University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Family law covers marriage and divorce proceedings, the rights of children and rights to property and money in the event of separation. Immigration law and nationality law concern the rights of foreigners to live and work in a nation-state that is not their own and to acquire or lose citizenship. Both also involve the right of asylum and the problem of stateless individuals. Evidence law involves which materials are admissible in courts for a case to be built.

Ancient India and China represent distinct traditions of law, and have historically had independent schools of legal theory and practice. The Arthashastra, …