{"product_id":"civil-justice-in-china-representation-and-practice-in-the-qing-law-society-culture-in-china-law-society-and-culture-in-china-9780804727402","title":"Civil Justice in China Representation and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book that we have long been waiting for, because it tackles a previously neglected aspect of Chinese law, the civil law.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405508780375,"sku":"9780804727402","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804727402.jpg?v=1730492351","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/civil-justice-in-china-representation-and-practice-in-the-qing-law-society-culture-in-china-law-society-and-culture-in-china-9780804727402","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}