The common law in two voices: language, law, and the postcolonial dilemma in Hong Kong
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Main Author: Ng, Kwai Hang (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press c2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-317) and index
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 -- Marshalling the legal boundaries : court interpreters and juridical formalism -- The Cantonese courtrooms : formalism in flux -- Language ideology and legal bilingualism -- Institutional adaptation to legal bilingualism -- Legal bilingualism and Hong Kong's postcolonial dilemma
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 328 p.) 24 cm
ISBN:9780804761642
9780804761659

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