Transborder fugitives, extradition, and political crimes in modern China / Jenny Huangfu Day.
| Author/creator | Day, Jenny Huangfu, 1985- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | ix, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in legal history Studies in legal history. ^A58211 |
| Contents | The origins of the "political offense exception" in Sino-British extradition -- The debate over judicial torture and the failure of extradition -- Law and justice at the interstices of empires -- The invention of the "political offender" -- The rise of Guoshifan and the Qing's Penal Code reform -- Republican China's quest for judicial sovereignty and the criminalization of communism -- Glossary. |
| Abstract | ""This book offers a highly compelling account of how struggles over fugitives, political crimes, and extradition shaped China's contested path to legal and political modernity from the 1860s through the 1930s"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-295) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Day, Jenny Huangfu, 1985- Transborder fugitives, extradition, and political crimes in modern China. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026 9781009456081 |
| ISBN | 9781009456036 |
| ISBN | 1009456032 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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