Heaven Has Eyes: A History of Chinese Law

by Xiaoqun Xu

Heaven Has Eyes is a comprehensive but concise history of Chinese law and justice from the imperial era to the post-Mao era. Never before has a single book treated the traditional Chinese law and judicial practices and their modern counterparts as a coherent history, addressing both criminal and civil justice. This book fills this void.

Xiaoqun Xu addresses the evolution and function of law codes and judicial practices throughout China's long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190060042
• ISBN13: 9780190060046
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.4"