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The topic of this book is the early introduction and reception of international law in China. International law is studied as part of the introduction of the We

This is the first systematic analysis of the early introduction and reception of international law as a Western political and legal science in China. Internatio

This fundamentally new interpretation of the Qing reveals how Sino-Western engagements transformed traditions, institutions, and networks of communications.

International law burst on the scene as a new field in the late nineteenth century. Where did it come from? Rage for Order finds the origins of international la

Asserting that litigation in late imperial China was a form of documentary warfare, this book offers a social analysis of the men who composed legal documents.