By the end of the eighth century A.D., imperial China had established a system of administrative and penal law, the main institutions of which lasted until the

The Spirit of Japanese Law focuses on the century following the Meiji Constitution, Japan's initial reception of continental European law. As John Owen Haley tr

"This book is about the penal codes of imperial China, in particular those enacted by the T'ang, Sung, Ming abd Ch'ing dynasties"--Page ix.

As our society becomes more global, international law is taking on an increasingly significant role, not only in world politics but also in the affairs of a str

Focuses on a Muslim legal science known in Arabic as usul al-fiqh. Whereas the kindred science of fiqh is concerned with the articulation of actual rules of law