Divine justice: religion and the development of Chinese legal culture
The development of the judicial underworld : a comparative perspective background -- The judicial continuum -- Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals -- Indictment rituals -- Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal -- Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history -- Judicial rituals...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
London [u.a.]
Routledge
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Series/Journal: | Academia Sinica on East Asia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Religion
/ Culture of law
/ History
B China / Religion / Law / History B China / Religion / Justice / History B Taiwan / Liberty of religious exercise / Ritual / Law / Culture of law / History |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion And Law
China
B Rites and ceremonies (China) History B Customary law (China) History B Religion And Law (China) History B Jurisprudence China B Justice, Administration of (China) History B China Religious life and customs History B Law China |
| Summary: | The development of the judicial underworld : a comparative perspective background -- The judicial continuum -- Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals -- Indictment rituals -- Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal -- Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history -- Judicial rituals in modern Taiwan -- Case study: the Dizang Abbey |
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| Item Description: | The development of the judicial underworld -- The judicial continuum -- Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals -- Indictment rituals -- Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal -- Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history -- Judicial rituals in modern Taiwan -- Case study Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-218) and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 224 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0415574331 |