Friday, October 9, 2026

Chen on Rethinking the Chinese Legal Tradition

Li Chen, University of Toronto, has posted Rethinking the Chinese Legal Tradition: Ideological Formations and Their Disputed Legacy:

After reviewing prior scholarship and recent debates on the Chinese legal tradition, this paper suggests an interdisciplinary, alternative framework for reexamining the judicial practice, juridical field, and legal culture in late imperial China. 

--Dan Ernst