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Book SynopsisDuring the period 1924-1949, amid civil war with the KMT, war with the Japanese, internal leadership disputes, and other chaotic conditions, rapid shifts occurred in the political culture of China. Patricia Griffin contends that an understanding of how the Chinese Communists created a legal system at this time is essential to a grasp of more recent
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Note on Sources, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*List of Tables and Figure, pg. xi*CHAPTER I. Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. Beginning of the Kiangsi Soviet, 1924-1933, pg. 11*CHAPTER III. Crisis in the Kiangsi Soviet, 1933-1934, pg. 45*CHAPTER IOTAV. Yenan, 1935-1944, pg. 64*CHAPTER V. Civil War, 1945-1949, pg. 95*CHAPTER VI. Prison Management, pg. 109*CHAPTER VII. Conclusions, pg. 136*APPENDIX A: Draft Statute of the Chinese Soviet Republic Governing Punishment of Counterrevolutionaries, pg. 155*APPENDIX BETA: Statute of the Chinese Soviet Republic Governing Punishment of Counterrevolutionaries, pg. 161*APPENDIX C: The Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia Border Region Statute Protecting Human and Property Rights, pg. 168*APPENDIX D: Draft Statute of the Shensi-Kansu- Ninghsia Border Region Governing Punishment of Traitors During War Times, pg. 172*APPENDIX EPSILON: Draft Statute of the Shensi-Kansu- Ninghsia Border Region Concerning Martial Law During War, pg. 175*APPENDIX F: Revised Method of Handling Traitors' Property, pg. 178*APPENDIX G: Separate Statute of the Shansi- Chahar-Hopei Border Region Concerning Voluntary Surrender and Confession of Traitors1 (Tzu-Shou), pg. 181*APPENDIX ETA: Method for Temporarily Handling Criminals in Prison in Extraordinary Times, pg. 184*APPENDIX I: Statute Concerning Voluntary Surrender and Confession (Tzu- Shou) of Traitors by the Nationalist Government's Military Affairs Commission, pg. 186*APPENDIX J: Revised Laws Governing Emergency Crimes Endangering the Republic, pg. 191*APPENDIX KAPPA: Revised Statute Concerning Punishment of Traitors, pg. 193*APPENDIX L: Temporary Statute of Shantung Province for Punishing War Criminals and Traitors, pg. 197*Glossary, pg. 201*Bibliography, pg. 235*Index, pg. 251*Studies in East Asian Law Harvard University, pg. 257
