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The quality of mercy : amnesties and traditional Chinese justice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKnight, Brian E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, [1981]
Subjects:
Amnesty > China > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > China > History.
China > Social life and customs.
Table of 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.