The Common Law in Two Voices: Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong

by Kwai Hang Ng

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804761655
• ISBN13: 9780804761659
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"