Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong

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Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong KongDESCRIPTION : We must have a procedure if we are going to hang anyone that is just, said Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott in 1909, on discovering that Chinese accused of murder were being denied interpretation in Hong Kongs courts. Due process, no matter how costly or inconvenient, was one of the penalties of empire, he declared. Penalties of Empire explores how judges, juries, and lawyers strove to deliver justice during the 150 years when the death

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2024 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States IMPRINT : Cider Mill Press Book Publishers LLC LANGUAGE : English AGE : Children / Juvenile PRODUCT FORM : Hardback DIMENSION : 184 mm x 133 mm

ISBN : 9780755500017 BY (AUTHOR) Brallier

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