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Documents how Western traditions influenced the formation of Taiwan's legal structure through the conduit of Japanese colonial rule and demonstrates the extent to which legal concepts diverged from the Chinese legal tradition and moved toward Western law. This work is an analysis of the history and evolution of "western" law in Taiwan.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Background of Legal Reform
Reception of Western Law in Colonial Legislation
Modern Judiciary in the Colony
Criminal Justice and Changing Society
Westernization of Civil Justice
Appraisal and Legacy
Conclusion
Appendix A: Development of Taiwanese Law
Appendix B: The Law Relating to Laws and Ordinances
Appendix C: The Civil, Commercial, and Criminal Law
Appendix D: The Bandit Punishment Law
Glossary
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2000
      ISBN13: 9780295978277, 978-0295978277
      ISBN10: 0295978279
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Documents how Western traditions influenced the formation of Taiwan's legal structure through the conduit of Japanese colonial rule and demonstrates the extent to which legal concepts diverged from the Chinese legal tradition and moved toward Western law. This work is an analysis of the history and evolution of "western" law in Taiwan.

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Introduction
      Background of Legal Reform
      Reception of Western Law in Colonial Legislation
      Modern Judiciary in the Colony
      Criminal Justice and Changing Society
      Westernization of Civil Justice
      Appraisal and Legacy
      Conclusion
      Appendix A: Development of Taiwanese Law
      Appendix B: The Law Relating to Laws and Ordinances
      Appendix C: The Civil, Commercial, and Criminal Law
      Appendix D: The Bandit Punishment Law
      Glossary
      Abbreviations
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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