Trial of modernity: judicial reform in early twentieth-century China, 1901-1937

Abstract

CONTENTS Preface000 Abbreviations000 Introduction Part I:Envisioning Reform from the Center 1 Western Models and Chinese Practices: the New Policy Decade 2 Judicial Modernity as Performance of Formality: the Beiyang Period 3 Justice under Party-State: the Nanjing Decade Part II: Provincial Setting and Financial Constraint 4 Provincial Institutions and Judicial Reform in Jiangsu 5 Judicial Finance: Nation, Province, and County Part III: County Judicial Process 6 Social Ecology of County Judiciary 7 Power and Justice in Local Society 8 Prison Reform and County Jails Part IV: Between Formalization and Informal Practices 9 Quick Justice: Punishing Robbers and Bandits 10 Praxis of Petition and Economy of False Accusation Conclusion Notes References Glossary Index