Law Codes in Dynastic China: A Synopsis of Chinese Legal History in the Thirty Centuries from Zhou to Qing

by John W. Head and Yanping Wang

Book Overview

In telling the story of Law Codes in Dynastic China, John Head and Yanping Wang offer a bird's eye view of Chinese legal history from the earliest dynasties to the last. They survey the majestic sweep of China's legal tradition by allowing the details to emerge from the works of many scholars and then connecting those details in a storyline that revolves around a unifying theme: legal codification. In this way, Law Codes in Dynastic China brings to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594600392
• ISBN13: 9781594600395
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.