Screen LibraryDivine justice：religion and the development of Chinese legal culture
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| Published: |
Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Academia Sinica on East Asia |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 224 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415443456 (hbk.) 0415443458 (hbk.) 9780203883686 (ebook) 0203883683 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | D929 |
| CLC: | D929 |
| Call Number: | D929/K199 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-218) and index. The development of the judicial underworld -- The judicial continuum -- Oaths and chicken-beheading rituals -- Indictment rituals -- Trials of the insane and dressing as a criminal -- Judicial rituals in Asian colonial and immigrant history -- Judicial rituals in modern Taiwan -- Case study. |