TY - BOOK ID - 85724789 TI - Justice in print : discovering prefectural judges and their judicial consistency in late-Ming casebooks PY - 2020 SN - 9004442847 9004442766 PB - Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, DB - UniCat KW - Judicial process KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Decision making, Judicial KW - Judicial behavior KW - Judicial decision making KW - Judges KW - Law KW - Procedure (Law) KW - History. KW - Psychological aspects KW - Interpretation and construction KW - China KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85724789 AB - In Justice in Print: Discovering Prefectural Judges and Their Judicial Consistency in Late-Ming Casebooks , Ka-chai Tam argues that the prefectural judge in the judiciary of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) became crucial to upholding justice in Chinese society. In light of two late Ming casebooks, namely the Mengshui zhai cundu by Yan Junyan and the Zheyu xinyu by Li Qing, Ka-chai Tam demonstrates that the late Ming judges handled their cases with a high level of consistency in judicial reasoning and practice in every type of case, despite their differing regions and literary styles. Equipped with relative institutional independence and growing professionalism, they played an indispensable role in checking and guaranteeing the legal performance of their subordinate magistrates. ER -