Heaven Has Eyes

Based on rich and solid documents, Heaven Has Eyes offers a systematic account of Chinese legal history and the recent transformation of the Chinese legal system. Xiaoqun Xu perceptively grasps the essence of the Chinese legal culture and practices in the traditional period and illustrates a vibrant process in which the ancient concepts of legal justice interacted with newly imported legal ideas and jurisprudence in the twentieth century and continues to do so today. This valuable book benefits everyone who wants to learn about China and its legal culture.

Auteur
Xiaoqun Xu is Professor of History at Christopher Newport University.

Texte du rabat

In Heaven Has Eyes, Xiaoqun Xu provides a comprehensive yet concise history of Chinese law and justice from the imperial era to the post-Mao era. Xu addresses the evolution and function of law codes and judicial practices throughout China's long history, and examines the transition from traditional laws and practices to modern ones in the twentieth century.

Contenu

• Introduction: Law and Justice in Chinese History

• Part One: Law and Justice in Imperial China, 221 BEC-1911 CE

• Chapter 1: Five Punishments and Beyond: The Evolution of Penal Codes in Imperial China

• Chapter 2: From the Imperial Capital to the Magistrate's Court: Judicial Practices in Imperial China

• Chapter 3: The Emperor, the Family, and the Land: Law and Order in Imperial China

• Part Two: Law and Justice in Late Qing and Republican China, 1901-1949

• Chapter 4: The Best of the Chinese and of the Western: Legal-Judicial Reform in the Late Qing, 1901-1911

• Chapter 5: The Rule of Law, Judicial Independence, and Due Process: Ideals and Realities in the Republican Era, 1912-1949

• Chapter 6: Bandits, Collaborators, and Wives/Concubines: Criminal and Civil Justice in the Republican Era, 1912-1949

• Part Three: Law and Justice in Maoist China, 1949-1976

• Chapter 7: "Contradictions between the People and the Enemy": Criminal Justice as the "Proletarian Dictatorship"

• Chapter 8: "Contradictions among the People": Mediation and Adjudication of Civil Disputes

• Part Four: Law and Justice in Post-Mao China, 1977-2018

• Chapter 9: The Legal System and the Rule of Law: Changes in Criminal Justice, 1977-1996

• Chapter 10: "Naked Officials" and "Heavenly Net": Changes in Criminal Justice, 1997-2018

• Chapter 11: "Look toward Money": Civil Justice in Post-Mao China, 1977-2018

• Conclusion: Heaven Has Eyes

• Chronology of Chinese History

• Chinese Character List

• Notes

• Selected Bibliography

• Index