Introduction: Ways of Rethinking Chinese Law and History Part I. Meaning and Practice of Law Chapter 1. Classifications of Litigation and Implications for Qing Judicial Practice - Jianpeng DengChapter 2. Kinship Hierarchies and Property Institutions in Late-Qing and Republican China - Taisu ZhangChapter 3. Social Practice and Judicial Politics in "Grave Destruction" Cases in Qing Taiwan, 1683-1895 - Weiting GuoChapter 4. Elite Engagement with the Judicial System in the Qing and its Implications for Legal Practice and Principle - Janet TheissChapter 5. "Law Is One Thing, and Virtue Is Another": Vernacular Readings of Law and Legal Process in 1920s Shanghai - Bryna GoodmanChapter 6. Wayward Daughters: Sex, Family, and Law in Early Twentieth-Century Beijing - Zhao Ma Part II.

Production and Application of Legal Knowledge Chapter 7. The Community of Legal Experts in 16th- and 17th-Century China - Yanhong WuChapter 8. Marketing Legal Information: Commercial Publications of the Great Qing Code, 1644-1911 - Ting ZhangChapter 9. Contestation over Legal Knowledge and Limits of Imperial Power in Qing China- Li ChenChapter 10. Court Case Ballads: Popular Ideals of Justice in Late Qing and Republican China - Margaret WanChapter 11. Old Forensics in Practice: Investigating Suspicious Deaths and Administering Justice in Republican Beijing - Daniel AsenChapter 12. Simplified Legal Knowledge in the Early PRC: Explaining and Publishing the Marriage Law - Jennifer Altehenger.