Equity in the Chinese law : its origin and transformations
This thesis is about equity in the Chinese law. In the classical Chinese literature, it was referred to as qingli, which means 'social obligations' to balance the rigidity of positive laws. Like its Western counterpart, this equity entails a twofold meaning: (1) the moral principles that h...
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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.645779 |