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Asian Legal History – Extradition and Empire Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong (Dr. Ivan Lee, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore)
Asian Legal History – Extradition and Empire Sovereignty and Subjecthood in Hong Kong (Dr. Ivan Lee, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore)
In the first book-length study of the imperial history of extradition in Hong Kong, Ivan Lee shows how British judges, lawyers, and officials navigated the nature of extradition, debated its legalities, and distinguished it over time from other modalities of criminal jurisdiction – including deportation, rendition, and trial and punishment under territorial and extraterritorial laws. […]