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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457932003321

Titolo

True crimes in eighteenth-century China [[electronic resource] ] : twenty case histories / / compiled and translated by Robert E. Hegel ; with contributions by Maram Epstein, Mark McNicholas, and Joanna Waley-Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2009]

ISBN

0-295-80015-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Asian law series ; ; no. 20

Altri autori (Persone)

HegelRobert E. <1943->

EpsteinMaram

McNicholasMark

Waley-CohenJoanna

Disciplina

345.51

Soggetti

Trials - China

Criminal investigation - China - History

Criminal justice, Administration of - China - History

Crime - China - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Judicial procedures -- Interrogation techniques -- Intent and premeditated violence -- Failure of "Confucian" family values -- Control of politically marginal groups and individuals -- Social mobility and crime -- Imperial intervention.