Lost in China? :: law, culture and society in post-1997 Hong Kong /: Carol A. G. Jones.

Name: Lost in China? : law, culture and society in post-1997 Hong Kong / Carol A. G. Jones.
ISBN: 9781316144916

Jones, Carol A. G.,

Lost in China? : law, culture and society in post-1997 Hong Kong / Carol A. G. Jones.

2015

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Jones, Carol A. G., author.

Title

Lost in China? : law, culture and society in post-1997 Hong Kong / Carol A. G. Jones.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Description

1 online resource (ix, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Series

Cambridge studies in law and society.

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Introduction : the lie of the land
Walls of law
Transitional fears and fantasies
Danger, death and disappearance
The disappearance of Yu Man-Hon
Patrolling the walls of law
The law wars : wayward children and the right of abode
The law wars : the flag cases
The law wars : article 23
The law wars : law as politics, politics as law
The law wars : law and civil society
The law wars : interpreting the law
The culture wars : globalism, nationalism and localism
The culture wars : creating the nation
The culture wars : education and the cultivation of identity
The culture wars : history, identity and nostalgia
The culture wars : freedom of the press
Conclusion lost and found.

Summary

Rule of law is a core Hong Kong value, providing a defensive wall around the territory and protecting its way of life against 'mainlandisation'. Before the 1997 retrocession to China, fears were widespread that the rights and freedoms enjoyed under colonial rule would be eroded, that the rule of law would be weakened and that corruption would increase. Soon, the first blows were struck against the rule of law via an NPCSC ruling which overturned the judgment of the Court of Final Appeal. Successive interventions by Beijing in Hong Kong's legal and political affairs have given rise to fears about the loss of the rule of law and loss of identity. These fears have subsequently provoked mass street demonstrations, including the 'Umbrella Revolution' of 2014. But, as this book shows, Hong Kongers also use less explicit arts of resistance to maintain their identity.

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English