The transplantation of western international law in Republican China

• Main Author: HSIEH, Pasha L.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: China Law of nations; International law; Legal profession; Shanghai Mixed Court; Asian Studies; Transnational Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1937; https://search.library.smu.edu.sg/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9789811019951&context=PC&vid=65SMU_INST:SMU_NUI&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Legal%20Thoughts%20between%20the%20East%20and%20the%20West%20in%20the%20Multilevel%20Legal%20Order&offset=0
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This chapter analyzes the evolution of “Western” international law as an intellectual and professional discipline in Republican China. It argues that statism and pragmatism define the major features of the Republic of China’s approach to the reception of international law. These characteristics tran...