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New Publication: Liang Cai, Convict Politics: From Utopia to Serfdom in Early China (221 BCE–23 CE).
Cai, Liang. Convict Politics: From Utopia to Serfdom in Early China (221 BCE–23 CE). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026. Purchase Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/convict-politics/05F7B83D22885B9C0074A4C9E166C3AA#fndtn-information About the Author Liang Cai , University of Notre Dame, Indiana Liang Cai is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Book description In this innovative history, Liang Cai examines newly excavated manuscrip
Jan 28


New Publication: 徒勞的美法東進, 鄺傑著 (The Futility of Law and Development: China and the Dangers of Exporting American Law. by Jedidiah J. Kroncke)
徒勞的美法東進 鄺傑(Jedidiah J. Kroncke) 中文 , 2025/11 香港中文大學出版社 作者 鄺傑(Jedidiah J. Kroncke) 為香港大學法律學院副教授。他的研究聚焦國際法律史及勞動與財產制度的比較。其跨學科成果融合美國、中國和巴西的法律實踐經驗,致力推動比較法分析的本土化創新。 譯者 于慶生 ,河南師範大學法學院教授、院長。 魏磊傑 ,廈門大學法學院副教授。 購買链接: https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/TheFutilityofLawandDevelopment_sc 本書立足於宏觀歷史視角,系統梳理了十九世紀以來中美兩國法學交流的脈絡,著重探討了美國律師—基督教傳教士群體在傳播福音過程中,有意識地推廣美國的法律經驗和制度框架,意圖主導中國近代法律改革的發展方向,卻最終無功而返。 本書縱橫交織中美宗教、法律與外交政策的歷史脈絡,以美國開國先賢們對中國法律的深入研究與流露的欽慕為切入點,剖析了美國如何逐漸背離立國之初的法律世界主義精神,最終形成既漠視外國法律傳統、又救世主般地渴望向全
Dec 15, 2025


In Memoriam: Professor Janet Theiss (1964-2025)
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Janet Theiss , an eminent historian of women, gender, law, and society in late imperial China, and a long-standing member of the International Society for Chinese Law and History (ISCLH). A professor of history at the University of Utah, Professor Theiss’s work, including Disgraceful Matters: The Politics of Chastity in Eighteenth-Century China , reshaped our understanding of gender, morality, legal culture, and social order
Nov 5, 2025
![ISCLH Book Review Series: 賤訟與健訟:清代州縣訴訟的基本結構 [Suppressing Litigation and Litigious Practice: The Structure of County Litigation in the Qing Dynasty]. By Deng Jianpeng 鄧建鵬.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/414b76_65c6eb84c8b4436e92e7d9cbe53bde60~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/414b76_65c6eb84c8b4436e92e7d9cbe53bde60~mv2.webp)
![ISCLH Book Review Series: 賤訟與健訟:清代州縣訴訟的基本結構 [Suppressing Litigation and Litigious Practice: The Structure of County Litigation in the Qing Dynasty]. By Deng Jianpeng 鄧建鵬.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/414b76_65c6eb84c8b4436e92e7d9cbe53bde60~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/414b76_65c6eb84c8b4436e92e7d9cbe53bde60~mv2.webp)
ISCLH Book Review Series: 賤訟與健訟:清代州縣訴訟的基本結構 [Suppressing Litigation and Litigious Practice: The Structure of County Litigation in the Qing Dynasty]. By Deng Jianpeng 鄧建鵬.
Jiansong yu jiansong: Qing dai zhouxian susong de jiben jiegou 賤訟與健訟:清代州縣訴訟的基本結構 [ Suppressing Litigation and Litigious Practice: The...
Sep 20, 2025


2025 ISCLH Biennial Conference Schedule 中国法律与历史国际学会双年会议程
Please click here to download the schedule of our 2025 biennial conference:
Jul 13, 2025
![[ISCLH Book Review Series]Jusong fenyun: Qingdai de “jiansong zhi feng” huayu jiqi biaodaxing xianshi by You Chenjun 尤陳俊](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/414b76_b8a8533b85e942f79a43168195877e38~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/414b76_b8a8533b85e942f79a43168195877e38~mv2.webp)
![[ISCLH Book Review Series]Jusong fenyun: Qingdai de “jiansong zhi feng” huayu jiqi biaodaxing xianshi by You Chenjun 尤陳俊](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/414b76_b8a8533b85e942f79a43168195877e38~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/414b76_b8a8533b85e942f79a43168195877e38~mv2.webp)
[ISCLH Book Review Series]Jusong fenyun: Qingdai de “jiansong zhi feng” huayu jiqi biaodaxing xianshi by You Chenjun 尤陳俊
ISCLH Book Review Series Jusong fenyun: Qingdai de “jiansong zhi feng” huayu jiqi biaodaxing xianshi 聚訟紛紜:清代的“健訟之風”話語及其表達性現實 [Endless...
May 4, 2025
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