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Fueled by access to the First Historical Archives of China in Beijing, the first wave of American scholars of Chinese legal history cut their teeth on Qing legal documents in the 1980s. Subsequently, Chinese legal studies in the US were transformed overnight and have been growing steadily since. Ame...
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| Published in: | Frontiers of law in China Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 1 - 3 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Beijing
Higher Education Press Limited Company
01-03-2020
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| Summary: | Fueled by access to the First Historical Archives of China in Beijing, the first wave of American scholars of Chinese legal history cut their teeth on Qing legal documents in the 1980s. Subsequently, Chinese legal studies in the US were transformed overnight and have been growing steadily since. American scholars combined access to archival sources with theoretical insights from the social sciences to breach the fissiparous barrier between historical research and legal studies. The result has been the development of what some have called a "new legal history" of China. In recent years, the inauguration of the international collaborative project "Legalizing Space in China" (2011-2015) endowed by the French National Research Agency and the establishment of the International Society for Chinese Law and History in 2014 have marked an international renaissance in Chinese legal history. HU Xiangyu examines amnesty policies and the punishment of fugitive slaves and criminals found guilty of harboring them. |
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| ISSN: | 1673-3428 1673-3541 |
| DOI: | 10.3868/s050-009-020-0001-1 |