Mediation, litigation, and justice: Confucian reflections in a modern liberal society

Confucianism for the Modern World

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 257-287

  Chen, Albert H Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511509964.013     Document Type: Chapter

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