上海美国法院

上海美国法院，全称美国中国事务法院（The U.S. Court for China）是美国在20世纪于上海设立的法院。1844年美国同清朝政府签订了《中美望厦条约》，从此美国拥有了在中国的“治外法权”。1906年6月30日，美国国会通过法案，决定在上海设立法院，配备职业司法人员处理美国公民在中国地区的法律纠纷和刑事案件。

上海美国法院相当于联邦法院，上诉属于旧金山的美国第九巡回上诉法院，终审于美国联邦最高法院。1943年，美国撤销了上海美国法院。

上海美國法院法官

Two individuals were also appointed Special Judges of the Court to try cases when the Judge was not available.  They were:

 Nelson Lurton (1938 and 1941)
 Bertrand E Johnson (1943)

上海美國法院專員
 1918–1920: Nelson Erroll Lurton (1883–1956)
 1920–1923: Ferno J. Schul (1889-??)
 1923–1928: Nelson Erroll Lurton (1883-1956)
 1928–1933: Alexander Krisel (1890–1983)
 1934-1937: William T. Collins (ex-officio as Clerk of the Court)
 1937–1941: Nelson Errol Lurton (1883-1956)

著名律師
下列是部分知名的、獲准在上海美國法院執業的律师：

参见
英国在华最高法院

参考资料

参考文献

杨寅，鲜知、遗忘的上海美国法院，《读书》，2003年8月，p84-89，ISSN 02570270
   (Republished with annotations and Illustrations as: Shanghai Lawyer: The Memoirs of America's China Spy Master, Earnshaw Books, 2017)
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外部連結

立法
Act Creating the United States Court for China

偵查
Charges against Lebbeus R. Wilfley, Judge of the United States Court for China, and Petition for His Removal from Office
United States Court for China: Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs (HR)

美國國家檔案館檔案
Correspondence relating to and case files of the US Court for China (M862 Roll 80)
US Court for China case reports from 1907 (M862 Roll 81)
Correspondence relating to the US Court for China (M862 Roll 82)
Consular files relating to charges against Judge Wilfley and other correspondence (M862 Roll 83)
Consular files relating to charges against Judge Wilfley with numerous newspaper clippings and transcript of R v O’Shea and appointment of Rufus Thayer (M862 Roll 84)
Consular Files relating to US Court for China (up to p283) (M862 Roll 85)
General consular correspondence including cases before consular courts in China and prison escape in 1906 (pp213 et seq) (M862 Roll 92)
Correspondence relating to charges against Wilfley by Lorrin Andrews (up to page 232) (Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763 - 2002 Series: Numerical Files, 8/1906 - 1910 File Unit: Numerical File: 4769-4787)

上海公共租界法院
上海司法史
在上海的美國人
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清朝司法机构
清朝—美国关系
已废止的法庭
1906年中國建立
1943年中國廢除