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Philip JACKS [1877-1941]

Submitted by rohanprice on Mon, 2016-10-24 17:57

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Jacks

Given:

Philip

Birth

Date:

1877-03-07

Birthplace (town, state):

Plymouth, Devon

Death

Date:

1941-05-18

Cause of death:

Natural

Other

Other reference:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Twentieth_Century_Impressions_of_Hongkong,_Shanghai,_and_other_Treaty_Ports_of_China.djvu/275

I am a legal historian who is interested in the relationships between British colonial property law and Chinese nationalism. I began my archival work on this topic in 2008-10 when I was a CityU of HK visiting professor in the School of Law teaching trusts and common law method. The role of Jacks as Land Officer in Hong Kong (1905-1935) fascinated me so much that it formed two chapters of my PhD thesis. <Read more ...>