04515nam 2200793Ia 450 991095735540332120200520144314.09780295800158029580015110.1515/9780295800158(CKB)2550000000066300(EBL)3444395(SSID)ssj0000564467(PQKBManifestationID)11347880(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564467(PQKBWorkID)10597050(PQKB)10113614(OCoLC)760887522(MdBmJHUP)muse7051(Au-PeEL)EBL3444395(CaPaEBR)ebr10509327(CaONFJC)MIL810430(OCoLC)932315239(MiAaPQ)EBC3444395(Perlego)723594(DE-B1597)726204(DE-B1597)9780295800158(EXLCZ)99255000000006630020081023d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTrue crimes in eighteenth-century China twenty case histories /compiled and translated by Robert E. Hegel ; with contributions by Maram Epstein, Mark McNicholas, and Joanna Waley-Cohen1st ed.Seattle University of Washington Pressc20091 online resourceAsian law series ;no. 20Description based upon print version of record.9780295989068 0295989068 9780295989075 0295989076 Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-277) and index.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.The little-examined genre of legal case narratives is represented in this fascinating volume, the first collection translated into English of criminal cases - most involving homicide - from late imperial China. These true stories of crimes of passion, family conflict, neighborhood feuds, gang violence, and sedition are a treasure trove of information about social relations and legal procedure. Each narrative describes circumstances leading up to a crime and its discovery, the appearance of the crime scene and the body, the apparent cause of death, speculation about motives and premeditation, and whether self-defense was involved. Detailed testimony is included from the accused and from witnesses, family members, and neighbors, as well as summaries and opinions from local magistrates, their coroners, and other officials higher up the chain of judicial review. Officials explain which law in the Qing dynasty legal code was violated, which corresponding punishment was appropriate, and whether the sentence was eligible for reduction. These records began as reports from magistrates on homicide cases within their jurisdiction that were required by law to be tried first at the county level, then reviewed by judicial officials at the prefectural, provincial, and national levels, with each administrator adding his own observations to the file. Each case was decided finally in Beijing, in the name of the emperor if not by the monarch himself, before sentences could be carried out and the records permanently filed. All of the cases translated here are from the Qing imperial copies, most of which are now housed in the First Historical Archives, Beijing. Asian law series ;no. 20.TrialsChinaCriminal investigationChinaHistorySourcesCriminal justice, Administration ofChinaHistorySourcesCrimeChinaHistorySourcesTrialsCriminal investigationHistoryCriminal justice, Administration ofHistoryCrimeHistory345.51Hegel Robert E., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut642345Hegel Robert E.1943-642345Epstein Maram1801590McNicholas Mark1627933Waley-Cohen Joanna639425MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957355403321True crimes in eighteenth-century China4346945UNINA