Gunboat Justice: How British and American Judges and Lawyers changes the history of China and Japan
The 1842 Treaty of Nanking not only ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain but also allowed Britain to establish consular courts in the new treaty ports in China. In his new book, Gunboat Justice, Dougas Clark tells the story of extraterritoriality, focusing in particular on the British Supreme Court for China and Japan and the United States Court for China.