Legal Orientalism: China, the United States, and Modern Law

Teemu Ruskola

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

Legal Orientalism

China, the United States, and Modern Law

Teemu Ruskola

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674075764

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After the Cold War, how did China become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the U.S. positioned itself as the chief exporter of the rule of law? Teemu Ruskola investigates globally circulating narratives about what law is and who has it, and shows how “legal Orientalism” developed into a distinctly American ideology of empire.

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Ruskola Teemu :

Teemu Ruskola is Professor of Law at Emory University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Legal Orientalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO: Making Legal and Unlegal Subjects in History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
CHAPTER THREE: Telling Stories about Corporations and Kinship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER FOUR: Canton Is Not Boston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
CHAPTER FIVE: The District of China Is Not the District of Columbia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
CHAPTER SIX: Epilogue: Colonialism without Colonizers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Comment on Chinese Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 338
Illustrations
- Other: 4 halftones
Keywords: HISTORY / Asia / China; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

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Published: June 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674075764