Japanese Neutrality in the Nineteenth Century: International Law and Transcultural Process

Authors

  • Douglas Howland
    UW-Milwaukee

    Douglas Howland is David D. Buck Professor of Chinese History at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His main research interests include East Asian westernization, international law and state sovereignty in China and Japan, and liberalism and popular sovereignty in the nineteenth century.

An international and transcultural process, the history of Japanese neutrality in the nineteenth century is marked by changing ideas of the international laws of war and the rights of neutrals among the western powers.  The essay explores three points at which Japan's international history intersected with these developments in the meaning and practice of neutrality: the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the Sino-French conflict of 1884, and the Spanish-American War of 1898.  Japan's working out a position of neutrality turns out to be one of many international and shifting attempts to construct neutrality in the nineteenth century.
Published in Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010), 14-37
Date
2010-10-06
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2010.1.1927
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Japanese Neutrality in the Nineteenth Century: International Law and Transcultural Process. (2010). The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 1(1), 14-37. https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2010.1.1927
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Articles
Keywords:
neutrality, law, translation
Language:
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines:
History, Law, Cultural Studies
Published in Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010), 14-37
Date
2010-10-06
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2010.1.1927
URN
License

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  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

     
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  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
How to Cite
Japanese Neutrality in the Nineteenth Century: International Law and Transcultural Process. (2010). The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 1(1), 14-37. https://doi.org/10.11588/ts.2010.1.1927
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