Exterritoriality : the law relating to consular jurisdiction and to residence in oriental countries

Abstract

Includes index. ; General scheme of the Orders in Council. -- The principles on which the Orders in Council are based. -- Offences created by the Orders in Council. -- Special authorities of the Courts: Bankruptcy jurisdiction ; Coroner's inquests ; Admiralty jurisdiction ; Lunacy jurisdiction ; Divorce and matrimonial jurisdiction ; Probate jurisdiction ; Piracy. -- The effect of foreign jurisdiction on domicil. -- Note on "Protected persons" -- Naturalisation. -- Marriage. -- Divorce. -- Adoption. -- The effect of foreign jurisdiction on companies. -- Copyright, patents, and trade marks. -- Rights of legation. -- Contracts. -- Torts. -- Consular judgments. -- The abandonment of foreign jurisdiction. -- Appendix: Containing the Articles of the treaties now in force by which exterritorial privileges have been granted British subjects. ; Introduction. -- Note on the Terminology of the subject. -- The fundamental principles governing jurisdiction. -- Allegiance. -- Note on Extra-territorial legislation affecting ambassadors and consuls. -- Extension of principles to uncivilised countries -- theory of exterritoriality. -- The relation of Parliament to the Queen's foreign jurisdiction. -- The relation of the Courts to the Queen's foreign jurisdiction. -- Note on Extra-territorial legislation in general. -- Jurisdiction by sufferance. -- Most-favored nation treatment. -- The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, and the Applied Acts. -- The special forms of the jurisdiction. -- The jurisdiction as it affects foreigners. -- Note on Protectorates. -- The direct consequences of the Treaty Grant. ; Mode of access: Internet.