Customary Contract Law in Late Traditional Taiwan (A Working Paper fromt he Program in Law and Modernization, Working Paper No. 11))

200pp (single sided text).  Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine.  Small 4to.  Cloth just a little pushed at corners and spine ends, small mild mark on verso.  Text block edges a little dull.  An ex university library copy with usual markings on endpapers and small pencil annotation on reverse ot title page, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A working paper regarding the development and use of customary contract law in late 19th century Taiwan, casting light on the previously neglected topic of traditional Chinese Law, with sections on Contract Law and Custom; Formal Legal Regulation of Civil Cases in Taiwan; Civil Procedures; Contracts in Taiwan; Pawn Contracts; Partnership Contracts etc.  Chinese customary law refers to the traditional Confucian-influenced legal norms and practices that shaped family and social order in the China area and were later incorporated into some colonial legal systems, particularly in places like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, differing from modern state law by emphasising family cohesion and the authority of the head of the family.