New Books in Law
Christopher Munn, "Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)
Mar 17, 2026
· 1h 10m
Who bore the burdens of empire? Christopher Munn's Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong (Hong Kong UP, 2025) explores how judges, juries, and lawyers strove to deliver justice during the 150 years when the death penalty was in force in Hong Kong. Nine main chapters focus on key capital trials in the first century of British rule. Among the cases are piracies, assassinations, and crimes of passion and desperation. These chapters describe the proceedings in court and …
Questo episodio non è stato ancora trascritto
Usa STT.ai per trascrivere questo episodio con AI. Ottieni un testo accurato con rilevamento altoparlanti, timestamp ed esportazione in più formati.
Rilevamento diffusori
Orari a livello di parola
Esporta come SRT, TXT, JSON