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Main Author: Su, Li, 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Zhang, Yongle (Editor), Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964- (Editor), Ryden, Edmund (Translator)
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Language:English
Published: Princeton University Press, 2018
Series:Princeton-China series.
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contents Introduction / Su Li -- The constitution of the territory and politics of a large state / Su Li -- Ancient china's cultural constitutionality / Su Li -- Scholar-officials / Su Li -- The mixed Han-Tang-Song structure and its moral ideal / Wang Hui -- The symbolic and the functional / Liu han -- The ideal of civilization / Wu fei -- History, culture, revolution, and Chinese constitutionalism / Zhao Xiaoli -- Response to my critics / Su Li.
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Introduction / Su Li -- The constitution of the territory and politics of a large state / Su Li -- Ancient china's cultural constitutionality / Su Li -- Scholar-officials / Su Li -- The mixed Han-Tang-Song structure and its moral ideal / Wang Hui -- The symbolic and the functional / Liu han -- The ideal of civilization / Wu fei -- History, culture, revolution, and Chinese constitutionalism / Zhao Xiaoli -- Response to my critics / Su Li.
JSTOR Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons. Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions.
How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most influential legal theorist, examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective constitution.0Arguing that a constitution is an institutional response to a set of issues particular to a specific society, Su Li demonstrates how China unified a vast territory, diverse cultures, and elites from different backgrounds into a whole. He delves into such areas as uniform weights and measurements, the standardization of Chinese characters, and the building of the Great Wall. The book includes commentaries by four leading Chinese scholars in law, philosophy, and intellectual history--Wang Hui, Liu Han, Wu Fei, and Zhao Xiaoli-who share Su Li's ambition to explain the resilience of ancient China's political system but who contend that he overstates functionalist dimensions while downplaying the symbolic. Exploring why China has endured as one political entity for over two thousand years, The Constitution of Ancient China will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the institutional legacy of the Chinese empire.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 29, 2018).
31-JUL-18
Constitutional history China.
Culture and law China.
China Politics and government History.
China History.
Constitutional history. fast (OCoLC)fst00875777
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Zhang, Yongle, editor.
Bell, Daniel (Daniel A.), 1964- editor.
Ryden, Edmund, translator.
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Constitutional history China.
Culture and law China.
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Culture and law. fast (OCoLC)fst00885095
Politics and government. fast (OCoLC)fst01919741
LAW / Constitutional bisacsh
LAW / Public bisacsh
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