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 viii
... regards the title . I have entitled the book merely " Notes and Commentaries " , because , upon the whole , a curb has been placed on portentous gravity the memoranda I have mentioned were many of them written with that element of ...
... regards the title . I have entitled the book merely " Notes and Commentaries " , because , upon the whole , a curb has been placed on portentous gravity the memoranda I have mentioned were many of them written with that element of ...
Page xi
... its importance in the general law . That portion devoted to assault , etc. , though not lengthy , is somewhat detailed . As regards rape and kindred offences , the but Chinese believe in stating plain facts in - I have PREFACE XI.
... its importance in the general law . That portion devoted to assault , etc. , though not lengthy , is somewhat detailed . As regards rape and kindred offences , the but Chinese believe in stating plain facts in - I have PREFACE XI.
Page xii
... , if it be preferred ) between Chinese and Roman Law , and a list of Chinese works which it is thought may be useful to those who propose assailing this subject . As regards the rendering of the names of the various XII PREFACE.
... , if it be preferred ) between Chinese and Roman Law , and a list of Chinese works which it is thought may be useful to those who propose assailing this subject . As regards the rendering of the names of the various XII PREFACE.
Page xiii
... regards the rendering of the names of the various Chinese offences into the corresponding English terms this has not always been an easy task . From the nature of things , Chinese Law is a Law of Definition , and where in English one ...
... regards the rendering of the names of the various Chinese offences into the corresponding English terms this has not always been an easy task . From the nature of things , Chinese Law is a Law of Definition , and where in English one ...
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... regard thereto . the The Code is very full in respect of that portion of the Criminal Law touching offences against the Person , but singularly meagre with regard to Commercial Law , which practically seems to be left to the regulation ...
... regard thereto . the The Code is very full in respect of that portion of the Criminal Law touching offences against the Person , but singularly meagre with regard to Commercial Law , which practically seems to be left to the regulation ...
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