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The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea

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The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea - Kim, Jisoo M
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The Choson state (1392-1910) is typically portrayed as a rigid society because of its hereditary status system, slavery, and Confucian gender norms. However, The Emotions of Justice reveals a surprisingly complex picture of a judicial system that operated in a contradictory fashion by discriminating against subjects while simultaneously minimizing such discrimination. Jisoo Kim contends that the state's recognition of won, or the sense of being wronged, permitted subjects of different genders or statuses to interact in the ...

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The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea 2017, University of Washington Press, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9780295742694

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The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Choson Korea 2016, University of Washington Press, Seattle

ISBN-13: 9780295995038

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