Foreign Legal History

Author: He Qinhua, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Since its first publication in 1997, this book has been adopted by over 50 law schools across the country as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of foreign legal systems. It has been reprinted multiple times, with a total print run reaching over 80,000 copies. These facts demonstrate that the book, as a foundational textbook for law, has gained recognition from both teachers and students, and its writing principles of "academic rigor, systematic structure, and general applicability" have been well-fulfilled. The authors are deeply gratified by this. However, during the use of this textbook, we have also found some shortcomings in it. For example, some chapters contain relatively simple content; some chapters have omissions; and some chapters are overly complex and disorganized, requiring refinement. To address these shortcomings, we have conducted a relatively thorough revision of the entire book. We hope that the second edition of this book will be more perfect and better suited to the teaching practice of law schools for undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of foreign legal systems. During the revision process of this book, we have incorporated the latest research achievements in the field of the history of foreign legal systems from recent years, as well as the experiences and insights of the authors in teaching this subject over the past few years. We strive to make this book more balanced in terms of innovation and continuity, richness and conciseness, and academic rigor and general applicability.