The Constitution of Ancient China (eBook)

Su Su Li (Autor)

Zhang Yongle, Daniel A. Bell (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
304 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8977-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.Arguing 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.

Autor

Su Li (Zhu Suli) is a professor at Peking University Law School and a pioneering scholar in the sociology of law, law and economics, and law and literature in China. His many books include Rule of Law and Its Indigenous Resources, Sending Law to the Countryside, and Law and Literature.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: The Princeton-China Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Princeton-China Series
• Übersetzer: Edmund Ryden
• Zusatzinfo: 1 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Schlagworte: administrative divisions • Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • ancient China • Ancient Greece • aristocracy • associate professor • Barbarian • Basic Law • Beliefs • Bill of rights • Bureaucracy • central authority • central government • China • Chinese characters • Chinese Culture • Chinese empire • Chinese People • Chinese philosophy • city-state • Civilization • commandery system • Common Program of 1949 • Communist Party of China • Confucianism • Confucius • Constitution • constitutional continuity • constitutional discontinuity • Constitutionalism • constitutional law • Cosmology • cultural community • cultural constitution • Daniel A. Bell • Dong Zhongshu • duke of zhou • Editing • effective constitution • Elite • Emperor • Emperor Gaozu of Han • examination system • Fan Zhongyan • feudal clan law • feudalism • feudal system • Five Virtues • geoclimatic conditions • Geopolitics • Germany • Governance • Government • Great Learning • Great Wall • Guangdong • Han dynasty • Han Yu • Household • Ideology • Imperial examination • imperialism • Institution • Institutions • Intellectual • Intellectual history • Kang Youwei • Knowledge • Laozi • large state • legitimacy continuity • Legitimacy (political) • Legitimation • Mandarin Chinese • mandate of heaven • Mao Zedong • Mencius • Mencius (book) • Meritocracy • Monarchy • Multinational state • Nationality • nation state • Neo-Confucianism • Peking University • Philosopher • P. J. Conkwright • political constitution • Political Life • political order • Political Philosophy • political rationalization • Political System • Politician • politico-cultural elites • Politics • Precedent • Pronunciation • public administration • Qin dynasty • Reading • recommendation system • Records of the Grand Historian • Regime • Revolution • Rite • Rites • Rule of Law • Ruler • Scholar-official • scholar-officials • Scotch Roman • selection system • Separation of Powers • separatism • Shaanxi • Shang Yang • Sima Qian • social consensus • Song dynasty • Son of Heaven • Spring and Autumn Annals • structural functionalism • Su Li • Tang Dynasty • Taoism • Territory • Third Reich • Traditions • Tsinghua University • unified script • unified speech • uniform weights • United States constitution • Warring States Period • Weimar Constitution • Western Zhou • Writing • Yin and Yang • Zhang Zai • Zheng (state) • Zhou dynasty • Zhou Yafu • Zhuangzi (book) • Zhu Xi • Zou Yan
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8977-4 / 1400889774
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8977-8 / 9781400889778