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Divine Justice

Religion and the Development of Chinese Legal Culture

Divine Justice( )
Author: Katz, Paul R.
Series title:Academia Sinica on East Asia Ser.
ISBN:978-0-203-88368-6
Publication Date:Dec 2008
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Group
Imprint:Routledge
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
List Price:USD $52.95
Book Description:

This book considers the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing two forms of overlap between religion and the law: the ideology of justice and the performance of judicial rituals.

One of the most important conceptual underpinnings of the Chinese ideology of justice is the belief in the inevitability of retribution. Similar values permeate Chinese religious traditions, all of which...
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