Draft Chinese Civil Code: First Book. General Principles. Presented by the Ministry of Justice to the Chief Executive of the Republic of China for promulgation on the 23rd day of the 11th month of the 14th year of the Republic (Nov. 23rd, 1925) Author: Place: Peking Publisher: Commission on Extraterritoriality Date: February 1926 Description: [ii], 56, [38 pp. Text in English and Chinese. 23.8x16.5 cm (9¼x6½"), original printed wrappers bound in period cloth, leather spine labels. Scarce printing of this important milestone of Chinese governance. It was compiled as a replacement of the 1911 "Draft Civil Code of the Tsing Dynasty," which was based on the German Civil Code. The 1911 Code was never enforced due to the 1911 Revolution ending the Qing Dynasty and the resulting unrest, and was further deemed unsuitable with the founding of the Republic. Committees were established and commissions created, and the present Draft Civil Code was promulgated in November 1925, and published the following February. This First Book General Principles is the most important of the three books. It was not until December 1930 that a finished civil code was promulgated, containing significant differences with this nascent draft version. Lot Amendments Condition: A little fading to the covers, slight rubbing to spine labels; very good. Item number: 330245
Draft Chinese Civil Code: First Book. General Principles. Presented by the Ministry of Justice to the Chief Executive of the Republic of China for promulgation on the 23rd day of the 11th month of the 14th year of the Republic (Nov. 23rd, 1925) Author: Place: Peking Publisher: Commission on Extraterritoriality Date: February 1926 Description: [ii], 56, [38 pp. Text in English and Chinese. 23.8x16.5 cm (9¼x6½"), original printed wrappers bound in period cloth, leather spine labels. Scarce printing of this important milestone of Chinese governance. It was compiled as a replacement of the 1911 "Draft Civil Code of the Tsing Dynasty," which was based on the German Civil Code. The 1911 Code was never enforced due to the 1911 Revolution ending the Qing Dynasty and the resulting unrest, and was further deemed unsuitable with the founding of the Republic. Committees were established and commissions created, and the present Draft Civil Code was promulgated in November 1925, and published the following February. This First Book General Principles is the most important of the three books. It was not until December 1930 that a finished civil code was promulgated, containing significant differences with this nascent draft version. Lot Amendments Condition: A little fading to the covers, slight rubbing to spine labels; very good. Item number: 330245
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