Course Description

HI 283 LAW IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA   3.0 Credit(s)
Examines legal cases and laws in late imperial Chinese culture including criminal and civil law to understand Chinese society and government and to think comparatively about global legal culture. Readings and discussion will include actual court cases that reveal homicides, postmortem examinations, family drama, and disputes about land boundaries between neighbors as well as reading one semi-fictional detective story from the eighteenth century. Prerequisite: Take HI-100 or HI-102 or HI-110 or HI-115
Offered: As Needed Contact Department