Christopher Munn
Historian and former Hong Kong administrative officer who researches colonial legal and social history; author of Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong and other works on Hong Kong under British rule.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 11min
Christopher Munn, "Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)
Christopher Munn, historian and former Hong Kong government officer, discusses capital trials across 150 years of colonial rule. He recounts dramatic cases like piracy and poisoning. He examines language barriers, racial categories, courtroom speech, debates over mercy, and how capital punishment shaped legal and political tensions in Hong Kong.
Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 11min
Christopher Munn, "Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)
Christopher Munn, historian and former Hong Kong administrative officer, probes capital trials under British rule. He discusses landmark cases from piracy to poisonings. He explores language barriers, racialized legal categories, gendered courtroom attitudes, public pressure on clemency, and how capital punishment shaped colonial governance and reform.
