{"product_id":"delivering-justice-in-qing-china","title":"Delivering Justice in Qing China","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditional Chinese law, including Qing law, was often criticized as being inapplicable in civil trials and it was often believed that the magistrate's court preferred mediation rather than decision-making. This volume challenges these views and repairs the distorted picture of Qing civil justice.With a detailed analysis of the Qing law codes and of one hundred nineteenth-century case records from Baodi county, the volume examines much-debated\n\u003cbr\u003eissues such as the approach of Qing law to civil and criminal matters, punishment and mediation in civil trials, Confucius' preference for education and the idea of\n\u003cbr\u003eanti-litigation.A significant contribution to the field of traditional Chinese law this volume  will be of essential interest to those who seek to understand the Qing legal system and its development in China.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46060375736558,"sku":"9780197263990","price":132.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/delivering-justice-in-qing-china","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}