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Gunboat Justice Volume 2 - British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (1842-1943) (Paperback)
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Gunboat Justice Volume 2 - British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (1842-1943) (Paperback)
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Foreign gunboats forced China, Japan and Korea to open to the
outside world in the mid-19th century. The treaties signed included
rules forbidding local courts from trying foreigners; or,
""extraterritoriality"". Britain and the United States established
consular courts in all three countries and, as trade grew, the
British Supreme Court for China and Japan and the United States
Court for China. These courts for many decades-over 100 years in
China-dispensed British and American justice in the Far East.
Extraterritoriality had a huge impact, which continues to this day,
on how China and Japan view the world. This book tells its history
through the fascinating cast of characters both on and before the
bench and the many challenging issues the courts faced including
war, riots, rebellion, corruption, murder, infidelity, and, even, a
failed hanging. Doug Clark, a practicing lawyer who has lived in
China, Japan and Korea for over 25 years, has trawled through dusty
archives around the world to bring back to life this long-forgotten
exotic world.
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