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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Su, Li
Titre(s) : The constitution of ancient China [Texte imprimé] / Su Li ; edited by Zhang Yongle & Daniel A. Bell ; translated by Edmund Ryden
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton University Press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VII-292 p.) : map ; 25 cm
Collection : The Princeton-China series
Lien à la collection : The Princeton-China series
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index. - Translated from the Chinese ; chiefly English with some Chinese.
How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What
are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system?
In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most influential legal theorist,
examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme
legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective
constitution. Arguing that a constitution is an institutional response to a set of
issues particular to a specific society, Su Li demonstrates how China unified a vast
territory, diverse cultures, and elites from different backgrounds into a whole. He
delves into such areas as uniform weights and measurements, the standardization of
Chinese characters, and the building of the Great Wall. The book includes commentaries
by four leading Chinese scholars in law, philosophy, and intellectual history--Wang
Hui, Liu Han, Wu Fei, and Zhao Xiaoli-who share Su Li's ambition to explain the resilience
of ancient China's political system but who contend that he overstates functionalist
dimensions while downplaying the symbolic. Exploring why China has endured as one
political entity for over two thousand years, The Constitution of Ancient China will
be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the institutional legacy
of the Chinese empire
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Zhang, Yongle (1981-....). Éditeur scientifique
Bell, Daniel (1964-....). Éditeur scientifique
Ryden, Edmund. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Histoire constitutionnelle -- Chine
Culture juridique -- Chine
Politique et gouvernement -- Chine -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
342.510 29 (23e éd.) = Histoire constitutionnelle - Chine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691171593. - ISBN 0691171599 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46971377z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46971377
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction / Su Li ; The constitution of the territory and politics of a large
state / Su Li ; Ancient china's cultural constitutionality / Su Li ; Scholar-officials
/ Su Li ; The mixed Han-Tang-Song structure and its moral ideal : a reply to Professor
Su Li's account of the Chinese constitution / Wang Hui ; The symbolic and the functional
: Su Li on the constitution of ancient China / Liu Han ; The ideal of civilization
and formation of institutions in Ancient China : a reply to Su Li / Wu Fei ; History,
culture, revolution, and Chinese constitutionalism / Zhao Xiaoli ; Response to my
critics / Su Li ; Glossary of key terms.
