Ho on Natural Law in Chinese Legal Thought

Norman Ho (Peking University School of Transnational Law) has posted Natural Law in Chinese Legal Thought: The Philosophical System of Wang Yangming (Yonsei Law Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1 & 2, pgs. 1-30 (November 2017)) on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: Did natural law theory or natural law thinking exist in traditional Chinese legal thought? There have principally been three answers to this question. The most popular, conventional response has been that natural law did exist in traditional China in the form of Confucianism, and more specifically, in the idea of li (ritual propriety). Others argue that natural law did exist in traditional China, though not primarily in the idea of li (ritual propriety) but rather in other concepts, such as the dao (the Way) or laws of nature. Yet others say that natural law theory did not exist in traditional China, and, even if it did, it cannot be located in Confucianism. These three arguments have primarily focused on pre-Qin…

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