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From its creation in the early twentieth-century, policymakers used the discourse of international law to legitimate Japan's empire. Although the Japanese state aggrandizers' reliance on this discourse did not create the imperial nation Japan would become, their fluent use of its terms inscribed Japan's claims as legal practice within Japan and abroad. Focusing on Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, Alexis Dudden gives long-needed attention to the intellectual history of the empire and brings to light presumptions of the twentieth century's so-called international system by describing its most powerful--and most often overlooked--member's engagement with that system. Early chapters describe the global atmosphere that declared Japan the legal ruler of Korea and frame the significance of the discourse of early twentieth-century international law and how its terms became Japanese. Dudden then brings together these discussions in her analysis of how Meiji leaders embedded this discourse into legal precedent for Japan, particularly in its relations with Korea. Remaining chapters explore the limits of these ''universal'' ideas and consider how the international arena measured Japan'

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Author

Alexis Dudden; Columbia University. Weatherhead East Asian Institute

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824831394

Category

history

Subjects

Law, Fiction, History

Rating

4.11 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14