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Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China (2 vols)
A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb no. 247
Series: - Sinica Leidensia, Volume: 126
Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China has been accorded Honorable Mention status in the 2017 Patrick D. Hanan Prize (China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) of the Association for Asian Studies) for Translation competition.
In Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China, Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D.S. Yates offer the first detailed study and translation into English of two recently excavated, early Chinese legal texts. The Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year consists of a selection from the long-lost laws of the early Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). It includes items from twenty-seven statute collections and one ordinance. The Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases contains twenty-two legal case records, some of which have undergone literary embellishment. Taken together, the two texts contain a wealth of information about slavery, social class, ranking, the status of women and children, property, inheritance, currency, finance, labor mobilization, resource extraction, agriculture, market regulation, and administrative geography.
In Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China, Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D.S. Yates offer the first detailed study and translation into English of two recently excavated, early Chinese legal texts. The Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year consists of a selection from the long-lost laws of the early Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). It includes items from twenty-seven statute collections and one ordinance. The Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases contains twenty-two legal case records, some of which have undergone literary embellishment. Taken together, the two texts contain a wealth of information about slavery, social class, ranking, the status of women and children, property, inheritance, currency, finance, labor mobilization, resource extraction, agriculture, market regulation, and administrative geography.
Anthony J. Barbieri-Low, Ph.D (2001), Princeton University, is Professor of Chinese History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Artisans in Early Imperial China (UW Press, 2007).
Robin D.S. Yates, James McGill Professor of East Asian Studies, History and Classical Studies, McGill University (Ph.D Harvard, 1980) has published widely in the social and cultural history of early China, military science and technology, Chinese women, and Chinese law.
Robin D.S. Yates, James McGill Professor of East Asian Studies, History and Classical Studies, McGill University (Ph.D Harvard, 1980) has published widely in the social and cultural history of early China, military science and technology, Chinese women, and Chinese law.
"Lâun des plus grands mérites de ce livre, outre sa volonté dâexhaustivité dont témoignent les mille cinq cents pages de texte ainsi que lâexcellente qualité de ses traductions, est dâêtre une oeuvre scientifique au sens plein du terme. Law, State and Society in Early Imperial China présente en effet en creux une synthèse critique de lâabondante littérature publiée ces trois dernières décennies sur le droit des Qin et des premiers Han. Les textes étudiés par les auteurs posent de nombreuses questions dâinterprétation, en raison notamment des choix effectués lors de lâédition des tablettes et des difficultés propres au langage utilisé. De nombreuses thèses, parfois contradictoires, ont pu être émises, sur la valeur desquelles les auteurs reviennent régulièrement. Lâouvrage sâappuie donc sur lâétat actuel des connaissances, dont il sâefforce en outre de préciser lesquelles des propositions méritent le plus dâêtre retenues. Lâintroduction, qui constitue lâessentiel du premier tome, présente de surcroît un véritable discours de la méthode exposant les données principales sur lesquelles sâappuie la recherche menée par les auteurs. Le tout place ainsi le lecteur face à un travail dâune grande solidité et le met en position de vérifier lâensemble des affirmations avancées.(â¦) Les résultats des recherches exposées dans Law, State and Society in Early Imperial China intéressent à la fois le spécialiste de lâantiquité chinoise et lâhistorien du droit.(â¦) Law, State and Society in Early Imperial China constitue enfin une basesolide pour tout travail de synthèse tentant de décrire lâévolution de lâancien droit chinois depuis ses origines." - Frederic Constant, Université Paris X Nanterre
