Abstract
This chapter unfolds the rather long history of Chinese law with its institutions and legal thinking, divided into five units. The first unit has early history in focus from the beginning of Chinese law to the end of the Tang period with milestones such as the Han and the Tang Codes and their analysis. The second unit tells the story of the modern history of Chinese law from the Tang period until the twentieth century, focusing on ongoing codification and its masterpieces. The third unit deals exclusively with Chinese legal philosophy, concentrating on the debate between Confucian and legist thinkers. To this socio-economic factors are added, such as familiarism, the secrecy of law, the influence of the yin–yang school to arrive at a more sophisticated understanding of Chinese legal thinking. The fourth unit is dedicated to substantive law, particularly family law, criminal law and public administration. The last unit places traditional law in the turbulent Chinese history of the twentieth century.
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MacCormack (1996: 2).
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Salát (2003: 133–233).
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For the English translation see Hulsewé (1985).
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Csikszentmihalyi (2006: 24–27).
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Li (2013: 206–261, 284–288).
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de Bary and Bloom (1999: 312).
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Dawson (2002: 31).
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Gernet (2001: 194–195).
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Head and Wang (2005: 110; 118).
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Head and Wang (2005: 120; 124–125).
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As to the relevant passages of the Code see Johnson (1979: 49–61, 88–104, 150–152, 197–235).
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Fairbank and Goldman (2006: 113–114).
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Dawson (2002: 42–44).
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Head and Wang (2005: 156–157; 171–173).
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Head and Wang (2005: 180–189).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 226–230).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 236).
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Lunyu XII.17: Salát (2003: 31).
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Lunyu II:3.
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Salát (2003: 35–40).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 241–244).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 246–247).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 261–263).
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Shang (1928: 258–259, 274; 287–288).
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Shang (1928: 175–197).
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Chung-ying (1997: 528–529).
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Schirokauer-Brown (2006: 46–47).
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Salát (2003: 70–73).
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Han Feizi 49: de Bary and Bloom (1999: 203).
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Peerenboom (1993:153–154, 160).
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Shang (1928: 303).
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Peerenboom (1993: 73–103, 242–256).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 219).
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MacCormack (1996: 13; 33).
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MacCormack (1996: 11).
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Zhang (2014: 434–435).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 15–19).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 20–24).
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MacCormack (2006: 65–79).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 29–31).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 91–99).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 102–110).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 118–123).
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MacCormack (1996: 93; 96).
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Head and Wang (2005: 99–101).
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Head and Wang (2005: 121–123; 184).
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Zhang (2014: 205).
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T’ung-Tsu (1961: 64–70).
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MacCormack (1996: 15–16).
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Miyazaki (1980: 59–62).
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Miyazaki (1980: 63–69).
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Huang (2010: 63–64; 76–78; 194).
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Ladany (1992: 44–46).
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Chen (2008: 28).
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Ladany (1992: 48–51).
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Huang (2001: 44; 197–198).
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Ladany (1992: 58–61).
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Jordán (2008: 54–58).
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Ladany (1992: 67–70; 112–115).
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Jany, J. (2020). Chinese Law. In: Legal Traditions in Asia. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 80. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43728-2_10
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