Ta Tsing Leu Lee : being the fundamental laws, and a selection from the supplementary statutes, of the penal code of China / / edited and translated by George Thomas Staunton [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (lxxx, 582 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 348.510209034
• Soggetto topico: Law - China; Law - China - History - 19th century
• Persona (resp. second.): StauntonGeorge Thomas, Sir, <1781-1859, >
• Note generali: Translated from the Chinese.; Also issued in print: 2012.; Originally published: London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The sinologist George Thomas Staunton learned Chinese as a child & accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the Ambassador's page, he was the only member of the delegation who could speak to the emperor in Chinese. A career in the East India Company's Canton factory followed, & he translated many texts between Chinese & English, including this penal code, published in 1810, which was its first translation into any European language. The 'Fundamental Laws' was the legal code of the Qing Dynasty, & contained more than 1,000 statutes. Staunton organised his translation of a selection of the laws into seven divisions: general, civil, fiscal, ritual (religious), military, criminal & public works. He also includes an appendix with translations of edicts regarding matters such as punishment, making this compendium an invaluable guide to the complex legal regime of the Qing Dynasty.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ta Tsing Leu Lee
• ISBN: 1-139-17880-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910383858403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge library collection. . -History.