Author(s)

Jiaxin Zuo ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Corresponding Author

ABSTRACT

The Ruling System，a product of the combination of traditional Confucianism and kingship，was a centralized political system in ancient East Asia . In ancient times, both the Tang Dynasty and Japan adopted the legal system, but the Japanese legal system evolved from learning the established system of the Tang Dynasty, and there are certain differences in the development history, content and influence of the two. This paper compares and analyzes the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese legal system to understand the differences between the two in different aspects. Firstly, this paper gives an overview of the historical background and basic characteristics of the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese legal system, and then focuses on the differences in specific contents, such as the structure of the legal system, the central and local official system and the scope of application. Through the comparative study of the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese legal system, the characteristics and evolution of the ancient legal systems of the two countries can be understood more deeply, providing new ideas and perspectives for the study of comparative legal systems.

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Jiaxin Zuo. A Comparative Study of the Tang and Japanese's Systems of Laws and Decrees. Science of Law Journal (2025) Vol. 4: 55-63. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2025.040307.

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