Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China (2 Vols) : A Study with Critical Edition and Translation of the Legal Texts from Zhangjiashan Tomb No. 247.

Intro -- Contents -- Volume 1 -- Note to the Reader -- Section 1.1 Acknowledgments -- Section 1.2 Chinese Dynasties -- Section 1.3 Recognized Rulers of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Xin Period -- Section 1.4 Equivalents for Weights and Measures Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts and Other Parallel Texts -- Section 1.5 Early-Han Orders of Rank Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts -- Section 1.6 Official Titles Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts -- Section 1.7a Place-Names Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts -- Section 1.7b Map of Place-Names Mentioned in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts (Boundaries, 187-186 BCE) -- Section 1.8 Types of Punishments and Associated Crimes in the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts -- Section 1.9a Placement of Slips in the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text -- Section 1.9b Placement of Slips in the Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases Text -- Introductory Study -- Section 2.1 Discovery, Conservation, Publication, and Previous Studies of the Zhangjiashan Texts -- Prologue -- Discovery -- Conservation -- Publication -- Previous Studies -- Section 2.2 Principles of Translation and Working Methodology -- Principles of Translation -- Working Methodology -- Section 2.3 Introduction to the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text -- Placement of the Text in the Tomb -- Reconstruction of the Order of the Slips in the Text -- Methodology for the Reconstruction -- Implications of Attention Marks Made on the Slips by Copyists/Readers -- Dating -- Relationship of the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year Text to the Qin Statutes -- Intended Readership of the Statutes and Ordinances -- Section 2.4 Forms of Legislation and Their Enactment -- Early Chinese Legislation -- Qin Legislation -- Legislation in the Other Warring States -- Early-Han Legislation.

Section 2.5 Introduction to the Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases Text -- Structure and Dating -- Source of the Original Material and Point of Authorship -- The Text and Its Audience -- Section 2.6 The Judicial Process in a Criminal Case -- Judicial Personnel and Jurisdiction -- Liability, Denunciation, and Accusation -- Arrest, Detention, and Restraint -- Investigation and Interrogation -- Trial and Sentencing -- Judicial Review of Criminal Cases -- Reinvestigation -- Section 2.7 Punishments -- Types of Death Penalties -- Banishment -- Hard Labor -- Mutilating Punishments -- Caning -- Fines -- Redemptions -- Reprimand -- Amnesties -- Section 2.8 Conclusions -- The Function and Effectiveness of the Laws in Early Imperial China -- The Place of the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts in the Development of Traditional Chinese Law -- Bibliography -- Index -- Volume 2 -- Note to the Reader -- Translation, Part One Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year (Ernian lüling 二年律令) -- Key to Transcription Symbols and Punctuation -- Section 3.1 "Statutes on Assault" (Zei lü 律) -- Section 3.2 "Statutes on Robbery" (Dao lu 盜律) -- Section 3.3 "Statutes on the Composition of Judgments" (Ju lü 具律) -- Section 3.4 "Statutes on Denunciations" (Gao lü 告律) -- Section 3.5 "Statutes on Arrest" (Bu lü 捕律) -- Section 3.6 "Statutes on Abscondence" (Wang lü 亡律) -- Section 3.7 "Statutes on Impoundment" (Shou lü 收律) -- Section 3.8 "Statutes on Miscellaneous Matters" (Za lü 律) -- Section 3.9 "Statutes on Cash" (Qian lü 律) -- Section 3.10 "Statutes on the Establishment of O cials" (Zhili lü 置吏律) -- Section 3.11 "Statutes on Equalizing Transportation" (Junshu lü 均 律) -- Section 3.12 "Statutes on Food Rations at Conveyance Stations" (Zhuanshi lü 傳 律) -- Section 3.13 "Statutes on Agriculture" (Tian lü 田律) -- Section 3.14 "Statutes on [Passes and] Markets" ([Guan]shi lü [ ]市律).

Section 3.15 "Statutes on the Forwarding of Documents" (Xingshu lü 書律) -- Section 3.16 "Statutes on Exemption from Taxes" (Fu lü 復律) -- Section 3.17 "Statutes on Bestowals" (Ci lü 律) -- Section 3.18 "Statutes on Households" (Hu lü 戶律) -- Section 3.19 "Statutes on Checking" (Xiao lü 效律) -- Section 3.20 "Statutes on Enrollment" (Fu lü 傅律) -- Section 3.21 "Statutes on Establishment of Heirs" (Zhihou lü 置後律) -- Section 3.22 "Statutes on Ranks" (Jue lü 爵律) -- Section 3.23 "Statutes on Levies" (Xing lü 律) -- Section 3.24 "Statutes on Government Service" (Yao lü 徭律) -- Section 3.25 "Statutes on Finance" (Jinbu lü 布律) -- Section 3.26 "Statutes on Salaries" (Zhi lü 秩律) -- Section 3.27 "Statutes on Scribes" (Shi lü 史律) -- Section 3.28 "Ordinances on Fords and Passes" (Jinguan ling 津 令) -- Translation, Part Two Book of Submitted Doubtful Cases (Zouyan shu 奏 書) -- Key to Transcription Symbols and Punctuation -- Section 4.1 The Absconding Indigenous Conscript -- Section 4.2 The Absconding Female Slave -- Section 4.3 The Eloping Lovers from Qi -- Section 4.4 A Mutilated Man Unwittingly Marries an Absconder -- Section 4.5 Sword Fight between a Runaway 'Slave' and a Thief Catcher -- Section 4.6 Beating to Death an Illegally Held Slave -- Section 4.7 A Crooked Widow Tries to Cheat Her Runaway Slaves -- Section 4.8 A Male Slave Escapes and a Border Guard is Punished -- Section 4.9 Falsifying the Account Books (1) -- Section 4.10 Falsifying the Account Books (2) -- Section 4.11 Counterfeiting a Horse Passport -- Section 4.12 A Delay in Forwarding Documents -- Section 4.13 A Small Bribe Results in a Large Fine -- Section 4.14 A Judiciary Scribe Harbors an Unregistered Person -- Section 4.15 A County Magistrate Robs Grain -- Section 4.16 A County Magistrate Orders the Murder of a Judiciary Scribe.

Section 4.17 A Successful Appeal of a Conviction Gained by False Accusation and Torture -- Section 4.18 The Benevolent Magistrate and the Chu Insurgency -- Section 4.19 Shi You Solves the Case of Hair and Grass in the Lord's Food -- Section 4.20 An Assistant Scribe Robs Grain and Confucian Principles -- Section 4.21 A Scribe of the Commandant of the Court Overturns a Sentence for Illicit Intercourse -- Section 4.22 A Cunning Scribe Solves a Robbery and Attempted Murder.

In Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China, Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D.S. Yates offer the first detailed study and translation into English of two important early Chinese legal texts from the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE).

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