Research on the Legal Thought and Practice of the Self-Strengthening Movement

Author: Li Qing
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features:
Chapter 1 Social Changes in China after the Opium War and the Self-Strengthening Movement (1) (1) Changes in Social Nature and the Loss of Sovereignty of the Qing Government (1) (2) Deepening Political Crisis and the Rise of the Self-Strengthening Movement (10) (3) The Self-Strengthening Faction and the Movement (14) (4) The Theoretical Foundations and Goals of the Self-Strengthening Faction (20) (5) Stages and Outcome of the Self-Strengthening Movement (32)
Chapter 2 Evolutionary Legal Thought and Practice of "Gradual Reform" (39) (1) "Gradual Reform" to Achieve Self-Strengthening (39) (2) Measures for Improvement by Introducing Western Laws (42)
Chapter 3 Military Legal Thought and Practice Aimed at Self-Strengthening (51) (1) Establishing Modern Military Industries and Legalizing Management Systems (51) (2) The Emergence of Modern Armies and Military Laws (57)
Chapter 4 Economic Legal Thought and Practice Centered on Wealth Accumulation (67) (1) Three Forms of Industrial and Commercial Development in Late Qing China (67) (2) Implementing Joint-Stock Company Systems (73) (3) "Sharing Profits with Foreign Merchants" and the Emergence of Local Commercial Laws (75) (4) Utilizing Foreign Capital to Revitalize Industries (83) (5) Protecting Patents and Reducing Customs Duties (91)
Chapter 5 Criminal Legal Thought and Practice Based on Confucian and Legalist Principles (96)
Chapter 6 International Legal Thought and Practice to Address Colonial Diplomatic Relations (106) (1) Introducing International Law and Advocating for Equal National Sovereignty (106) (2) Criticizing Unequal Treaties and the Diplomatic Thought of "Implied Restraint" (111) (3) Spreading and Utilizing International Law Knowledge to Handle Diplomatic Affairs (116) (4) Establishing Modern Diplomatic Institutions (119)
Chapter 7 Legal Education Thought and Practice to Cultivate Modern Legal Talents (125) (1) Opening Self-Strengthening Schools and Translating and Publishing Western Books (125) (2) Sending Officials for Investigation and Dispatching Students Abroad (131)
Chapter 8 Differences and Connections Between the Self-Strengthening Faction and the Reformers (141) (1) "Superficiality" and "Essence": Focus on Western Parliamentary Systems (142) (2) "Gradual Reform" and the Concept of Reform and Change (147) (3) "Seeking Strength and Wealth" and "Promoting Commerce and Enriching the People" (149) (4) Imitating the West and Formulating Economic Laws (154)
Chapter 9 Legal Thought of the Self-Strengthening Faction and Legal System Reform in Late Qing China (158) (1) The Development of Private Industry and Commerce and the Reformist Politics Laid the Foundation for Late Qing Legal Codification (158) (2) From the Self-Strengthening Faction Dismantling Old Laws to Shen Jiaben's Legal Codification Reflects the Stages of Modernization of Chinese Legal System (165) (3) From Translating to Adhering to the Civil Law System Reflects the Direction of Modernization of Chinese Legal System (173) (4) From "Chinese Body, Western Application" for Self-Preservation to Recovering Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Reflects the Goals of Modernization of Chinese Legal System (188)
Chapter 10 The Self-Strengthening Movement from the Perspectives of History, Culture, and Legal Modernization (192) (1) The Self-Strengthening Faction Developed the Ideas of Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan to Understand the West, "Learning from the Barbarians to Control the Barbarians," Reaching a New Level in Theory and Understanding (192) (2) The Doctrine of "Chinese Body, Western Application" is a Paradigm of Mutual Collision and Absorption Between Chinese and Western Legal Cultures (202) (3) The Self-Strengthening Movement Initiated the Modernization of Chinese Law (207)
Afterword (213)