The History of Chinese Legal Civilization

1. Front Matter

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2. The Origin of Chinese Legal Civilization: The Legal Systems of the Xia and Shang Dynasties

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   Pages 1-44

3. The Early Developed Form of the Chinese Legal Civilization: The Legal System of Western Zhou Dynasty

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   Pages 45-111

4. The Legal System of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period Featured by Social Transformation and Legal Reform

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   Pages 113-156

5. The Legal System of Qin Dynasty with “Laws Made in Every Field”

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   Pages 157-247

6. The Confucianization of the Legal Systems in Western and Eastern Han Dynasties

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   Pages 249-380

7. The Legal Systems of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasty: The Legislative Progress and Cultural Amalgamation

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   Pages 381-470

8. The Legal Systems of Sui and Tang Dynasties: The Finalization of the Forms of Chinese Legal Civilization

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   Pages 471-648

9. The Legal Civilization of Northern and Southern Song Dynasties Fostered by Commercial Economy

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   Pages 649-831

10. The Legal System of “Zu Shu Bian Tong” in the Yuan Dynasty

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    Pages 833-908

11. The Legal System of the Ming Dynasty: The Final Form of Chinese Legal Civilization

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    Pages 909-1070

12. The Legal System of the Qing Dynasty: The Final Form of Chinese Legal Civilization

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    Pages 1071-1308

This book, based on the theory of Marxism-Leninism, aims to study the essence, content and features of various legal systems in China in different historical periods, as well as the rules of the development of Chinese legal system. It effectively combines classic and historical analysis to probe the historical facts and elaborate the historical role of the legal system, revealing both the general and the specific rules of the development of the Chinese legal system on the basis of the existing relevant researches. The subject matter is of abundant theoretical and practical significance, as it enriches Marxist legal studies, deepens the readers’ understanding of Chinese legal civilization and offers guiding principles for the creation of socialist legal systems with Chinese characteristics. The chapters are structured chronologically, ranging from the Xia and Shang Dynasties, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, the Han Dynasty, the South and North Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties when Chinese legal system took on its final form. The chapters are compiled according to legislation, administrative law, criminal law and judicial system. Besides, the Chinese legal civilization after the Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen is also addressed.

• Chinese Legal Civilization
• Development of Chinese legal history
• Legal Theory
• Legal history
• Legal system

• China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China

  Jinfan Zhang

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