Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics

by Li Chen

Book Overview

How did American schoolchildren, French philosophers, Russian Sinologists, Dutch merchants, and British lawyers imagine China and Chinese law? What happened when agents of presumably dominant Western empires had to endure the humiliations and anxieties of maintaining a profitable but precarious relationship with China? In Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes, Li Chen provides a richly textured analysis of these related issues and their intersection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023117375X
• ISBN13: 9780231173759
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"