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Kayaoglu, Turan.

Legal imperialism : sovereignty and extraterritoriality in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, and China / Turan Kayaoğlu. - Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 237 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.

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

Legal Imperialism examines the important role of nineteenth-century Western extraterritorial courts in non-Western states.


English.

ISBN: 9780511729577 (electronic bk.) 051172957X (electronic bk.) 9780511727672 0511727674 9780511730252 (ebook) 051173025X (ebook) 1107208823 9781107208827 9786612619908 6612619902 0511726279 9780511726279 0511724861 9780511724862 (hbk.) (hbk.) (pbk.) (pbk.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Europäisches Gericht

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Imperialism.
Sovereignty.
Exterritoriality.
Exterritoriality--History.
Impérialisme.
Souveraineté.
sovereignty.
LAW--International.
Imperialism.
Sovereignty.
Exterritoriality.
Exterritorialität

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan
China
Osmanisches Reich
Westliche Welt
Asien

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: KZ3678 / .K39 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 341.4