Book Summary
The "golden yoke" of Buddhist Tibet was the last medieval legal system still in existence in the middle of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs that system as a series of layered narratives from the memories of people who participated in the daily operation of law in the houses and courtyards, the offices and courts of Tibet prior to 1959. The practice of law in this unique legal world, which lacked most of our familiar sign posts, ranged from the fantastic use of oracles in the search for evidence to the more mundane presentation of cases in court.
Book Details
| Book Name | The Golden Yoke: The Legal Cosmology Of Buddhist Tibet |
| Author | Rebecca Redwood French |
| Publisher | Snow Lion Publications (Mar 2002) |
| ISBN | 9781559391719 |
| Pages | 424 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 810 |
