Description: The assembled articles in The History and Theory of Legal Practice in China illustrate a new "historical-social jurisprudence," and explore the possible conceptual underpinnings of a modern Chinese legal system that would both accommodate and integrate the unavoidable paradoxes of contemporary China.
Review Quotes: "All contributors to the volume [...] have done a great job of connecting their research to the proposed paradigm of historical-social jurisprudence in studying Chinese legal history. Their essays are highly welcome additions to the emerging field of empirical Chinese legal history. The volume offers a wealth of detailed case studies of the legal practices of the Qing, Republican and PRC eras from the Chinese perspective that will not only be of interest to scholars of Chinese legal history, but also to anyone concerned with the ongoing legal reform and transplantation process in contemporary China."
Michael H.K. Ng, University of Hong Kong, Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies, 64. 2, December 2016