Author: McNicholas, Mark

True crimes in eighteenth-century China : twenty case histories
Date2009
Publish_locationSeattle
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeDigital Book (PDF)
SeriesAsian law series ; no. 20
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberKNQ39.T78 2009d
Descriptionpdf. [xvii, 285 p. ; 23 cm.]
NoteTrue crimes in eighteenth-century China : twenty case histories / compiled and translated by Robert E. Hegel ; with contributions by Maram Epstein, Mark McNicholas, and Joanna Waley-Cohen.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index.

Judicial procedures -- Interrogation techniques -- Intent and premeditated violence -- Failure of "Confucian" family values -- Control of politically marginal groups and individuals -- Social mobility and crime -- Imperial intervention.

Local access dig.pdf. [Hegel-True Crimes.pdf]
Online via Gleeson Library.

SubjectLaw--China--Cases Trials--China Criminal law--China--History--Sources Law--China--Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 Trial practice--China--History Criminal justice, Administration of--China--History Trials--China--18th century Criminal investigation--China--History--18th century--Sources Crime--China--History--18th century--Sources
Seriesfoo 93
ISBN9780295800158 ; 0295800151
LCCN2008046287