Legal Imperialism: Sovereignty and Extraterritoriality in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, and China

Legal History

Legal Imperialism Sovereignty and Extraterritoriality in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, and China

Edited by Turan Kayao&#287 · lu
Cambridge University Press July 2010

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ISBN-13
9780521765916
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
July 2010
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Legal Imperialism examines the important role of nineteenth-century Western extraterritorial courts in non-Western states. These courts, created as a separate legal system for Western expatriates living in Asian and Islamic countries, developed from the British imperial model, which was founded on ideals of legal positivism. Based on a cross-cultural comparison of the emergence, function, and abolition of these court systems in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, and China, Turan Kayaoglu elaborates a theory of extraterritoriality, comparing the nineteenth-century British example with the post–World War II American legal imperialism. Ultimately, his research provides an innovative basis for understanding the assertion of legal authority by Western powers on foreign soil and the influence of such assertion on ideas about sovereignty.

Table of Contents

Contents:
Introduction: extraterritoriality in British legal imperialism
1. Positive law and sovereignty
2. Extraterritoriality and legal imperialism
3. Japan's rapid rise to sovereignty
4. The Ottoman Empire's elusive dream of sovereignty
5. China's struggle for sovereignty
Conclusion: American legal imperialism: extraterritoriality today.
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