Officials and Chinese Justice: Public and Private Wrongdoing in Qing Law

Abstract This article examines the law of officials during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), focusing on the body of statutes, substatutes, and regulations pertaining to the organization and operations of the imperial Chinese bureaucracy. The general objective of the article is to draw attention to the...

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