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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Auteur principal: Katz, Paul R. 1961- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: London [u.a.] Routledge 2009
Dans:Année: 2009
Collection/Revue:Academia Sinica on East Asia
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B China / Religion / Culture juridique / Histoire
B China / Religion / Droit / Histoire
B China / Religion / Justice / Histoire
B Taiwan / Liberté religieuse / Rituel / Droit / Culture juridique / Histoire
Sujets non-standardisés: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
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Résumé: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
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
Description matérielle:XIII, 224 S., Ill.
ISBN:0415574331