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Based on newly available records of 628 civil dispute cases from the 1760's to the 1900's, this book challenges many conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system.

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"This is a book that we have long been waiting for, because it tackles a previously neglected aspect of Chinese law, the civil law." -- American Historical Review

Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Defining categories: disputes and lawsuits in North China villages before the communist revolution 3. Informal justice: mediation in North China villages before the communist revolution 4. Formal justice: codified law and magisterial adjudication in the Qing 5. Between informal mediation and formal adjudication: the third realm of Qing justice 6. Two patterns in the Qing civil justice system 7. Extent, cost and strategies of litigation 8. From the perspective of magistrate handbooks 9. Max Weber and the Qing legal and political system Appendixes References Index.

Civil Justice in China Representation and

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/1996
      ISBN13: 9780804727402, 978-0804727402
      ISBN10: 0804727406

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on newly available records of 628 civil dispute cases from the 1760's to the 1900's, this book challenges many conventional assumptions about the Qing legal system.

      Trade Review
      "This is a book that we have long been waiting for, because it tackles a previously neglected aspect of Chinese law, the civil law." -- American Historical Review

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 2. Defining categories: disputes and lawsuits in North China villages before the communist revolution 3. Informal justice: mediation in North China villages before the communist revolution 4. Formal justice: codified law and magisterial adjudication in the Qing 5. Between informal mediation and formal adjudication: the third realm of Qing justice 6. Two patterns in the Qing civil justice system 7. Extent, cost and strategies of litigation 8. From the perspective of magistrate handbooks 9. Max Weber and the Qing legal and political system Appendixes References Index.

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