Justice and International Law in Meiji Japan

This book carries out a comprehensive analysis of the María Luz incident from a legal perspective. While historians have written widely on the subject, the legal importance of this event has been relatively neglected. This book uses the case to explore the technical legal issues Japan was facing in its transition from pre-modernity to modernity.

Autorentext

Giorgio Fabio Colombo is Professor of Law at the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, where he is the Director of the Research Unit "Decolonizing Arbitration." He is also Visiting Professor of Japanese Law at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, and Resident Research fellow of the Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS).

Inhalt

Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Criminal Proceedings; 4. Civil Proceedings; 5. International Dispute Resolution and Arbitration; 6. Conclusions The legacy of the María Luz incident; Index