Foreign Legal History [Third Edition]

Author: He Qinhua, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-03-10
Features: Since its first publication in early 1997, this book has been adopted by over fifty law schools across the country as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of foreign legal systems. It has been reprinted multiple times, with a total print run reaching over 80,000 copies. These facts demonstrate that the book, as a foundational textbook for law, has gained recognition from both teachers and students, and its writing principles of "academic rigor, systematic structure, and general applicability" have been upheld. The authors are deeply gratified by this. However, during the use of this textbook, we have also identified some shortcomings. For example, some chapters contain overly simplistic content; others have omissions; and some are overly complex and require organization and refinement. To address these issues, we have undertaken a relatively thorough revision of the entire book. We hope that the second edition will be even more perfect and better suited to the teaching needs of undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of foreign legal systems in law schools. During the revision process, we have incorporated the latest research findings in the field of the history of foreign legal systems from recent years, as well as the experiences and insights of the authors in teaching this subject over the past few years. We strive to make the book more balanced in terms of innovation and continuity, richness and conciseness, and academic rigor and general applicability.