Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With Special Relation to Ruling Cases. Together with a Brief Excursus on the Law of Property, Chiefly Founded on the Writings of the Late Sir Chaloner Alabaster ...Luzac & Company, 1899 - 677 pages |
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Page ix
... though in a sense systematic , can hardly be said to be concentrated . I mean that for example in the Code , all the considerations touching , e . g . , any given offence , do not appear under that offence the whole subject is PREFACE IX.
... though in a sense systematic , can hardly be said to be concentrated . I mean that for example in the Code , all the considerations touching , e . g . , any given offence , do not appear under that offence the whole subject is PREFACE IX.
Page x
... appear under that offence the whole subject is not thrashed out under one head but on the contrary appear in multitudinous connections . One of the objects of this work is to attempt concentration . In regard of the general arrangement ...
... appear under that offence the whole subject is not thrashed out under one head but on the contrary appear in multitudinous connections . One of the objects of this work is to attempt concentration . In regard of the general arrangement ...
Page xiii
... appear -but , for the information of those unacquainted with the Chinese language , I would explain that the translation or purport of the characters in every case immediately precedes them . In regard of the Chinese authorities upon ...
... appear -but , for the information of those unacquainted with the Chinese language , I would explain that the translation or purport of the characters in every case immediately precedes them . In regard of the Chinese authorities upon ...
Page xxxix
... appear to have been the rule , and neither did the father know his sons , nor the sons their father . From this date , however , some order appears to have been introduced , and the nation as it then existed being divided into various ...
... appear to have been the rule , and neither did the father know his sons , nor the sons their father . From this date , however , some order appears to have been introduced , and the nation as it then existed being divided into various ...
Page xl
... appears to have been divided into six portions ; the first three parts relating to practice , the fourth to the general administration , and the last two consisting of an exposition of offences . Again the celebrated Shih Huang - ti ...
... appears to have been divided into six portions ; the first three parts relating to practice , the fourth to the general administration , and the last two consisting of an exposition of offences . Again the celebrated Shih Huang - ti ...
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