LEADER 04515nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910957355403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780295800158 010 $a0295800151 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295800158 035 $a(CKB)2550000000066300 035 $a(EBL)3444395 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000564467 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564467 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10597050 035 $a(PQKB)10113614 035 $a(OCoLC)760887522 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse7051 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444395 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509327 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL810430 035 $a(OCoLC)932315239 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444395 035 $a(Perlego)723594 035 $a(DE-B1597)726204 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295800158 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000066300 100 $a20081023d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aTrue crimes in eighteenth-century China $etwenty case histories /$fcompiled and translated by Robert E. Hegel ; with contributions by Maram Epstein, Mark McNicholas, and Joanna Waley-Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSeattle $cUniversity of Washington Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aAsian law series ;$vno. 20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780295989068 311 08$a0295989068 311 08$a9780295989075 311 08$a0295989076 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-277) and index. 327 $aJudicial 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. 330 8 $aThe little-examined genre of legal case narratives is represented in this fascinating volume, the first collection translated into English of criminal cases - most involving homicide - from late imperial China. These true stories of crimes of passion, family conflict, neighborhood feuds, gang violence, and sedition are a treasure trove of information about social relations and legal procedure. Each narrative describes circumstances leading up to a crime and its discovery, the appearance of the crime scene and the body, the apparent cause of death, speculation about motives and premeditation, and whether self-defense was involved. Detailed testimony is included from the accused and from witnesses, family members, and neighbors, as well as summaries and opinions from local magistrates, their coroners, and other officials higher up the chain of judicial review. Officials explain which law in the Qing dynasty legal code was violated, which corresponding punishment was appropriate, and whether the sentence was eligible for reduction. These records began as reports from magistrates on homicide cases within their jurisdiction that were required by law to be tried first at the county level, then reviewed by judicial officials at the prefectural, provincial, and national levels, with each administrator adding his own observations to the file. Each case was decided finally in Beijing, in the name of the emperor if not by the monarch himself, before sentences could be carried out and the records permanently filed. All of the cases translated here are from the Qing imperial copies, most of which are now housed in the First Historical Archives, Beijing. 410 0$aAsian law series ;$vno. 20. 606 $aTrials$zChina 606 $aCriminal investigation$zChina$xHistory$vSources 606 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zChina$xHistory$vSources 606 $aCrime$zChina$xHistory$vSources 615 0$aTrials 615 0$aCriminal investigation$xHistory 615 0$aCriminal justice, Administration of$xHistory 615 0$aCrime$xHistory 676 $a345.51 700 $aHegel$b Robert E., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0642345 701 $aHegel$b Robert E.$f1943-$0642345 701 $aEpstein$b Maram$01801590 701 $aMcNicholas$b Mark$01627933 701 $aWaley-Cohen$b Joanna$0639425 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957355403321 996 $aTrue crimes in eighteenth-century China$94346945 997 $aUNINA