The Complete Court Cases of Magistrate Frederick Stewart: as Reported in The China Mail, July 1881 to March 1882 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789888228775)

-Useful for historians and students of colonial law and colonial administration, Hong Kong (China) legal and social history.-Carefully edited and annotated transcription of newspaper reports of magistrate's court cases at a particularly lively period in Hong Kong history, with analyses and background documentation of specific offences, detailed references to historical Ordinances, and a careful index.-Illuminates the interface and parallels between the establishment of a colonial education system and the introduction of colonial law. -Extends our knowledge and understanding of nineteenth century Hong Kong family and social life, law, policing, and court practice. Provides information about hundreds of individuals.-Throws additional light on the Irish Roman Catholic Governor of the time, John Pope Hennessy and the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, Frederick Stewart.

Author: Verner Courtenay Bickley, Ian Grant, Khemal Bokhary Jp
ISBN-10: 9888228773
ISBN-13: 9789888228775
Publisher: Proverse Hong Kong
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2021
Pages: 708
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.42d