The British Courts and Extra-Territoriality in Japan, 1859-1899

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25756-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

In The British Courts and Extra-territoriality in Japan, 1859-1899, Christopher Roberts reviews the Courts' day-to-day workings and examines the nature of, and fluctuations in, their case-load. By examining the Courts’ case-load, it shows that, whilst some complaints that earlier commentators have made about the system’s structure and the Consuls’ lack of legal training and poor judgments may have been justified initially, the British authorities responded to them so that, over time, the Courts—and the practitioners within the system—came to reflect an increasing professionalism and sophistication. Using both a quantitative and a qualitative analysis of the reported cases, the author concludes that accusations of an anti-Japanese, pro-British bias on the part of the Courts are overstated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Roberts, Ph.D. (2010), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is a British lawyer who formerly practiced law in Japan. He now researches, and writes upon, the work of the British Courts, Judges and Lawyers in Treaty Port Japan of the nineteenth century.