VOLUME ONE:
Note to the Reader
1.1 Acknowledgments
1.2 Chinese Dynasties
1.3 Recognized Rulers of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Xin Period
1.4 Equivalents for Weights and Measures Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts and Other Parallel Texts
1.5 Early-Han Orders of Rank Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.6 Official Titles Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.7A Place-Names Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.7B Map of Place-Names Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts (Boundaries, 187â186 BCE)
1.8 Types of Punishments and Associated Crimes in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.9A Placement of Slips in the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text
1.9B Placement of Slips in the Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases Text
Introductory Study
2.1 Discovery, Conservation, Publication, and Previous Studies of the Zhangjiashan Texts
2.2 Principles of Translation and Working Methodology
2.3 Introduction to the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text
2.4 Forms of Legislation and Their Enactment
2.5 Introduction to the Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases Text
2.6 The Judicial Process in a Criminal Case
2.7 The Punishments
2.8 Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
VOLUME TWO:
Note to the Reader
Key to Transcription Symbols and Punctuation
Translation, Part One: Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year (Ernian lüling äºå¹´å¾ä»¤)
3.1 âStatutes on Assaultâ (Zei lü è³å¾)
3.2 âStatutes on Robberyâ (Dao lü çå¾)
3.3 âStatutes on the Composition of Judgmentsâ (Ju lü å ·å¾)
3.4 âStatutes on Denunciationsâ (Gao lü åå¾)
3.5 âStatutes on Arrestâ (Bu lü æå¾)
3.6 âStatutes on Abscondenceâ (Wang lü 亡å¾)
3.7 âStatutes on Impoundmentâ (Shou lü æ¶å¾)
3.8 âStatutes on Miscellaneous Mattersâ (Za lü è¥å¾)
3.9 âStatutes on Cashâ (Qian lü é¢å¾)
3.10 âStatutes on the Establishment of Officialsâ (Zhili lü ç½®åå¾)
3.11 âStatutes on Equalizing Transportationâ (Junshu lü å輸å¾)
3.12 âStatutes on Food Rations at Conveyance Stationsâ (Zhuanshi lü å³é£å¾)
3.13 âStatutes on Agricultureâ (Tian lü ç°å¾)
3.14 âStatutes on [Passes and] Marketsâ ([Guan]shi lü [é]å¸å¾)
3.15 âStatutes on the Forwarding of Documentsâ (Xingshu lü è¡æ¸å¾)
3.16 âStatutes on Exemption from Taxesâ (Fu lü 復å¾)
3.17 âStatutes on Bestowalsâ (Ci lü è³å¾)
3.18 âStatutes on Householdsâ (Hu lü æ¶å¾)
3.19 âStatutes on Checkingâ (Xiao lü æå¾)
3.20 âStatutes on Enrollmentâ (Fu lü å å¾)
3.21 âStatutes on Establishment of Heirsâ (Zhihou lü ç½®å¾å¾)
3.22 âStatutes on Ranksâ (Jue lü çµå¾)
3.23 âStatutes on Leviesâ (Xing lü èå¾)
3.24 âStatutes on Government Serviceâ (Yao lü å¾å¾)
3.25 âStatutes on Financeâ (Jinbu lü éå¸å¾)
3.26 âStatutes on Salariesâ (Zhi lü 秩å¾)
3.27 âStatutes on Scribesâ (Shi lü å²å¾)
3.28 âOrdinances on Fords and Passesâ (Jinguan ling æ´¥é令)
Translation, Part Two: Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases (Zouyan shu å¥è®æ¸)
4.1 The Absconding Indigenous Conscript
4.2 The Absconding Female Slave
4.3 The Eloping Lovers from Qi
4.4 A Mutilated Man Unwittingly Marries an Absconder
4.5 Sword Fight between a Runaway âSlaveâ and a Thief Catcher
4.6 Beating to Death an Illegally Held Slave
4.7 A Crooked Widow Tries to Cheat Her Runaway Slaves
4.8 A Male Slave Escapes and a Border Guard is Punished
4.9 Falsifying the Account Books (1)
4.10 Falsifying the Account Books (2)
4.11 Counterfeiting a Horse Passport
4.12 A Delay in Forwarding Documents
4.13 A Small Bribe Results in a Large Fine
4.14 A Judiciary Scribe Harbors an Unregistered Person
4.15 A County Magistrate Robs Grain
4.16 A County Magistrate Orders the Murder of a Judiciary Scribe
4.17 A Successful Appeal of a Conviction Gained by False Accusation and Torture
4.18 The Benevolent Magistrate and the Chu Insurgency
4.19 Shi You Solves the Case of Hair and Grass in the Lordâs Food
4.20 An Assistant Scribe Robs Grain and Confucian Principles
