Social Power and Legal Culture
Author | : Melissa Ann Macauley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780804731355 |
ISBN-13 | : 0804731357 |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Social Power and Legal Culture by : Melissa Ann Macauley
Download or read book Social Power and Legal Culture written by Melissa Ann Macauley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents. Litigation masters emerge as central players in many of the most scandalous cases in 18th- and 19th-century China.