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Contrary to longtime assumptions about the insular nature of imperial China's legal system, Circulating the Code demonstrates that in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) most legal books were commercially published and available to anyone who could afford to buy them. Publishers not only extended circulation of the dynastic code and other legal texts but also enhanced the judicial authority of case precedents and unofficial legal commentaries by making them more broadly available in convenient formats. As a result, the laws no longer represented privileged knowledge monopolized by the imperial state and elites. Trade in commercial legal imprints contributed to the formation of a new legal culture that included the free flow of accurate information, the rise of nonofficial legal experts, a large law-savvy population, and a high litigation rate.

Comparing different official and commercial editions of the Qing Code, popular handbooks for amateur legal practitioners, and manuals for community legal lectures, Ting Zhang demonstrates how the dissemination of legal information transformed Chinese law, judicial authority, and popular legal consciousness.

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  • Title Circulating the Code: Print Media and Legal Knowledge in Qing China
  • Author Ting Zhang
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Washington Press
  • Publication date 2020-04-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780295747156 / 0295747153
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects China - History - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912, Legal literature - Publishing - China -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019041164
  • Dewey Decimal Code 349.510

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Ting Zhang is assistant professor of history at the University of Maryland.

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