The common law in two voices
Subtitle: language, law, and the postcolonial dilemma of Hong Kong
By: Kwai Hang Ng.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804761642; 9780804761659
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenge of legal bilingualism in Hong Kong; title: Juridical formalism and the mechanism of legal rearticulation; title: English and Cantonese in colonial Hong Kong; title: English courtrooms in Hong Kong : the haven of formalism; title: Marshalling the legal boundaries : court interpreters and juridical formalism; title: The Cantonese courtrooms : formalism in flux; title: Language ideology and juridical formalism; title: Institutional adaptation to legal bilingualism; title: Conclusion : legal bilingualism and Hong Kong's postcolonial dilemma.