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Kwai Hang Ng - The Common Law in Two Voices. Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong.  - 9780804761642 - V9780804761642
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The Common Law in Two Voices. Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong.

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Description for The Common Law in Two Voices. Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong. Hardback. This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; 2GDCC; JHB; LAFC; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.

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.

This 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804761642
SKU
V9780804761642
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Kwai Hang Ng
Kwai Hang Ng is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

Reviews for The Common Law in Two Voices. Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong.
"Ng's book is well researched, written, and argued . . . This thought-provoking book is highly recommended for libraries that collect sociology or Asian law monographs."—Roy L. Sturgeon, International Journal of Legal Information "[T]he importance and promise of this study makes it a useful and important book for those interested in the sociology of law, postcolonialism, or the political implications ... Read more

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