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writing and law in late imperial china crime conflict and judgment
in this fascinating multidisciplinary volume scholars of chinese history law literature and religions explore the intersections of legal practice with writing in many different social contexts . they consider the overlapping concerns of legal culture and the arts of crafting persuasive texts in a range of documents including crime reports legislation novels prayers and law suits . their focus is the late ming and qing periods c. 1550 1911 ; their documents range from plaints filed at the local level by commoners through various texts produced by the well to do to the legal opinions penned by chinas emperors . writing and law in late imperial china explores works of crime case fiction judicial handbooks for magistrates and legal secretaries popular attitudes toward clergy and merchants as reflected in legal plaints and the belief in a parallel otherworldly judicial system that supports earthly justice . contributors include thomas buoye pengsheng chiu mariam epstein yasuhio karasawa paul r. katz mark mcnicholas jonathan ocko james st. andr janet theiss and daniel youd .
paperback university of washington press 2009 isbn13 9780295989136 isbn10 0295989130
abridged n isbn 13 9780295989136 number in series 1 number of pages 343 publisher univ of washington pr release date 62135769600000 series title asian law