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Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Li Chen
Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Li Chen
Focusing on the power dynamics of Sino-Western relations during the century before the First Opium War, Li Chen highlights the centrality of law to modern imperial ideology and politics and brings new insight to the origins of comparative Chinese law in the West and foreign extraterritoriality in China.
416 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 1 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 22, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780231173742 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 416 |
Dimensions | 162 × 239 × 35 mm · 742 g |