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Legal orientalism : China, the United States, and modern law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruskola, Teemu
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Law > China > Philosophy > History.
Rule of law > China > History.
Rule of law > China > Public opinion.
Sociological jurisprudence > China.
Law > United States > Philosophy > History.
Rule of law > United States > History.
Rule of law > United States > Public opinion.
Orientalism.
China > Foreign public opinion, Western.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: legal orientalism
  • Making legal and unlegal subjects in history
  • Telling stories about corporations and kinship
  • Canton is not Boston
  • The District of China is not the District of Columbia
  • Epilogue: colonialism without colonizers.