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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... comprehensive import than is the case with us . The Code for instance has a distinct division marked off as " Criminal " Law " , consisting of the discussion of such ww offences as homicide , larceny , etc. This division VIII PREFACE.
... comprehensive import than is the case with us . The Code for instance has a distinct division marked off as " Criminal " Law " , consisting of the discussion of such ww offences as homicide , larceny , etc. This division VIII PREFACE.
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... to refer to a few foreign publications such , for instance , as the well - known works of the late Mr T. T. MEADOWS . But western aid has not been greatly - forthcoming in this branch of sinology . Some very XIV PREFACE.
... to refer to a few foreign publications such , for instance , as the well - known works of the late Mr T. T. MEADOWS . But western aid has not been greatly - forthcoming in this branch of sinology . Some very XIV PREFACE.
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... instance , the critical and important articles in the pages of the " China “ Review " from the pen of Mr George Jamieson C. M. G. , lately H. B. M. Consul - General in China , and a recent publication in the excellent Variétés ...
... instance , the critical and important articles in the pages of the " China “ Review " from the pen of Mr George Jamieson C. M. G. , lately H. B. M. Consul - General in China , and a recent publication in the excellent Variétés ...
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... of the Lü are those of the previous dynasty , adopted and re - enacted by the Tartar Princes : others ( such , for instance , as those affecting the Tartar population ) date back merely to the commencement of the INTRODUCTION XLI.
... of the Lü are those of the previous dynasty , adopted and re - enacted by the Tartar Princes : others ( such , for instance , as those affecting the Tartar population ) date back merely to the commencement of the INTRODUCTION XLI.
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... instance a Li was made , declaring the export of silver , like that of gold , iron , sulphur , etc. , to be contraband ; subsequently it was declared that , inasmuch as merchants evaded the law by melting down their rough sycee and ...
... instance a Li was made , declaring the export of silver , like that of gold , iron , sulphur , etc. , to be contraband ; subsequently it was declared that , inasmuch as merchants evaded the law by melting down their rough sycee and ...
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