西方资本-帝国主义强加给中国的治外法权、领事裁判权始自鸦片战争时期，几乎与近代中国整个历史相始终，对中华民族而言，治外法权意味着丧权辱国，毁弃人道，创巨痛深，教训深刻，莫此为甚。正因为如此，长期以来，学术界一直都在对其产生的根源、造成的危害、废除的过程与影响等进行探究，并出现了大量研究论著。本文在充分参考学术界已有研究成果、大量研讨相关文献资料的基础上，针对现有研究中的不足之外，以马克思主义唯物史观为指导，采用跨学科研究的方法，对近代中国治外法权、领事裁判权问题的源起、发展过程、各个不同时期中国为废除治外法权和领事裁判权所赖以成立的不平等条约以及列强在华特权最终废除的过程等，进行了较为系统的考察分析。第1章绪论部分主要介绍选题意义、相关学术史回顾、治外法权和领事裁判权等术语的界定、研究方法和可能的创新之处等。第2章讨论治外法权在近代中国的确立及演变，探析正在积极开拓海外市场的欧美各国为什么把治外法权当作其保护公民、臣民商业利益的一种手段、制度并最终演变成侵略近代中国政治经济文化的有力工具。第3章探析近代中国民事刑事案例中的治外法权。为了从更深层次分析治外法权的设立运行，本章列举了一系列具体案例，主要包括民事案件、刑事案件和特殊案件，进而揭示了外国在华治外法权的真正动机和目的。第4章考察治外法权在近代中国的撤废。随着中外矛盾的升级和案件频发，清政府及其后继者开始对治外法权带来的影响和严重后果，有了初步认识并开始寻找各种机会和方法，撤废危害日益加深的治外法权。创新点有三：一，虽然学术界关于近代中国治外法权的研究成果颇硕，但从历史学、国际法学、国际关系等某一单一学科进行研究的较多，研究治外法权、领事裁判权的兴起或废除的较多，从跨学科的角度对近代中国治外法权及相关问题的兴起、发展演变及其最终废除的全过程进行整体性考察的并不多见。二，本文突破了这种就中国论中国的局限，把近代中国治外法权和领事裁判权问题放到世界历史发展的大框架中去考察，从而更加开阔了研究视野，得出了更深入的认识。三，本文则透过具体案例的分析，揭示出西方列强在华设立享有治外法权的“美国在华法院”、“英国在华法院”、“会审公廨”等机构，其动机远非简单地保护其在华人员、享受治外法权那么简单，英美等西方国家在华设立此类机构，更深层的用意是诱使中国采用西方的司法乃至政治制度，达到“西化中国”的根本目的。
The extraterritoriality and Consular jurisdiction which the Western capitalism-imperialism imposed on China in the Opium War, almost effected the entire history of modern China.It means humiliating or destroy humanity.In order to explain the root causes,other hazards caused by the abolition of the process and to explore the impact a large number of research works appeared.Based on the full reference to the academic research results, a lot of research is insufficient.On the basis of the relevant literature,Marxist materialism,This paper using interdisciplinary research methods, systematic investigate and analyzed the modern origins, development process, different periods for the abolition of extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction established by inequality depend powers and privileges in China ,etc. The main part of the paper a total of four chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the major significance of the topic, definition, research methods and possible innovation on the research of extraterritorial consular jurisdiction and other terms. Chapter 2 discussed the means of extraterritoriality in the establishment and evolution of modern China, analyzed the reason of protecting citizens, subjects of commercial interests, and the system eventually evolved into a political, economic and cultural aggression in which the United States and Europe as its extraterritorial powerful tools against China in Modern Times. Chapter 3 analyzed the extraterritoriality in Modern Chinese Civil and Criminal Cases.This chapter contains a series of specific cases, including civil cases, criminal cases and special cases, and reveal real motives and purposes of the extraterritoriality in China. Chapter 4 investigated abolition of extraterritoriality in modern China. With upgrades conflicts between the Chinese and foreigner , the Qing dynasty and its successors began to have a preliminary understanding and to look for opportunities and methods to abolish the extraterritoriality. The main innovation of this paper are three items:Firstly,the interdisciplinary perspective.In contrast, the research which from an interdisciplinary perspective on the extraterritoriality and related issues, the evolution of its eventual abolition of the integrity of the whole process of investigation is rare, this study provides a larger space for the future.Secondly,the research emphasis on the imperialism imposed on China by the extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction in the past.This paper broke through this limitation , it brings Modern China into a big framework of world history , open research vision, we come to a deeper understanding.Thirdly, in this paper, through the analysis of specific cases, reveals the Western powers to establish extraterritorial ,such as "US court for China"" British court for China""associated house common pleas(ahcp)" .The motivation is far from to protect its people enjoy extraterritoriality .The deeper intention which The Western countries establish such institutions in China, is to induce China adopted western political and even judicial system, the fundamental purpose is to "westernize China" . In contrast ,previous studies paid little attention to it.
