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7 - Chinese Tort Law in the Era of the Civil Code
- By Ding Chunyan
Edited by Hao Jiang, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Pietro Sirena, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan
Book:

The Making of the Chinese Civil Code

Published online:

31 August 2023

Print publication:

14 September 2023, pp 153-178
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This chapter considers the socioeconomic functionality of legal codes and codification through the lens of late imperial Chinese legal history. Specifically, it asks whether formal legal codes can wield significant influence over private socioeconomic behavior despite being poorly enforced—or even unenforced—and whether such influence derives, in part, from the symbolic value of codification itself. It argues that the answer to both questions is likely “yes,” at least in the context of Qing Dynasty private law. This contains potentially generalizable insights into the nature of legal authority and prestige, some of which may potentially be applied to the recent passage of the Chinese Civil Code in 2020.