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Offers an approach, methodology, and theoretical framework for the interpretation of traditional Chinese "law." This book argues that Chinese society has always operated according to the disciplinary system of order, in which hierarchy is established by actual power, and provides a methodology and framework for understanding disciplinary theory.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Note on Romanization
Order without Law
An Introduction to the Study of the Principles of Disciplinary Theory
The District Magistrate
The Mixed Court Prior to 1911
The Mixed Court 1911-27: Historical Dimensions
Mixed Court Administration of Order Analyzed
Assessment of the Work of the Mixed Court 1911-27
Wider Issues
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Order and Discipline in China

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/1992
      ISBN13: 9780295971230, 978-0295971230
      ISBN10: 0295971231
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an approach, methodology, and theoretical framework for the interpretation of traditional Chinese "law." This book argues that Chinese society has always operated according to the disciplinary system of order, in which hierarchy is established by actual power, and provides a methodology and framework for understanding disciplinary theory.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword
      Preface
      Note on Romanization
      Order without Law
      An Introduction to the Study of the Principles of Disciplinary Theory
      The District Magistrate
      The Mixed Court Prior to 1911
      The Mixed Court 1911-27: Historical Dimensions
      Mixed Court Administration of Order Analyzed
      Assessment of the Work of the Mixed Court 1911-27
      Wider Issues
      Notes
      Select Bibliography
      Index

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