Research Interests:
Early Modern (16th-19th centuries), social history, local history,
law and society.
- Legal philosophy and local legal culture in 19th century China.
- Status of contracts in local court cases in early modern China.
- Civil-military relations at the county level in early modern
China.
Courses for Spring Semester 2007:
History 108 "East Asia in the Emergence of the Modern World"
(2 sections)
History 299 "Contemporary Global Issues in Historical Perspective"
Publications:
"The Status of Contracts in Nineteenth-Century Courts."
In Contract and Property in Early Modern China, edited by
Madeleine Zelin, Jonathan K. Ocko, and Robert Gardella. Stanford:
Stanford University Press, 2004.
Law and Local Society in Late Imperial China: Northern Taiwan
in the Nineteenth Century. Stanford University Press, 1994.
"Code, Culture, Custom: Foundations of Civil Case Verdicts in
a Nineteenth Century Court." In Civil Law in Chinese History,
Edited by Philip C.C. Huang and Kathryn Bernhard. Stanford University
Press, 1994.
Office Phone: (773) 508-2224
Office Hours for Spring 2007:
TTH 2:30 - 4:00 and by appointment
Office: Crown Center 543
E-mail address:
mallee@luc.edu