Criminal Justice in China: A History by Klaus Mühlhahn
Criminal Justice in China: A History

Klaus Mühlhahn

Criminal Justice in China: A History

Klaus Mühlhahn

365 pages first pub 2009 (view editions)

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In late imperial China, flogging, tattooing, torture, and servitude were routine punishments. Sentences, including executions, were generally carried out in public. After 1905, in a drive to build a strong state and curtail pressure from the West,...

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