Taiwanese Legal History and Land Law Studies

Abstract

This paper analyzes the recent studies of Taiwanese legal history based on scholarship come from land law studies, especially land law studies of modern Japan and that of traditional China.
Through this analysis we have found the similarity between Japan and Taiwan about development of legal land system and people consciousness of land. We also have found similarity to Japanese situation in the legal argument for land problem in Taiwan after the war.
Beside similarity we need it clear what is the specialty of land system and people consciousness about land in Taiwan. In my opinion, doing it evolves the studies of Taiwanese legal history. And this studies means the connection of three special fields : legal history, sociology of law and civil law.