Common Law in Two Voices

Name: Common Law in Two Voices
Brand: Stanford University Press
SKU: 9780804761642
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Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong

Autor: Kwai Hang Ng

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Editura: Stanford University Press

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Hong Kong is one of the very few places in the world where the common law can be practiced in a lang...

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Autor

Kwai Hang Ng

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2009

Pagini

352

EAN

9780804761642

ISBN

0804761647

Enbook ID

04718665

Editura

Stanford University Press

Greutate

590

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 25

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Hong Kong is one of the very few places in the world where the common law can be practiced in a language other than English. Introduced into the courtroom over a decade ago, Cantonese has significantly altered the everyday working of the common law in China's most Westernized city. In "The Common Law in Two Voices", Ng explores how English and Cantonese respectively reinforce and undermine the practice of legal formalism. The first-ever ethnographic study of Hong Kong's unique legal system in the midst of social and political transition, this book provides important insights into the social nature of language and the work of institutions. Ng contends that the dilemma of legal bilingualism in Hong Kong is emblematic of the inherent tensions of postcolonial Hong Kong. Through the legal dramas presented in the book, readers will get a fresh look at the former British colony that is now searching for its identity within a powerful China.

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Common Law in Two Voices

Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong

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