4.21 A Scribe of the Commandant of the Court Overturns a Sentence for Illicit Intercourse
4.22 A Cunning Scribe Solves a Robbery and Attempted Murder
Note to the Reader
1.1 Acknowledgments
1.2 Chinese Dynasties
1.3 Recognized Rulers of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Xin Period
1.4 Equivalents for Weights and Measures Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts and Other Parallel Texts
1.5 Early-Han Orders of Rank Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.6 Official Titles Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.7A Place-Names Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.7B Map of Place-Names Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts (Boundaries, 187â186 BCE)
1.8 Types of Punishments and Associated Crimes in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts
1.9A Placement of Slips in the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text
1.9B Placement of Slips in the Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases Text
Introductory Study
2.1 Discovery, Conservation, Publication, and Previous Studies of the Zhangjiashan Texts
2.2 Principles of Translation and Working Methodology
2.3 Introduction to the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text
2.4 Forms of Legislation and Their Enactment
2.5 Introduction to the Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases Text
2.6 The Judicial Process in a Criminal Case
2.7 The Punishments
2.8 Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
VOLUME TWO:
Note to the Reader
Key to Transcription Symbols and Punctuation
Translation, Part One: Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year (Ernian lüling äºå¹´å¾ä»¤)
3.1 âStatutes on Assaultâ (Zei lü è³å¾)
3.2 âStatutes on Robberyâ (Dao lü çå¾)
3.3 âStatutes on the Composition of Judgmentsâ (Ju lü å ·å¾)
3.4 âStatutes on Denunciationsâ (Gao lü åå¾)
3.5 âStatutes on Arrestâ (Bu lü æå¾)
3.6 âStatutes on Abscondenceâ (Wang lü 亡å¾)
3.7 âStatutes on Impoundmentâ (Shou lü æ¶å¾)
3.8 âStatutes on Miscellaneous Mattersâ (Za lü è¥å¾)
3.9 âStatutes on Cashâ (Qian lü é¢å¾)
3.10 âStatutes on the Establishment of Officialsâ (Zhili lü ç½®åå¾)
3.11 âStatutes on Equalizing Transportationâ (Junshu lü å輸å¾)
3.12 âStatutes on Food Rations at Conveyance Stationsâ (Zhuanshi lü å³é£å¾)
3.13 âStatutes on Agricultureâ (Tian lü ç°å¾)
3.14 âStatutes on [Passes and] Marketsâ ([Guan]shi lü [é]å¸å¾)
3.15 âStatutes on the Forwarding of Documentsâ (Xingshu lü è¡æ¸å¾)
3.16 âStatutes on Exemption from Taxesâ (Fu lü 復å¾)
3.17 âStatutes on Bestowalsâ (Ci lü è³å¾)
3.18 âStatutes on Householdsâ (Hu lü æ¶å¾)
3.19 âStatutes on Checkingâ (Xiao lü æå¾)
3.20 âStatutes on Enrollmentâ (Fu lü å å¾)
3.21 âStatutes on Establishment of Heirsâ (Zhihou lü ç½®å¾å¾)
3.22 âStatutes on Ranksâ (Jue lü çµå¾)
3.23 âStatutes on Leviesâ (Xing lü èå¾)
3.24 âStatutes on Government Serviceâ (Yao lü å¾å¾)
3.25 âStatutes on Financeâ (Jinbu lü éå¸å¾)
3.26 âStatutes on Salariesâ (Zhi lü 秩å¾)
3.27 âStatutes on Scribesâ (Shi lü å²å¾)
3.28 âOrdinances on Fords and Passesâ (Jinguan ling æ´¥é令)
Translation, Part Two: Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases (Zouyan shu å¥è®æ¸)
4.1 The Absconding Indigenous Conscript
4.2 The Absconding Female Slave
4.3 The Eloping Lovers from Qi
4.4 A Mutilated Man Unwittingly Marries an Absconder
4.5 Sword Fight between a Runaway âSlaveâ and a Thief Catcher
4.6 Beating to Death an Illegally Held Slave
4.7 A Crooked Widow Tries to Cheat Her Runaway Slaves
4.8 A Male Slave Escapes and a Border Guard is Punished
4.9 Falsifying the Account Books (1)
4.10 Falsifying the Account Books (2)
4.11 Counterfeiting a Horse Passport
4.12 A Delay in Forwarding Documents
4.13 A Small Bribe Results in a Large Fine
4.14 A Judiciary Scribe Harbors an Unregistered Person
4.15 A County Magistrate Robs Grain
4.16 A County Magistrate Orders the Murder of a Judiciary Scribe
4.17 A Successful Appeal of a Conviction Gained by False Accusation and Torture
4.18 The Benevolent Magistrate and the Chu Insurgency
4.19 Shi You Solves the Case of Hair and Grass in the Lordâs Food
4.20 An Assistant Scribe Robs Grain and Confucian Principles
4.21 A Scribe of the Commandant of the Court Overturns a Sentence for Illicit Intercourse
4.22 A Cunning Scribe Solves a Robbery and Attempted Murder
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