{"product_id":"9780295803883","title":"Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945: The Reception of Western Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaiwan 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 has 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTay-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 Japanese colonial rule and demonstrates the extent to which legal concepts diverged from the Chinese legal tradition and moved toward Western law.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124992721136,"sku":"9780295803883","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780295803883_p0.jpg?v=1763682732","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780295803883","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}