Chinese Civil Justice, Past and Present by Huang, Philip C. C.

Chinese Civil Justice, Past and Present (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780742567696)

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Format: Hardcover
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Chinese Civil Justice, Past and Present by Huang, Philip C. C.

Chinese Civil Justice, Past and Present

$113.00
Chinese Civil Justice, Past and Present by Huang, Philip C. C.

Chinese Civil Justice, Past and Present

$113.00
Format: Hardcover
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The culmination of twenty years of research, this essential book completes distinguished historian Philip C. C. Huang's pathbreaking trilogy on Chinese law and society from late imperial times to the present. The author argues that, despite formal adherence to Western law and legal theory, traditional Chinese judicial practices continue to flourish. Huang draws on a rich array of court records and field interviews to illustrate the surprising strength of traditional Chinese civil justice, as can be seen in societal and cadres mediation, and in court actions with respect to property rights, inheritance and old-age maintenance, and debts. Maoist justice too remains influential, especially its divorce and court mediation practices. Finally, despite the recent massive adoption of Western laws, legal reasoning employed in judicial practice has shown stunning continuity, with major implications for China's future.

Author: Philip C. C. Huang
ISBN-10: 0742567699
ISBN-13: 9780742567696
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2009
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 01/22/2010 pg. 18
By Philip C. C. Huang
By Philip C. C. Huang
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Philip C. C. Huang is professor of history emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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