Chapter ID: CBB186002736

Song Ci, the Xi Yuan Ji Lu, and the Judicial Examination System (2021)

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Liao, Yuqun (Author)
Jiang, Xiaoyuan (Editor)


Springer
Pages: 255-275
Publication date: 2021
Language: English


Through relating the “military accomplishments” of Song Ci, a Northern Song high-ranking judge in criminal case, this chapter points out that Song was recorded in history as a law-abiding government official. Then it discusses the vital function of his Xi Yuan Ji Lu in perfecting and developing the ancient Chinese judicial examination system. Lastly, it analyzes the basic features of the system and the similarities and differences between it and modern forensic medicine.

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Authors & Contributors
Asen, Daniel
Thompson, Courtney Elizabeth
Bertomeu Sánchez, José Ramón
Christen, Arden G.
Christen, Joan A.
Jentzen, Jeffrey M.
Journals
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Social History of Medicine
French Historical Studies
History of Psychiatry
History of Psychology
Jewish History
Publishers
University of Toronto
Brill
Cornell University Press
Lexington Books
Manchester University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Criminal law
Medicine and law
Forensic medicine
Trials (law)
Medicine
Authority of medicine
People
Lipmann, Otto
Marbe, Karl
Orfila, Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure
Windham, William Frederick
Song, Ci
John Donald Merrett
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
17th century
21st century
Places
United States
China
France
Germany
Great Britain
Central Europe
Institutions
Harvard University
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