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Justice By Gunboat: Warlords, Lawlords and the Making of Modern China and Japan : Abridgement of the Gunboat Justice trilogy

Author :  Douglas Clark

Product Details

Country
Hong Kong
Publisher
Earnshaw Books, Hong Kong
ISBN 9789888422746
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2017
Bib. Info 480p. Includes Index
Product Weight 650 gms.
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War, riots, rebellion, sedition, corruption, assassinations, murder, infidelity, and, even, a failed hanging. These were just some of the many challenges faced by the British and American courts that operated China, Japan, and Korea for close to a 100 years. Established in the mid 19th Century under treaties signed when foreign courts had the sole right to try their own nationals to the exclusion of local courts. This book tells the 100 year history of this system of extraterritoriality. Based on original research through archives and hundreds of trial transcripts, Justice by Gunboat tells not only the story of the courts and how China and Japan reacted to them but also the fascinating lives of the judges, lawyers and parties before the courts.

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