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12%OFFRobert E. Hegel - True Crimes in Eighteenth-Century China: Twenty Case Histories (Asian Law Series) - 9780295989075 - V9780295989075
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True Crimes in Eighteenth-Century China: Twenty Case Histories (Asian Law Series)

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Description for True Crimes in Eighteenth-Century China: Twenty Case Histories (Asian Law Series) Paperback. Represents the genre of legal case narratives - most involving homicide - from late imperial China. This book includes testimony from the accused and from witnesses, family members, and neighbors, as well as summaries and opinions from local magistrates, their coroners, and other officials higher up the chain of judicial review. Series: Asian Law Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; JKV; LAZ; LNFJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.

The little-examined genre of legal case narratives is represented in this fascinating volume, the first collection translated into English of criminal cases - most involving homicide - from late imperial China. These true stories of crimes of passion, family conflict, neighborhood feuds, gang violence, and sedition are a treasure trove of information about social relations and legal procedure.

Each narrative describes circumstances leading up to a crime and its discovery, the appearance of the crime scene and the body, the apparent cause of death, speculation about motives and premeditation, and whether self-defense was involved. Detailed testimony is included from ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
Series
Asian Law Series
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295989075
SKU
V9780295989075
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Ref
99-1

About Robert E. Hegel
Robert E. Hegel is Liselotte Dieckmann Professor of Comparative Literature and professor of Chinese, Washington University, St. Louis.

Reviews for True Crimes in Eighteenth-Century China: Twenty Case Histories (Asian Law Series)
"[T]he material translated . . . consists essentially of initial depositions in the case . . . In this lies their unique value in offering, as does no other source, contemporary accounts of ordinary life . . ."
Geoffrey MacCormack
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
"Hegel’s compilation and translations are of great ... Read more

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