Justice in Print: Discovering Prefectural Judges and Their Judicial Consistency in Late-Ming Casebooks

In Justice in Print: Discovering Prefectural Judges and Their Judicial Consistency in Late-Ming Casebooks, Ka-chai Tam argues that the prefectural judge in the judiciary of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) became crucial to upholding justice in Chinese society.

About the author

Ka-chai Tam, D.Phil. (2009), University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor in History at the Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published several dozen articles on the social and maritime history of late imperial China and Chinese legal history.

Product details

• Authors: Ka-Chai Tam
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2020
• EAN: 9789004442764
• ISBN: 978-90-04-44276-4
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 428 g
• Series: Social Sciences of Practice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries