Institutional Imperialism. Extraterritoriality and the British Consular Court System in Japan
Institutional Imperialism. Extraterritoriality and the British Consular Court System in Japan

Summary/Abstract: This essay will examine the development and imposition of the system of extraterritoriality imposed in East Asia by Western imperial powers, especially Great Britain, during the mid-nineteenth century with a specific focus on the 1860 trial of Michael Moss at a British consular court in Japan. The establishment of legal institutions such as consular courts will be classed as a form of ‘institutional imperialism’ and identified as an important aspect in the study of Western informal empire in Asia and beyond.

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