Biography of Shen Jiaben

Author: Li Guilian
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Shen Jiabai, the host of the legal reforms in the late Qing Dynasty, rose from a minor official in the Ministry of Justice to the position of "head of the Ministry of Justice" through hard work. He was not only a recognized expert in legal studies but also led a groundbreaking reform of the old laws. This reform brought the old laws, which had been in effect for over two thousand years, to an end. From then on, hundreds of millions of Chinese people have been able to live under a modern legal system. This book attempts to take Shen Jiabai, the legal expert of the late Qing legal reforms, as its core, tracing his experiences, thoughts, and academic intellectual trajectory to explore what actually happened during the reform of the old laws and how this reform should be evaluated, among other major issues.