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Release : 2018-02
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Book Synopsis Crime and Punishment in Ancient China by :
Download or read book Crime and Punishment in Ancient China written by . This book was released on 2018-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of an ancient Chinese manual on juriprudence, including details of many trials and judgments for crimes both high and petty.
Author : George Henry Mason
Release : 1801
Genre : China
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Book Synopsis Punitions Des Chinois by : George Henry Mason
Download or read book Punitions Des Chinois written by George Henry Mason. This book was released on 1801. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adriaan Lanni
Release : 2023
Genre : Crime
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Book Synopsis A Global History of Crime and Punishment in Antiquity by : Adriaan Lanni
Download or read book A Global History of Crime and Punishment in Antiquity written by Adriaan Lanni. This book was released on 2023. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together experts of ancient Near Eastern, Greek, Roman, and Chinese law to explore understandings of crime and mechanisms of criminal enforcement in a variety of cultures in the period from the 3rd Millennium BCE to 800 CE. The topics addressed--ranging from sex crimes in ancient Rome to policing in Ptolemaic Egypt to punishment in ancient China--are aimed at highlighting key features of ancient approaches to crime. Can we discern broad similarities in the legal systems of multiple ancient societies that set them apart from modern legal systems? Conversely, are there some aspects of criminal enforcement that varied widely across ancient societies, helping to define a culturally distinctive approach to these offenses? The book considers how 'crime' was understood and categorized at different times and in different places, how different societies understood the causes and nature of criminal offending, what informal and formal mechanisms and institutions were used to enforce criminal laws and norms, punishment practices in different societies, and how crime, criminals, policing, and punishment were presented and represented for the 'public' in the various forms of media available at different times. The authors explore these questions through a cultural historical lens, examining literary as well as legal texts, and examine how law and legal institutions affected the lives of both marginalized and elite members of ancient societies.
Author : Neil Tonge
Release : 2015-07-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 238/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Banished, Beheaded, or Boiled in Oil by : Neil Tonge
Download or read book Banished, Beheaded, or Boiled in Oil written by Neil Tonge. This book was released on 2015-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of punishing criminals is a long and gruesome one. In 620 BC, a Greek named Draco wrote a legal code that punished almost every crime with death—except murder! For that, criminals were exiled. Odd facts about crime and punishment like this abound in history. Readers encounter many places and periods, from ancient China to the Victorian era, to learn all about the terrible, gross, and strange ways crimes were punished in the past. A colorful layout full of amusing and informative illustrations reinforce the main content, providing historical context and detail that will keep readers turning pages.
Author : Meijer
Release : 2021-09-13
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Murder and adultery in Late Imperial China by : Meijer
Download or read book Murder and adultery in Late Imperial China written by Meijer. This book was released on 2021-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this publication the development is traced of two sections of the chapter on "Homicide" of the penal code of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Murder and Homicide of an Adulterer. The former deals with premeditated homicide where there is no difference in status, social or family relations between murderer and victim, while in the latter we find the husband who kills his wife and her paramour when caught in the act. In that case, the husband was immune from prosecution, provided that he commited the act at the time and at the site. The first section developed in a clear and intelligent way, with in general some logical provisions being added from the beginning till the end of the dynasty. The second section, however, was enriched by 34 additional articles through legislation and judicial practice, which with a view to promoting moral purity in society, gradually circumvented the original restrictions to the husband's fury. Consequently, by accentuating the husband's important status and for the sake of maintaining the established hierarchy in society, that section changed into a bad and cruel part of the law, turning the husband's behaviour from an excusable exception into morally justified conduct, and likewise the woman's misbehaviour into a mortal sin. This has all been confirmed by the motivation of the legislation and sentences of the cases.
