The common law in two voices : language, law, and the postcolonial dilemma in Hong Kong / Kwai Hang Ng.
2009
KNQ9335 .N46 2009 (Mapit)
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The common law in two voices : language, law, and the postcolonial dilemma in Hong Kong / Kwai Hang Ng.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
xxiii, 328 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The challenge of legal bilingualism in Hong Kong
Juridical formalism and the mechanism of legal rearticulation
The practices of English and Cantonese in colonial Hong Kong
English courtrooms in Hong Kong : the haven of formalism
Marshaling the legal boundaries : court interpreters and juridical formalism
Cantonese courtrooms : formalism in flux
Language ideology and legal bilingualism
Institutional adaptation to legal bilingualism
Legal bilingualism and the postcolonial dilemma.
Juridical formalism and the mechanism of legal rearticulation
The practices of English and Cantonese in colonial Hong Kong
English courtrooms in Hong Kong : the haven of formalism
Marshaling the legal boundaries : court interpreters and juridical formalism
Cantonese courtrooms : formalism in flux
Language ideology and legal bilingualism
Institutional adaptation to legal bilingualism
Legal bilingualism and the postcolonial dilemma.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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BSR
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KNQ9335 .N46 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780804761642 cloth alkaline paper
0804761647 cloth alkaline paper
9780804761659 paperback alkaline paper
0804761655 paperback alkaline paper
0804761647 cloth alkaline paper
9780804761659 paperback alkaline paper
0804761655 paperback alkaline paper
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