The Quality of Mercy : Amnesties and Traditional Chinese Justice.
by McKnight, Brian E
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Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, 1981., 1981. Good. xii, 172 pp. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0824807367 : LCCN: 80-26650 ; OCLC: 6982466 ; LC: KNN4034; KNQ4034; Dewey: 345.51/05 ; Contents: Introduction -- Ancient China -- The early empire -- Acts of grace in medieval China: A.D. 220-907 -- Acts of grace in Sung China -- Late imperial China: the significance of change -- The uses of amnesty -- A note on previous studies. ; dark green cloth with gold lettering, in water stained pictorial dustjacket ; only slight effect on cloth binding ; water stain on bottom corner of back eps ; G/FAIR
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- The Quality of Mercy : Amnesties and Traditional Chinese Justice.
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- McKnight, Brian E
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- Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, 1981.
- Date Published
- 1981
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- Criminal justice Administration China History Amnesty courts law forgiveness charity grace mercy society social life customs crimes emperors homicide inadvertence mishap mitigation lawyers legal rebellion
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