A Question of Intent

Homicide Law and Criminal Justice in Qing and Republican China

Jennifer M. Neighbors (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

282 Seiten

2018
Brill (Verlag)
9789004330153 (ISBN)

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In A Question of Intent, Jennifer M. Neighbors unpacks the complicated late imperial homicide continuum and its Republican-era counterpart, revealing a Chinese justice system, both before and after 1911, that defies assignment to binary categories of modern and pre-modern law.

In A Question of Intent: Homicide Law and Criminal Justice in Qing and Republican China, Jennifer M. Neighbors uses legal cases from the local, provincial and central levels to explore both the complexity with which Qing law addressed abstract concepts and the process of adoption, adaptation, and resistance as late imperial law gave way to criminal law of the Republican period. This study reveals a Chinese justice system, both before and after 1911, that defies assignment to binary categories of modern and pre-modern law that have influenced much of past scholarship.

Jennifer M. Neighbors, Ph.D. (2004), University of California, Los Angeles, is Professor of History at the University of Puget Sound.

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 From Guoshi Killing to Killing at Play: The Low End of the Intent Continuum

2 The Marriage of Concept and Circumstance: Killing in an Affray and the Intent to Harm

3 Murder, Mercy, and Mens Rea: Intentional Homicide in the Qing Dynasty

4 Limited Options: Intentional Homicide in Republican China

5 Continuities in Court: The Recreation of Qing Rulings in Republican Courts

6 Damages: Changing Notions of Reparations and Harm in Homicide and Injury Law

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Main Homicide Categories and Their Punishments
Appendix 2: Standard Qing Dynasty Punishment Provisions
Character List
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	The Social Sciences of Practice ; 5
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	580 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht
ISBN-13	9789004330153 / 9789004330153
Zustand	Neuware