A Study of the Litigious Chinese Society in East Asian History

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In Japan, in both Chinese history and legal history academic circles, the fact that Pre-modern China was a litigious society is still not well enough known.This research clearly demonstrates the popularity of litigation in China in the 150s A.D., the development of the accompanying appeal system, and the large amount of litigation cases gathered throughout the country against the Peking central government. In addition, given that for example in the 1870s up to one in sixty families of the Ba(巴) prefecture of the Sichuan Province were involved in litigations every year, the extensive nature of this litigious society is fully revealed.