Collection of Embers: General Introduction to the History of Chinese Legal System

Author: Zhang Jinfan
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Publishing Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This collection is based on lecture notes compiled by the author since the 1980s for teaching master's and doctoral students. Titled "Xinming," the name symbolizes the passing on of knowledge like a torch. As the time span covers over 20 years, while the views and conclusions remain consistent, the depth of analysis varies. However, as a historical record, it is mostly kept in its original form with minor edits to individual texts.
Professor Zhang Jinfan of China University of Political Science and Law has compiled several representative articles he has meticulously written over the years into a book titled "Xinhuo Ji—General Theory of Chinese Legal History," as part of the "Renming Jiangyi" (Famous Teacher's Lectures) series. The book provides a macro and systematic examination of Chinese legal history and the history of legal historiography, covering a range of issues such as traditional legal code formats, legal systems, the characteristics of legal families, the history of specific legal branches, the modernization of the legal system, and traditional legal culture. Some of the author's viewpoints, which he first proposed and have been widely recognized by academia over the past few decades, are included in this work. The book is titled "Xinhuo" to signify the continuation and vitality of legal historiography, reflecting the author's passion for legal history.