{"product_id":"legal-practice-in-the-formative-ulrich-lau-9789004315433","title":"Legal Practice in the Formative Stages of the Chinese Empire: An Annotated Translation of the Exemplary Qin Criminal Cases from the Yuelu Academy Coll","description":"In \u003ci\u003eLegal Practice in the Formative Stages of the Chinese Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Ulrich Lau and Thies Staack offer a richly annotated English translation of the \u003ci\u003eWei yu deng zhuang si zhong\u003c\/i\u003e 爲獄等狀四種, a collection of criminal case records from the pre-imperial state of Qin (dating from 246 BC-222 BC) that is part of the manuscripts in the possession of Yuelu Academy. Through an analysis of the collection and a comparison with similar manuscript finds from the Qin and Han periods, the authors shed new light on many aspects of the Qin administration of justice, e.g. criminal investigation, stages of criminal procedure, principles for determining punishment, and interaction of judicial officials on different administrative levels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulrich Lau,Thies Staack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004315438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004315433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Ulrich Lau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452807069951,"sku":"9789004315433","price":192.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_449ec7e1-f677-431f-bc6d-3aed25d043fd.jpg?v=1761930596","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legal-practice-in-the-formative-ulrich-lau-9789004315433","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}