Buddhism in Court: Religion, Law, and Jurisdiction in China

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Cuilan Liu (Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh)

Buddhism in Court

Religion, Law, and Jurisdiction in China

Cuilan Liu (Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh)

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Oxford University Press Inc
07 May 2024

Buddhism; Legal history

What happens to Buddhist monks and nuns who commit crimes? Buddhism in Court is the first book to uncover an important, yet long-overlooked, Buddhist campaign for clerical legal privileges that aim to exempt monks and nuns from being tried and punished in the government courts. Liu reveals the campaign's origins in Indian Buddhism and how Chinese Buddhists' engagement reshaped Buddhism's place in the jurisdictional landscape in China from the fourth century to the present.

Drawing on Buddhist monastic law texts, archives, court documents, Chinese laws, official histories, law case books, institutional announcements, and private writings circulated on social media, Buddhism in Court traces the legacy of the campaign for clerical legal privileges from its origin in India to its transformation in China and its continuing impact in the Chinese courtroom to the present day. Diverting from the dynasty-centered approach to studying religion, law, and history in China, Buddhism in Court expands our understanding of this legacy of early Chinese Buddhism and challenges the notion that the transition between imperial and post-imperial China was marked only by disruption.

By: Cuilan Liu (Assistant Professor Department of Religious Studies Assistant Professor Department of Religious Studies University of Pittsburgh)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 130mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780197663332
ISBN 10: 0197663338
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 07 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Indian Origins 1. Litigation Ban 2. The Adulterous Wife's Sanctuary 3. Buddhist Killers at Large 4. Withered Orchid and Dead Ox Part II: In the Chinese Courtroom 5. Hybrid Courts, Hybrid Laws 6. A Fallen Abbot 7. Dead Monks, Living Heirs Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Cuilan Liu is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on the intersection of Buddhism and the Law in China, Tibet, and India.