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Table of Contents
volume 1. White man, white law, white gun (1842-1900). Introduction : extraterritoriality: an extraordinary system
The beginnning (1842 to 1865). White man, white law, white gun ; Courting the law : consuls as judges
Establishing British justice (1865 to 1878). The founder : Sir Edmund Hornby ; Establishing the court ; Opening the court : the first cases ; The younger generation : learning the ropes ; Order out of legal chaos ; Bricks and mortar : a home for the court ; Reforming the British courts in Japan ; Building the new Japanese legal system ; Mixed justice in China ; The end of an era : Hornby retires, Goodwin dies
Reorganisation (1878 to 1881). Reorganising the courts ; The bullion dollar question : the Ross case ; The Chinese challenge ; Some corner of a foreign field : the death of George French
Consolidation (1881 to 1891). Jockeying for promotion ; Chinese demand justice ; Enlarging jurisdiction ; Japan demands change ; A new arrival and a fond farewell
Japan rises, China falls (1891 to 1900). The amalgamation ; Japan asserts itself ; Infidelity and murder in Yokohama ; Endings and new beginnings ; A time for rejoicing not revenge ; The full stop in the wrong place : Vale Sir Nicholas
Conclusion.
volume 2. Destruction, disorder and defiance (1900-1927). Introduction
China boxed in (1900 to 1905). The Boxer Rebellion ; The High Court of Weihaiwei ; Ambition achieved : Wilkinson CJ ; 1905 : a year of change
The United States Court for China. Taming the wild East ; The wild East fights back
Dying dynasties (1906 to 1911). Korea's hero : Ernest Bethell ; The ricshaw coolie and and the Sampan man ; For better or worse ; The law of the land
Revolution and war (1911 to 1920). The republican revolution ; New roles and new faces ; World War I ; Farewells and promotions
The roaring twenties (1920 to 1927). Bad behaviour at the bar ; Gun runners ; A sad farewll : Lobingier retires ; Rebel with a cause : Lawrence Kentwell ; The rise of nationalism ; Intermingled jurisdictions ; Recognition, retirements and advances ; The dirty DA
Conclusion.
volume 3. Revolution, resistance and resurrection (1927-1943). Introduction
A new hope (1927 to 1931). The rise of China ; The work of two men ; Extraterritoriality to end
The Japanese empire strikes back (1932 to 1941). Major battles ; The last judges ; Predators ; In the shadow of the gallows ; The badlands of North China ; Dark days ; Live by the gunboat...
The end (1937 to 1943). The end of extraterritoriality ; Summing up
Postscript : life after death.
The beginnning (1842 to 1865). White man, white law, white gun ; Courting the law : consuls as judges
Establishing British justice (1865 to 1878). The founder : Sir Edmund Hornby ; Establishing the court ; Opening the court : the first cases ; The younger generation : learning the ropes ; Order out of legal chaos ; Bricks and mortar : a home for the court ; Reforming the British courts in Japan ; Building the new Japanese legal system ; Mixed justice in China ; The end of an era : Hornby retires, Goodwin dies
Reorganisation (1878 to 1881). Reorganising the courts ; The bullion dollar question : the Ross case ; The Chinese challenge ; Some corner of a foreign field : the death of George French
Consolidation (1881 to 1891). Jockeying for promotion ; Chinese demand justice ; Enlarging jurisdiction ; Japan demands change ; A new arrival and a fond farewell
Japan rises, China falls (1891 to 1900). The amalgamation ; Japan asserts itself ; Infidelity and murder in Yokohama ; Endings and new beginnings ; A time for rejoicing not revenge ; The full stop in the wrong place : Vale Sir Nicholas
Conclusion.
volume 2. Destruction, disorder and defiance (1900-1927). Introduction
China boxed in (1900 to 1905). The Boxer Rebellion ; The High Court of Weihaiwei ; Ambition achieved : Wilkinson CJ ; 1905 : a year of change
The United States Court for China. Taming the wild East ; The wild East fights back
Dying dynasties (1906 to 1911). Korea's hero : Ernest Bethell ; The ricshaw coolie and and the Sampan man ; For better or worse ; The law of the land
Revolution and war (1911 to 1920). The republican revolution ; New roles and new faces ; World War I ; Farewells and promotions
The roaring twenties (1920 to 1927). Bad behaviour at the bar ; Gun runners ; A sad farewll : Lobingier retires ; Rebel with a cause : Lawrence Kentwell ; The rise of nationalism ; Intermingled jurisdictions ; Recognition, retirements and advances ; The dirty DA
Conclusion.
volume 3. Revolution, resistance and resurrection (1927-1943). Introduction
A new hope (1927 to 1931). The rise of China ; The work of two men ; Extraterritoriality to end
The Japanese empire strikes back (1932 to 1941). Major battles ; The last judges ; Predators ; In the shadow of the gallows ; The badlands of North China ; Dark days ; Live by the gunboat...
The end (1937 to 1943). The end of extraterritoriality ; Summing up
Postscript : life after death.