Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Tables and Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Abbreviations and Conventions xxi
6. I Illicit Bureaucrats 1
7. 2 Clerks 31
8. 3 Families, Friends, and Factions 76
9. 4 Runners 122
10. 5 Illicit Allies and the Magistrate's Men 160
11. 6 The Economics of Justice 200
12. 7 The Legitimacy of the Indispensable 246
13. Appendixes
14. A Administrative Duties of Clerical Offices in the Ba County Yamen 269
15. B The Jins of Ba County 271
16. C Clerical Agreement on Mutual Support and the Dispensation of Legal Case Assignments 273
17. D Case Fees and Three Fees Regulations 276
18. E Division of Case Jurisdiction 280
19. F District Runner Agreement on the Division of Cases 281
20. Notes 287
21. Works Cited 299
22. Character List 307
23. Index 313