"American Scholars on the Legal Tradition of China (Revised Edition)"

Author: Gao Daoyun, Gao Hongjun, He Weifang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Comparative Law Series. This book is suitable for faculty and students of universities and colleges, researchers, and legal practitioners. It is also suitable for general readers with a keen interest in law, especially in traditional Chinese legal culture. The book is a collection of essays co-edited by scholars from both the United States and China, divided into three parts and including 15 papers. These represent a selection of outstanding research achievements by American sinologists over the past three decades. The book discusses both the fundamental concepts of the Chinese legal tradition and the specific legal institutions and judicial procedures of ancient China, covering a span of thousands of years of Chinese legal institutions and thought history from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Republic of China. Readers can see how these American scholars overcame cultural and linguistic barriers to delve into the depths of our legal tradition, presenting a unique approach, meticulous research, detailed analysis, and rigorous arguments to reveal the principles and operational mechanisms of traditional Chinese legal culture. These studies, like the light from adjacent walls illuminating ancient Chinese relics, provide a microscopic and profound understanding, reflecting on the past and looking to the future, opening up a distinctive path for the study of the Chinese legal tradition. This book is suitable for faculty and students of universities and colleges, researchers, and legal practitioners, as well as general readers with a keen interest in law, especially in traditional Chinese legal culture.