Legal Reform in Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945,9780295978277

Legal Reform in Taiwan Under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945

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ISBN13: 9780295978277
ISBN10: 0295978279
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Washington Pr
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Summary

Tiawan's modern legal system -- quite different from those of both traditional China and the People's Republic -- has evolved since the advent of Japanese rule in 1895. Japan had gradually adopted Western law during the 19th-century and when it occupied Taiwan -- a frontier society composed of Han Chinese settlers -- its codes were instituted for the purpose of rapidly assimilating the Taiwanese people into Japanese society.

In the early colonial period, this legal reform familiarized the Taiwanese with particular Japanese Westernized laws, although Taiwanese customary rule remained. After the 1920s, Westernized laws in colonial legislation gradually penetrated into society, laying the foundation for the independent evolution of the legal system after 1945.

Until recently, censorship in Taiwan prevented scholars from examining this subject; Tay-sheng Wang's comprehensive study lays a solid foundation for future analyses of Taiwanese law. It documents how Western traditions influenced the formation of Taiwan's modern legal structure through the conduit of Ja

Table of Contents

Preface vi
Introduction 3(9)
Background of Legal Reform
12(24)
Reception of Western Law in Colonial Legislation
36(27)
Modern Judiciary in the Colony
63(42)
Criminal Justice and Changing Society
105(35)
Westernization of Civil Justice
140(30)
Appraisal and Legacy
170(14)
Conclusion 184(5)
Appendix A Development of Taiwanese Law 189(3)
Appendix B The Law Relating to Laws and Ordinances to Be Enforced in Taiwan 192(3)
Appendix C The Civil, Commercial, and Criminal Law 195(1)
Appendix D The Bandit Punishment Law 196(3)
Glossary 199(6)
Abbreviations 205(2)
Notes 207(52)
Bibliography 259(18)
Index 277

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