The “Chinese Confucian” and the “Chinese Buddhist” in British Burma, 1881–1947
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9083589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M B Hooker, Mary Hooker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 384-401 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4634 • E-ISSN: 1474-0680 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022463400003295 |
| OpenAlex | W1968580308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
By the late nineteenth century British control over Burma had been firmly established and by 1893 a comprehensive legal system for its population put in place. The guiding principle of the judicial and legislative system was that each racial or religious group had the right to its own law in matters of religion and custom. Thus, Burmese “Buddhist law” for the Burmese, “Mohammadan law” for Muslims and Hindu law for the Hindus. In addition, the customary laws of other ethnic groups were also recognized
Archaeology · Buddhism · Burmese · Chinese law · Common law · Ethnic group · Hinduism · Legislature · Political science · Population · Sociology · Sources of law · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Demography · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |