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Chinese Legal Tradition Under the Mongols: The Code of 1291 as Reconstructed
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Chinese Legal Tradition Under the Mongols: The Code of 1291 as Reconstructed
Contributors:
By (Author) Paul Heng-chao Ch'en
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Politics and government
Dewey:
951.025
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
232
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
482g
Description
The evolution of China's legal tradition was one of the most striking aspects of the transformation of Chinese civilization under Mongolian domination. Paul Ch'en's exploration of the legal system of the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) and its first substantial legal code (the Chih-yuan hsin-ko, or Chih-yiian New Code) provides a key to our understanding
