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2. Writs of Passage in Late Imperial China:
The Documentation of Practical Understandings in Minong, Taiwan
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Tables and Figures vii
- Introduction 1
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Part 1. Contract and the Establishment of Property Rights
- 1. A Critique of Rights of Property in Prewar China 17
- 2. Writs of Passage in Late Imperial China: 37
- 3. Litigation, Legitimacy, and Lethal Violence: 94
- 4. Property, Taxes, and State Protection of Rights 120
- 5. The Status of Contracts in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Courts 159
- 6. The Missing Metaphor: 178
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Part 2. Contract and the Practice of Business
- 7. Supplemental Payment in Urban Property Contracts in Mid to Late Qing Shanghai 209
- 8. Managing Multiple Ownership at the Zigong Salt Yard 230
- 9. Custom, the Code, and Legal Practice: The Contracts of Changlu Salt Merchants in Late Imperial China 269
- 10. Companies in Debt: Financial Arrangements in the Textile Industry in the Lower Yangzi Delta, 1895-1937 298
- 11. Contracting Business Partnerships in Late Qing and Republican China: 327
- Chinese Names and Terms 349
- Bibliography 359
- List of Contributors 379
- Index 381
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Tables and Figures vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Contract and the Establishment of Property Rights
- 1. A Critique of Rights of Property in Prewar China 17
- 2. Writs of Passage in Late Imperial China: 37
- 3. Litigation, Legitimacy, and Lethal Violence: 94
- 4. Property, Taxes, and State Protection of Rights 120
- 5. The Status of Contracts in Nineteenth-Century Chinese Courts 159
- 6. The Missing Metaphor: 178
-
Part 2. Contract and the Practice of Business
- 7. Supplemental Payment in Urban Property Contracts in Mid to Late Qing Shanghai 209
- 8. Managing Multiple Ownership at the Zigong Salt Yard 230
- 9. Custom, the Code, and Legal Practice: The Contracts of Changlu Salt Merchants in Late Imperial China 269
- 10. Companies in Debt: Financial Arrangements in the Textile Industry in the Lower Yangzi Delta, 1895-1937 298
- 11. Contracting Business Partnerships in Late Qing and Republican China: 327
- Chinese Names and Terms 349
- Bibliography 359
- List of Contributors 379
- Index 381