A Discussion on the Modern Legal History of China

Author: Qiu Yuanyou
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: A Study on the Legal History of Modern China, selected from nearly 30 legal history papers of modern China (1840-1949) that I have published in newspapers and journals since the reform and opening-up. The content is roughly divided into five aspects: (1) the establishment of the extraterritorial system during the Opium War; (2) the legal system and ideological thoughts of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; (3) the official system, imperial examination system, and legal reforms in late Qing Dynasty; (4) the legal system of the Nanjing Provisional Government; (5) the historical development of modern constitutionalism, constitutions, and the struggle of the people for human rights. Among them, there are both legal thought history and legal institution history; both political figures and thinkers, as well as legal scholars.