The Common Law in Two Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong.

This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ng, Kwai Hang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Conduct of court proceedings > China > Hong Kong > Language.
Law > China > Hong Kong > Language.
English language > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Cantonese dialects > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Cantonais (Dialectes) > Aspect social > Chine > Hongkong.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW / Comparative
Cantonese dialects > Social aspects.
English language > Social aspects.
Law > Language.
China > Hong Kong.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Orthography and Transcription; A Note on Terminology; Part One
  • Understanding Law and Language in Hong Kong; 1 The Challenge of Legal Bilingualism in Hong Kong; 2 Juridical Formalism and the Mechanism of Legal Rearticulation; 3 The Practices of English and Cantonese in Colonial Hong Kong; Part Two
  • How Cantonese and English Work in the Courts; 4 English Courtrooms in Hong Kong: The Haven of Formalism; 5 Marshaling the Legal Boundaries: Court Interpreters and Juridical Formalism; 6 Cantonese Courtrooms: Formalism in Flux.
  • Part Three Legal Bilingualism and the Rule of Law7 Language Ideology and Legal Bilingualism; 8 Institutional Adaptation to Legal Bilingualism; 9 Legal Bilingualism and the Postcolonial Dilemma; Appendix: Methodology; List of Abbreviations; Notes; List of Cases Cited; Bibliography.

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