Buddhism in Court: Religion, Law, and Jurisdiction in China
Autor Cuilan Liuen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 aug 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197663332
ISBN-10: 0197663338
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 8
Dimensiuni: 236 x 130 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197663338
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 8
Dimensiuni: 236 x 130 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Buddhism in Court offers a fascinating picture of a side of the Buddhist tradition that has received little attention. In her lively narrative, Liu raises fascinating questions about the jurisdictional boundaries between religious institutions and the state and how those boundaries transformed and changed across and space.
This bold investigation of the Buddhist clergy's relationship to the state is a feat of comparative scholarship. It tracks how legal ideas from India travelled to China, where monastic attempts to evade state control resulted in novel institutional arrangements: hybrid courts administering hybrid law. What is more, Liu shows how this pattern continues in present-day China, despite the socialist state's claims to exclusive jurisdiction. An ambitious and critically insightful study.
Buddhism in Court is a major achievement in the study of Buddhist and law. Focusing on two foundational issues -clerical immunity and jurisdictional separation-Liu skilfully leads readers though a fascinating history of legal struggle and innovation, stretching from the early centuries of Buddhism in India to modern-day China. A must-read for anyone interested in religion and law in Asia, and beyond.
What happens when Buddhist clerical law and the secular courtroom collide? Liu's ground-breaking, erudite, and impeccably researched study of church-state relations in India and China provides an answer. Along the way, Liu draws upon a prodigious range of Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese sources, revealing an under-appreciated but critical side of Buddhist monastic life. The result is a must-read for the fields of Asian religious history and legal studies.
This bold investigation of the Buddhist clergy's relationship to the state is a feat of comparative scholarship. It tracks how legal ideas from India travelled to China, where monastic attempts to evade state control resulted in novel institutional arrangements: hybrid courts administering hybrid law. What is more, Liu shows how this pattern continues in present-day China, despite the socialist state's claims to exclusive jurisdiction. An ambitious and critically insightful study.
Buddhism in Court is a major achievement in the study of Buddhist and law. Focusing on two foundational issues -clerical immunity and jurisdictional separation-Liu skilfully leads readers though a fascinating history of legal struggle and innovation, stretching from the early centuries of Buddhism in India to modern-day China. A must-read for anyone interested in religion and law in Asia, and beyond.
What happens when Buddhist clerical law and the secular courtroom collide? Liu's ground-breaking, erudite, and impeccably researched study of church-state relations in India and China provides an answer. Along the way, Liu draws upon a prodigious range of Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese sources, revealing an under-appreciated but critical side of Buddhist monastic life. The result is a must-read for the fields of Asian religious history and legal studies.
Notă biografică
Cuilan Liu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on the intersection of Buddhism and the Law in China, Tibet, and India.