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How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? This work examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective constitution.

Culture and law --- Constitutional history --- Law and culture --- Law --- China --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- History. --- Politics and government --- S04/0500 --- S04/0600 --- S08/0400 --- China: History--Ancient (Pre-Han and Han, incl. Sima Qian) --- China: History--Dynasties: 220 - 1840 --- China: Law and legislation--Constitution(al law): general and before 1949 --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Politics and government. --- Chinese characters. --- Chinese empire. --- Common Program of 1949. --- Confucianism. --- Germany. --- Great Learning. --- Great Wall. --- Mandarin Chinese. --- Qin dynasty. --- Su Li. --- Third Reich. --- Weimar Constitution. --- administrative divisions. --- ancient China. --- beliefs. --- bureaucracy. --- civilization. --- commandery system. --- constitution. --- constitutional continuity. --- constitutional discontinuity. --- constitutional law. --- constitutionalism. --- cosmology. --- cultural community. --- cultural constitution. --- effective constitution. --- emperor. --- examination system. --- feudal clan law. --- feudal system. --- geoclimatic conditions. --- geopolitics. --- institutions. --- knowledge. --- large state. --- legitimacy continuity. --- legitimation. --- meritocracy. --- political life. --- political order. --- political rationalization. --- politico-cultural elites. --- politics. --- reading. --- recommendation system. --- revolution. --- rites. --- scholar-officials. --- selection system. --- social consensus. --- structural functionalism. --- territory. --- traditions. --- unified script. --- unified speech. --- uniform weights.