Artículos relacionados a Circulating the Code: Print Media and Legal Knowledge...

Circulating the Code: Print Media and Legal Knowledge in Qing China - Tapa dura

Zhang, Ting

 
9780295747163: Circulating the Code: Print Media and Legal Knowledge in Qing China
Tapa dura
ISBN 10: 0295747161 ISBN 13: 9780295747163
Editorial: University of Washington Press, 2020

Sinopsis

Contrary to longtime assumptions about the insular nature of imperial China’s legal system, Circulating the Code demonstrates that in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) most legal books were commercially published and available to anyone who could afford to buy them. Publishers not only extended circulation of the dynastic code and other legal texts but also enhanced the judicial authority of case precedents and unofficial legal commentaries by making them more broadly available in convenient formats. As a result, the laws no longer represented privileged knowledge monopolized by the imperial state and elites. Trade in commercial legal imprints contributed to the formation of a new legal culture that included the free flow of accurate information, the rise of nonofficial legal experts, a large law-savvy population, and a high litigation rate.

Comparing different official and commercial editions of the Qing Code, popular handbooks for amateur legal practitioners, and manuals for community legal lectures, Ting Zhang demonstrates how the dissemination of legal information transformed Chinese law, judicial authority, and popular legal consciousness.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Ting Zhang is assistant professor of history at the University of Maryland. She received her PhD in history from John Hopkins University in 2014. This is her first book.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
University of Washington Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0295747161
ISBN 13 
9780295747163
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
264
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

Doelen 72
Breda
4831 GR
Holanda