Oxford LibGuides: International law: origins & history: Japan

Japan

Suggested starting point: Chapter 20 of Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law

The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law by Simone Peter; Daniel Högger; Bardo Fassbender; Anne Peters
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 0199599750
Publication Date: 2013
Print copy in Bodleian Law Library at Internat 510 F249.5a; lending copy in Bodleian Social Science Library at KZ1242.OXF 2012
The Japanese interpretation of the "law of nations," 1854-1874 by Stern, John Peter, 1954-
Call Number: Bodleian Japanese Library
Publication Date: 1979
Grounds of Judgment : extraterritoriality and imperial power in nineteenth-century China and Japan by Pär Kristoffer Cassel
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0199792054
Publication Date: 2012
A print copy could be Requested from Closed Stacks if preferred.

CC : Colonial Cases portal
Free resource. Maintained by Macquarie University "This site is devoted to uncovering the hidden case law of the British empire's colonial and consular courts. The overall aim is to encourage the development of a comparative legal history of the British empire. The more we study the case law of the empire's courts, the more we see that it was characterised by a pluralist web of influence rather than one way traffic from London downwards" For some jurisdictions eg China & Japan you will find help with European and United States consular courts as well.
Bodleian Japanese Library (BJL)
The Bodleian Japanese Library (BJL) houses the University’s main research and teaching collection for Japanese studies. Please visit official website - via this link - for opening hours, services etc

In the 1850s, Japan reappeared on the international stage after two centuries of deliberate isolation (sakoku) as the result of US "gunboat diplomacy."
1854 Treaty of Kanagawa.(Japan & USA)
Treaties of Peace, Amity, and Commerce with USA, Britain, France, Holland, and Russia (collectively the Ansei treaties)