Turan Kayaoglu, Kayao & Turan 287 Lu, Turan Kayao Lu

Legal Imperialism

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

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780521765916
• ISBN-10: 0521765919
• Artikelnr.: 33236693

Autorenporträt

Turan Kayaoglu is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Kayaoglu studied International Relations at Bilkent University and the University of Denver before receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Washington, Seattle. His articles have appeared in the International Studies Review and International Studies Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

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.