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ABSTRACTThis talk analyzes the emergence of a countrywide juridical field of legal professionals in late imperial China and the roles these practitioners played in shaping judicial administration, local governance, and legal culture. We will explore both the historical circumstances and the implications for our understanding of late imperial Chinese law and legal culture.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Li Chen is a faculty member at the University of Toronto, with appointments in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, the Graduate Department of History, and the Faculty of Law. His research focuses on Chinese law and society, late imperial China, Sino-Western relations, and the history of empire. He is the author of Chinese Law in Imperial Eyes: Sovereignty, Justice and Transcultural Politics, which received the Association for Asian Studies’ 2018 Joseph Levenson Book Prize. His forthcoming book, Invisible Power in Late Imperial China, will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2027 and examines the role of legal specialists and technical expertise in shaping law and governance in imperial China.
This event is co-sponsored by Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies, National Central Library Taiwan, and The Julian Suez Endowment for Chinese Studies.
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Perry–Castañeda Library (PCL) Learning Lab 1, 101 E 21st St, Austin, TX 78712, United States
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