News & Updates

We are happy to share news about our members' academic events such as conferences, workshops, or new publications. Please contact us if you are a current ISCLH member and want to share such news.

Mar 14, 2023

New Publication: Margaret Kuo

"Intolerable Cruelty: Marriage, Law, and Society in Early Twentieth-Century China" Intolerable Cruelty: Marriage, Law, and Society in...

Mar 14, 2023

New Publication: Zhongguo gudai falü wenxian yanjiu 中国古代法律文献研究

A new issue of Zhongguo gudai falü wenxian yanjiu 中国古代法律文献研究 has just been published by Shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe 社会科学文献出版社...

Mar 14, 2023

New publication: “Chinese Law: Knowledge, Practice, and Transformation, 1530s-1950s” (2015)

A new book on late imperial and modern Chinese law and history, edited by Li Chen and Madeleine Zelin, and contributed by a dozen ISCLH...

Mar 14, 2023

New publication: “The Logic of Lies: False Accusation and Legal Culture in Late Qing Sichuan”

“The Logic of Lies: False Accusation and Legal Culture in Late Qing Sichuan” Quinn Javers Late Imperial China, Volume 35, Number 2,...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Barry Hawk, Law and Commerce in Pre-Industrial Societies (Brill 2015)

About This Book Well before states, literacy, or legal systems, there were commerce and trade, which are found in all societies...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Anthony J. Barbieri-Low and Robin D.S. Yates

"Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China" Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China (2 vols): A Study with Critical Edition...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Zhao Ma, Runaway Wives, Urban Crimes, and Survival Tactics in Wartime Beijing, 1937–1949

Runaway Wives, Urban Crimes, and Survival Tactics in Wartime Beijing, 1937–1949 Zhao Ma, Washington University in St. Louis Harvard East...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Hu Xiangyu, Qingdai falü de changguihua: Zuqun yu dengji 清代法律的常规化: 族群与等级

Qingdai falü de changguihua: Zuqun yu dengji 清代法律的常规化: 族群与等级 [The Normalization of the Law in the Qing Dynasty: Ethnicity and Status] Hu...

Mar 14, 2023

Recent Publication: Roy L. Sturgeon, “China’s Homegrown Free-Speech Tradition”

“China’s Homegrown Free-Speech Tradition: Imperial Past and Modern Present. And Post-Modern Future?” Roy L. Sturgeon, Tulane University...

Mar 14, 2023

Recent Publication: Xiaoqun Xu, “The Chinese Judiciary under the Japanese Occupation”

“The Chinese Judiciary under the Japanese Occupation: Criminal and Civil Justice in Jiangsu, 1938-1945” Xiaoqun Xu, Christopher Newport...

Mar 14, 2023

Copy of New Publications: Macabe Keliher

“Recidivist, Multiple and Gang Thefts: The Transformation of the Law of Theft in Late Qing China.” Geoffrey MacCormack, University of...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Matthew S. Erie, China and Islam: The Prophet, the Party, and Law

China and Islam: The Prophet, the Party, and Law Matthew S. Erie, University of Oxford Cambridge University Press, 2016 Publisher’s...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Marie Seong-Hak Kim ed. The Spirit of Korean Law: Korean Legal History in Context

The Spirit of Korean Law: Korean Legal History in Context Edited by Marie Seong-Hak Kim Brill, 2016 Publisher’s description: This is the...

Mar 14, 2023

New Publications: Macabe Keliher

We are pleased to announce the following new articles by Macabe Keliher. They are available on Macabe’s SSRN page:...

Mar 14, 2023

New Book: Xiaoping Cong, Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China

Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China Xiaoping Cong, University of Houston Cambridge University Press, 2016 Publisher’s...

Mar 14, 2023

New Publication: “Legalizing Space in Imperial China”, Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident

See below for information about the exciting new issue of Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident (40, 2016), edited by Jérôme Bourgon: Les lieux...

Mar 14, 2023

New issue of Zhongguo gudai falü wenxian yanjiu 中国古代法律文献研究

A new issue of Zhongguo gudai falü wenxian yanjiu 中国古代法律文献研究 has just been published by Shehui kexue wenxian chubanshe 社会科学文献出版社...

Mar 14, 2023

New Publication: “Law, Custom, and Social Norms: Civil Adjudications in Qing and Republican China”

Please see below for information on a new article from member Xiaoqun Xu. “Law, Custom, and Social Norms: Civil Adjudications in Qing and...

Mar 14, 2023

New Publication: “Law in the Mongol and Post-Mongol World: The Case of Yuan China”

Please see below for information on a new article from member Macabe Keliher. “Law in the Mongol and Post-Mongol World: The Case of Yuan...

Mar 14, 2023

New in Paperback: Li Chen

"Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and Transcultural Politics" Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice, and...

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