The Great Ming Code / Da Ming Lu

Book Overview

Imperial China's dynastic legal codes provide a wealth of information for historians, social scientists, and scholars of comparative law and of literary, cultural, and legal history. Until now, only the Tang (618-907 C.E.) and Qing (1644-1911 C.E.) codes have been available in English translation. The present book is the first English translation of The Great Ming Code (Da Ming lu), which reached its final form in 1397. The translation is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029599374X
• ISBN13: 9780295993744
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"