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Roberts Christopher (Lawyer) |
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Titolo |
The British courts and extra-territoriality in Japan, 1859-1899 / / by Christopher Roberts |
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Leiden : , : Brill, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (474 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consular jurisdiction |
Courts - Great Britain - History |
Exterritoriality |
Jurisdiction - Great Britain - History |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Commerce Japan History |
Great Britain Foreign relations Japan |
Japan Commerce Great Britain History |
Japan Foreign relations Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / Robert Lanning -- British Extra-territoriality / Robert Lanning -- The Players in the Legal System / Robert Lanning -- Criminal Jurisdiction / Robert Lanning -- The Sea / Robert Lanning -- Civil Jurisdiction / Robert Lanning -- Appeals / Robert Lanning -- The Chishima-Ravenna Collision / Robert Lanning -- The End of Extra-Territoriality / Robert Lanning -- Conclusion / Robert Lanning -- Epilogue / Robert Lanning -- Appendices / Robert Lanning -- Sources and Bibliography / Robert Lanning -- Index / Robert Lanning. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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