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The Development of Extraterritoriality in China [2 volume set]

Keeton, George Williams

New York: Howard Fertig, 1969.

Reprint. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Item #10270

Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, pocket and slip residue on Volume I, spine crease and light cock on Volume I, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers.; Two of two volumes, complete set. Married set, with each volume from a different library. Facsimile reprint of the 1928 edition, London: Longmans. "The present work is not a history of foreign jurisdiction in China. It is something less, and (it is hoped) something more. The author's aim has been to present an explanation of extraterritoriality - to show the difficulties existing in early European intercourse at Canton, arising on the one hand from the uncertain attitude of the Chinese officials towards the jurisdiction issue, and, on the other hand, from the insufficient authority over their nationals with which the great European monopolist trading companies were invested; to demonstrate why it was impossible to admit the Chinese claim to jurisdiction over foreigners; and then to describe the system that was erected upon the inadequate foundation of the treaties, and to show how it operates in practice." - Preface.; Ex-Library; xvi, 405; viii, 422 in 2v pages.

Price: $69.95