Gunboat Justice Volume 1: British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (1842–1943),

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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.

Gunboat Justice Volume 1: British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (1842–1943), by Douglas Clark

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1334045 in Books
• Published on: 2015-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.20" h x 1.30" w x 5.60" l, 1.20 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 460 pages

Gunboat Justice Volume 1: British and American Law Courts in China and Japan (1842–1943), by Douglas Clark

Review "A vital read. Here we find a century of foreign judges, lawyers and consuls attempting to control a city that attracted a legion of adventurers, criminals and sharks like no other in history. Gunboat Justice reveals the intersection of Shanghai’s formal administration and its dark underbelly. The most important book on Shanghai’s history for several decades." —Paul French, author, Midnight in Peking, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe award for best Fact Crime writing"For the first time, we now have a comprehensive, well-informed and humane account of the people and procedures in the British and American courts of East Asia. Doug Clark’s book brings that world to life, and restores it to its place in our histories of the era of the ‘unequal treaties.'" —Robert Bickers, author, Empire Made Me and The Scramble for China 1832-1914"A fascinating account of an extraordinary historical period with a wealth of intriguing characters—and a serious matter at its core." —Jonathan Fenby, author, The Penguin History of Modern China"A pathbreaking study of an important but long neglected topic, this book is a fascinating read and invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in law, empire and history in modern East Asia." —Dani Botsman, author, Punishment and Power in the Making of Modern Japan, and Professor of History, Yale University.

About the Author Douglas Clark is a lawyer currently practicing in Hong Kong. Originally from Australia, Doug studied Japanese at Nagata Senior High School in Kobe, Japan and Chinese and Chinese law at Fudan University in Shanghai. He also studied Korean for six months in Seoul. Armed with double degree in Asian Studies and Law from the Australian National University he commenced practice as a lawyer in Hong Kong in the mid-1990s. He was then based in Shanghai for 11 years where he set up and was Managing Partner of international law firm Hogan Lovells’ Shanghai office. In 2011, wishing to return to courtroom advocacy he relocated to Hong Kong as a lawyer. Doug is the author of Patent Litigation in China and co-author of Civil Litigation in Hong Kong. He is also the associate producer of the art house movie, “I Really Hate My Job”.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Legal history story telling at its best By Bochun Qiu The book is surprisingly readable despite its astonishing historical details. Take the 1874 Thomas Fawcett manslaughter case as an example: A British crew led by Fawcett were building a lighthouse in Shandong. The local mob were unhappy because they profited from ship repairing. In fact, to increase business, they would lure ships into damage using misleading guiding lights at night. In the chaos, one local was shot dead and Fawcett arrested. The legendary judge, and the founder of the British extraterritorial judiciary in far east, the China and Japan Supreme Court (established per treaty post Opium War), Edmund Hornby, came to Shandong to adjudicate in front an expat jury while observed by local officials. Hornby believed shooting wasn't necessary given the circumstances and that Fawcett should be convicted. The jury acquitted Fawcett, to Hornby's deep disappointment, but procedurally there was nothing he could do. However, Hornby was more furious when he received a letter from the British consul who complained that Hornby did not do enough to achieve a conviction thus damaging the Britain-China relationship (All so reflective of what tend to happen today in China and in its diplomatic relationships.) By then, the local mob attacked Hornby's residence and he escaped under the protection of a British gunboat, AND came onshore to try more cases in Shandong applying the English case law, accompanied by gun barrels and red coats, before returning the Supreme Court in Shanghai, whose building now forms a portion of the old British Consulate on the Bund in Shanghai. Fascinating history.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Engaging read and facinating case study on the interplay between law, politics, and culture in east Asia By Amazon Customer This is legal history done well. Clark is a thoroughly engaging writer who weaver big picture history, detailed anecdotes and legal technicalities in an highly engaging way. I anticipated a serious and possibly boring read but was pleasantly surprised and devoured all three volume over ten days - which is saying a lot for a full time litigator. Highly recommended for anyone intesrested in Asian history, colonialism, and legal history.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Gunboat Justice is great fun to read By Kirsteen Hamilton Gunboat Justice is great fun to read. Clark has been able to use contemporaneous media and case reports to bring back to life the these long forgotten courts. The details in which the courts were reported in the media is amazing to modern day readers - particularly their not so flattering comments on the skills of some of the judges. The story of extraterritoriality in Japan has rarely been told and the book illuminates this aspect well. It is interesting to ponder if the current Chinese leadership is much more attuned to how to deal with the rest of the world than the late Qing was

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