Divine justice : religion and the development of Chinese legal culture
Divine justice : religion and the development of Chinese legal culture
Law of Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica > Law of Asia > Asia (South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia) Countries A-J > China > Influence of other legal systems on the law. Superimposition of foreign rule on the customary (indigenous) law
Edition Details
- Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Paul R. Katz
- Language: English
- Jurisdiction(s): England
- Publication Information: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009
- Material: Internet resource
- Type: Book, Internet Resource
- Series title: Academia Sinica on East Asia.
- Permalink: https://books.lawi.asia/divine-justice-religion-and-the-development-of-chinese-legal-culture/ (Stable identifier)
Short Description
XIII, 224 pages : ILlustrations ; 24 cm.
Purpose and Intended Audience
Useful for students learning an area of law, Divine justice : religion and the development of Chinese legal culture is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.
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Bibliographic information
- Publisher: Routledge
- Responsable Person: Paul R. Katz.
- Publication Date: 2009
- Country/State: England
- Number of Editions: 11 editions
- First edition Date: 2008
- Last edition Date: 2009
- Languages: English
- Library of Congress Code: KNN469
- Dewey Code: 340.5251
- ISBN: 9780415443456 0415443458 0415574331 9780415574334
- OCLC: 236082318
Main Contents
The development of the judicial underworld
The judicial continuum
Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals
Indictment rituals
Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal
Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history
Judicial rituals in modern Taiwan
Case study.
Structured Subjects (Headings):
- China
- Customary law
- Jurisprudence
- Justice, Administration of
- Religion and law
- Rites and ceremonies
- Rites and ceremonies–China–History