The Law relating to

Consular Jurisdiction

and to

Residence in Oriental Countries.

BY

FRANCIS TAYLOR PIGGOTT, M.A., LL.M.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW;

LATE LEGAL ADVISER TO THE JAPANESE CABINET.

LONDON:

WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

27, FLEET STREET.

1892.

territori

Note on Extra-territorial Legislation affecting Ambassadors and

Consuls

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III.

Extension of Principles to Uncivilised Countries-Theory of

Exterritoriality

IV.

The Relation of Parliament to the Queen's Foreign Jurisdiction

V.

The Relation of the Courts to the Queen's Foreign Jurisdiction

Note on Extra-territorial Legislation in general

Jurisdiction by Sufferance

VI.

Most-favoured Nation Treatment

VII.

The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, and the Applied Acts

VIII.

The Special Forms of the Jurisdiction

IX.

The Jurisdiction as it affects Foreigners

Note on Protectorates.

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X.

The Direct Consequences of the Treaty Grant

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XI.

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General Scheme of the Orders in Council.

XII.

The Principles on which the Orders in Council are based

XIII.

Offences created by the Orders in Council.

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Containing the Articles of the Treaties now in force by which exterritorial

privileges have been granted to British subjects.