Legal History of Traditional China.pptVIP

Legal History of Traditional China From western Zhou to late Ch’ing (1046 B.C. ~ 1900 A.D.) According to archaeology, the first slavery State in ancient China, Xia(夏), lasted for more than 4 centuries from around 2070 B.C. and was succeeded by a second State, Shang(商), which last for another 5 centuries. The emblematizing characters of this first state were: (1) Citizens were plot out and govern by district rather than previously by ancestry or pedigree. (2) The hereditary of kingship was firstly established. (3) Public powers came into being. (e.g., 《礼记》,“夏后氏官百”, administrative organs and