Key Concepts in Traditional Chinese Rule-of-Law Culture - 9789819789344

Key Concepts in Traditional Chinese Rule-of-Law CultureAuthor(s): Yunhua Cui, Chi Li, Linan Tian, Min Wang, Jiajun Chu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9789819789344, 978-9819789344\nSynopsis\nThis bookconsists of well-chosen legal terms in ancient China, in an effort to delineate the panorama of rule-of-law evolution in China. All illustrated with hand-picked citations from Chinese classics or literary works, they are organized in the three sections of legal philosophy, legal system and legal culture. The first section collects terms reflecting the symbolic views, ideas and theories of spiritual civilization in the formation and development of rule of law; the second section contains terms reflecting the typical mechanism, system of institutional civilization in the process; the third section includes terms relating, including signs, symbols, instruments, facilities, etc. The selected terms have been widely us.