Author Description

"[This book] discusses the stages of birth, development, flourishing, maturity and decay of the science of law in ancient China, and its formation in modern China. It discusses the formation and development of various disciplines of the science of law in ancient China, as well as the social and historical background in which these disciplines formed and developed. It also provides summaries of famous legal works and of the views of legalists from all major periods of Chinese history, commenting on their historical role and significance. Furthermore, it states the author’s basic views on the development of science of law."--