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This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation
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Based on case files, this study explores the social significance of the traditional Chinese legal system, and investigates how people utilized the courts during
Unruly People
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Social Power and Legal Culture
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Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents.
Writing and Law in Late Imperial China
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