{"product_id":"writing-and-law-in-late-robert-e-hegel-9780295996004","title":"Writing and Law in Late Imperial China: Crime, Conflict, and Judgment","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating, multidisciplinary volume, scholars of Chinese history, law, literature, and religions explore the intersections of legal practice with writing in many different social contexts. They consider the overlapping concerns of legal culture and the arts of crafting persuasive texts in a range of documents including crime reports, legislation, novels, prayers, and law suits. Their focus is the late Ming and Qing periods (c. 1550-1911); their documents range from plaints filed at the local level by commoners, through various texts produced by the well-to-do, to the legal opinions penned by China's emperors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting and Law in Late Imperial China\u003c\/i\u003e explores works of crime-case fiction, judicial handbooks for magistrates and legal secretaries, popular attitudes toward clergy and merchants as reflected in legal plaints, and the belief in a parallel, otherworldly judicial system that supports earthly justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Hegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295996005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295996004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Robert E. Hegel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48483446685951,"sku":"9780295996004","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64b6d70c-c6e6-4205-88eb-ead0af72ba78.jpg?v=1778038791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-and-law-in-late-robert-e-hegel-9780295996004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}