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A History of Civil Law in Early China: Cases, Statutes, Concepts and Beyond

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Through the careful examination of cases, statutes and terminology preserved in both excavated and transmitted materials, this book argues that a civil law with distinctive Chinese characteristics emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties (221 B.C.-A.D. 220).

Author(s): Zhaoyang Zhang
Series: Legal History Library, 60
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 303
City: Leiden

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Early Cases concerning “Civil” Matters
2 The Differences between Yu and Song
3 Early Civil Statutes
4 A Detailed Study on Three Civil Cases
5 Fundamental Concepts: Zhi, Mingfen and Min-Si
6 Beyond Civil Laws
Conclusion: The Civil Law of Early China
Appendix 1: Table of Legal Cases from Juyan
Appendix 2: Usages of Song in the Shiji and the Hanshu (Full Text)
Bibliography
Index