Trade, Law, and Empire: The French Canton Consulate, 1776–1786

Juliette Françoise

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The French Canton Consulate, 1776–1786

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Page Range:: 297–316

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004755192-017

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Abstract

In the second half of the eighteenth century, the French Crown maintained, for a brief period of ten years, a consul in Canton which officially held exclusive jurisdictional and judicial authority over the local French mercantile community despite no formal recognition from China. This research demonstrates that the consular court operated as an inter-French arbitration platform that investigated litigation about intra-imperial maritime ventures. It was, therefore, a piece of the French imperial legal order as it was connected, through cases, to other French jurisdictions. Further, the Crown’s imperial strategy aimed to protect the nation’s China trade since it was a key stake in inter-European imperial competition. By depicting this micro case study as a matter of intra-empire legal ordering and inter-European competition for long-distance commodity trade, I illustrate how trade and law were two – tied together – components of early modern European overseas empires’ formation.

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Consular Jurisdiction

On the History of the Judicial Functions of Consulates (12th–20th Century)

丛编： Legal History Library, 卷： 83/30and Studies in the History of International Law, 卷： 83/30

ISBN:: 9789004755192

出版社:: Brill | Nijhoff

印刷出版日期:: 16 Apr 2026

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15 Trade, Law, and Empire

The French Canton Consulate, 1776–1786

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