Justice by Gunboat: book talk and signing

09 Nov 2019
Mui Wo

Join Doug Clark at Vibe Book & Music Shop for his discussion of his recent work on “extraterritoriality” in East Asia. The practice of allowing foreign nationals to be tried in courts of their respective home countries, and not in those of the colonial spaces they operated in, was a hallmark of agreements imperial powers compelled countries to sign that were in no position to resist them, and remained in effect all the way up to the end of the Second World War. The first treaty to contain an extraterritoriality clause was the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing, which also ceded Hong Kong to the British Empire in perpetuity. To learn more about this legal principle that is so closely tied to the history of Hong Kong, Guangzhou and many other places in East Asia, come listen to Dough’s talk, and pick up a copy of his must-read book.

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Date
09 Nov 2019
Time
2:00 pm
Address
VIBE Book & Music Shop,

Mui Wo

Location