Law > China > History.
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Physical Description:xvi, 261 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The long reach of Chinese law
  • Confucianists and legalists
  • Legalist victory and defeat : the Qin and Han dynasties
  • The Tang Code
  • Reenactment, displacement, revival : codification in the Song and Yan dynasties
  • Codification reaches maturity : the Ming and Qing dynasties
  • Concluding observations : codification and Chinese legal history.