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Complementary Customary Law

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This chapter is about a unique variant of customary law, that of complementary functions in order to fill legal gaps which are left by state law, not interested in regulating the issue. Such a symbiosis between state law concentrating on public administration and criminal acts and customary laws focusing on private matters can be found only in China. This is why this chapter scrutinises Chinese customary laws, a less researched field of study, on the island of Formosa (based on documents produced by invading Japanese forces) and mainland China.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Okamatsu (1902: 20–155).

  2. 2.

    Kroker (1955: 228–302).

  3. 3.

    Chiu (1968: 45–48).

  4. 4.

    Kroker (1955: 283–284).

  5. 5.

    Chiu (1968: 49), Kroker (1955: 281).

  6. 6.

    Kroker (1955: 282–288, 298–299).

  7. 7.

    Kroker (1955: 281–285).

  8. 8.

    Okamatsu (1902: III–V).

  9. 9.

    Okamatsu (1902: VI–XI).

  10. 10.

    Katz (2009: 47, 50–51).

  11. 11.

    Katz (2009: 61–78).

  12. 12.

    Katz (2009: 49).

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    Janos Jany

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Jany, J. (2020). Complementary Customary 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_15

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