Silk Road cities and their co-existing legal traditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20055424 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerie Hansen (0009-0002-9967-4584, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Research Handbook on International Law and Cities (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4337/9781788973281.00008 |
| OpenAlex | W3191301866 |
| ISBN | 9781788973281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The two best-documented examples of Silk Road legal systems are the one in use in the small hamlet of Niya (also called Cadhota) in the independent Kroraina Kingdom between 200 and 400 CE, and the other in the much larger oasis city of Turfan between 500 and 800. Both oases are located in the Xinjiang region of today’s People’s Republic of China. The residents of the oasis cities north and south of the Taklamakan Desert lived in a world with multiple legal traditions: the Indian, the Iranian (including the Sogdian), and the Chinese, and those of the indigenous peoples. These different legal systems contributed to a shared framework from which the residents of Silk Road cities could draw as they designed their own legal systems. The most remarkable aspect of Silk Road law was its multiple sources and its flexibility, traits that characterized business and religious practices as well
Archaeology · China · Economy · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · SILK · Chinese history and philosophy · Engineering · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Islamic Studies and History · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |