Spring 2025 History: East Asian GU4891 section 001

LAW IN CHINESE HISTORY

Call Number 11683
Day & Time
Location
R 2:10pm-4:00pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Madeleine H Zelin - e-mail
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

An introduction to major issues of concern to legal historians as viewed through the lens of Chinese legal history.  Issues covered include civil and criminal law, formal and informal justice, law and the family, law and the economy, the search for law beyond state-made law and legal codes, and the question of rule of law in China.  Chinese codes and course case records and other primary materials in translation will be analyzed to develop a sense of the legal system in theory and in practice.

Web Site Vergil
Department East Asian Languages and Cultures
Enrollment 15 students (15 max) as of 4:05PM Saturday, December 21, 2024
Status Full
Subject History: East Asian
Number GU4891
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20251HSEA4891W001