摘要： 美国最初以领事法庭为基本样式，意图寻求简单意义上国家对侨民的司法保护，但这并非其在华治外法权实践的全部。以改良领事法庭为目的而创设的，以西方职业法官模式建构的美国驻华法院，依托美国国会法案的特别授权、专任法官的遴选等，在司法实践中坚持以法律规则作为先导的基本理念，倡导依法定罪而非简单包庇、偏袒本国人的司法理念，成就了西方国家在华治外法权的另一重实践，同时也在某种程度上达成了法律帝国主义在东方推演的深层意图。这一进程，或可以一种司法模式的同质化来认定，但仍无法规避其以法治之外衣而行殖民之事的现实本质。

关键词: 美国驻华法院, 领事法庭, 治外法权, 法律帝国主义

Abstract: Consular court，the initial judicial institution of extraterritoriality，which aims to issue regulations for protecting the Americans who lived in China，could not demonstrate the entire practice and intention of extraterritoriality.As an amended mode，the United Stated Court for China，which constructed by the western professional judicial system and designed for reforming consular court system，makes an alternative mode of extraterritoriality and acts outstanding role among those western judicial institutions.According to congress special acts and professional judge，adhering to the basic principles of rule by law，and following the judicial philosophy of sentence depend on law rather than bias in favor of domestic，the practice of professional judiciary mode achieves an another success and contributes to the ideology of legal imperialism spread in the modern China.It may be considered as a homogenization of judicial mode which relies on the rule of law，however，it is impossible to evade the fact of colonization in law.

Key words: United States Court for China, Consular Court, Extraterritotiality, Legal Imperialism