The Introduction of the Western Legal Culture and the Renovation of the Original Legal Concept (1840–1870s)

Zhang, Jinfan

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1032-3_3

Jinfan Zhang⁷

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Abstract

China, located in northeast Asia, is an inland country surrounded by mountains, seas, and deserts, so because of such a natural condition, China has been secluded from the outside world for a long time, and the self-sufficient natural economy has served as the main material basis. Moreover, the policy of secluding the country from the outside world was forcefully carried out by the increasingly strengthening feudal monarchy and had guaranteed that such a state had existed for a long time.

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Zhang, J. (2020). The Introduction of the Western Legal Culture and the Renovation of the Original Legal Concept (1840–1870s). In: The History of Chinese Legal Civilization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1032-3_3

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