Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, & Transcultural Politics
(Part of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Series)
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How did American schoolchildren, French philosophers, Russian Sinologists, Dutch merchants, and British lawyers imagine China and Chinese law? What happened when agents of presumably dominant Western empires had to endure the humiliations and anxieties of maintaining a profitable but precarious relationship with China? In Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes, Li Chen provides a richly textured analysis of these related issues and their intersection with...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231173741
ISBN13:9780231173742
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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