...sense, "justice" did not exist in traditional Chinese law. "(F)or in China," write Bodde and Morris, "no one at any time has ever hinted that any kind of written law—even the best written law—could have had a divine origin." 21 As Needham explains, "Not only...

...the Chinese attitude to the belief in the divine origin of the law is indeed striking, for in China no one at any time has ever hinted that any kind of...best written law — could have had a divine origin. Bodde cites the attribution of the invention of law, in the "Punish23. Shu, 39-43, 80. 24. Tso, 242::243-244...

...human law to run contrary to divine law, including the God-given laws of nature. In striking contrast "no one at any time has ever hinted that any kind...written law - even the best written law - could have divine origin" in China.70 Although there were attempts to ground law in a transcendent normative moral...

...of the Chinese attitude to the belief in a divine origin of the law is indeed striking, for in China no one at any time has ever hinted that any kind of written law...could have a divine origin.' 8 This general point, however, is qualified with reference to the...

...asserted that Chinese legal culture had developed in stark contrast to other traditions since 'in China no one at any time has ever hinted that any kind of...best written law — could have had a divine origin' (p. 10). This point may be valid for the written law, but quite what definition of law is being applied...

...example, in Chinese civilization. Ancient China had an extremely elaborate system of laws, but "in China no one at any time has ever hinted that any kind of...even the best written law — could have had a divine origin."4 I shall leave China aside, however, and concentrate on the civilizations to which Western...