The Resource The Common Law in Two Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
The Common Law in Two Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
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- Summary
- This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Contents
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- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Orthography and Transcription; A Note on Terminology; Part One -- Understanding Law and Language in Hong Kong; 1 The Challenge of Legal Bilingualism in Hong Kong; 2 Juridical Formalism and the Mechanism of Legal Rearticulation; 3 The Practices of English and Cantonese in Colonial Hong Kong; Part Two -- How Cantonese and English Work in the Courts; 4 English Courtrooms in Hong Kong: The Haven of Formalism; 5 Marshaling the Legal Boundaries: Court Interpreters and Juridical Formalism; 6 Cantonese Courtrooms: Formalism in Flux
- Part Three Legal Bilingualism and the Rule of Law7 Language Ideology and Legal Bilingualism; 8 Institutional Adaptation to Legal Bilingualism; 9 Legal Bilingualism and the Postcolonial Dilemma; Appendix: Methodology; List of Abbreviations; Notes; List of Cases Cited; Bibliography
- Isbn
- 9780804772358
- Label
- The Common Law in Two Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
- Title
- The Common Law in Two Voices
- Title remainder
- Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
- Subject
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- Cantonese dialects -- Social aspects -- China | Hong Kong
- China -- Hong Kong
- Conduct of court proceedings -- China | Hong Kong -- Language
- Electronic books
- English language -- Social aspects
- Cantonese dialects -- Social aspects
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- LAW / Comparative
- Law -- China | Hong Kong -- Language
- Law -- Language
- English language -- Social aspects -- China | Hong Kong
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ng, Kwai Hang
- Dewey number
- 349.51
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- KNQ9335
- LC item number
- .N46 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Conduct of court proceedings
- Law
- English language
- Cantonese dialects
- LAW
- LAW / Comparative
- Cantonese dialects
- English language
- Law
- China
- Label
- The Common Law in Two Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Orthography and Transcription; A Note on Terminology; Part One -- Understanding Law and Language in Hong Kong; 1 The Challenge of Legal Bilingualism in Hong Kong; 2 Juridical Formalism and the Mechanism of Legal Rearticulation; 3 The Practices of English and Cantonese in Colonial Hong Kong; Part Two -- How Cantonese and English Work in the Courts; 4 English Courtrooms in Hong Kong: The Haven of Formalism; 5 Marshaling the Legal Boundaries: Court Interpreters and Juridical Formalism; 6 Cantonese Courtrooms: Formalism in Flux
- Part Three Legal Bilingualism and the Rule of Law7 Language Ideology and Legal Bilingualism; 8 Institutional Adaptation to Legal Bilingualism; 9 Legal Bilingualism and the Postcolonial Dilemma; Appendix: Methodology; List of Abbreviations; Notes; List of Cases Cited; Bibliography
- Control code
- 609855925
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780804772358
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvqrqb9b
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609855925
- Label
- The Common Law in Two Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Orthography and Transcription; A Note on Terminology; Part One -- Understanding Law and Language in Hong Kong; 1 The Challenge of Legal Bilingualism in Hong Kong; 2 Juridical Formalism and the Mechanism of Legal Rearticulation; 3 The Practices of English and Cantonese in Colonial Hong Kong; Part Two -- How Cantonese and English Work in the Courts; 4 English Courtrooms in Hong Kong: The Haven of Formalism; 5 Marshaling the Legal Boundaries: Court Interpreters and Juridical Formalism; 6 Cantonese Courtrooms: Formalism in Flux
- Part Three Legal Bilingualism and the Rule of Law7 Language Ideology and Legal Bilingualism; 8 Institutional Adaptation to Legal Bilingualism; 9 Legal Bilingualism and the Postcolonial Dilemma; Appendix: Methodology; List of Abbreviations; Notes; List of Cases Cited; Bibliography
- Control code
- 609855925
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780804772358
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvqrqb9b
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609855925
Subject
- Cantonese dialects -- Social aspects -- China | Hong Kong
- China -- Hong Kong
- Conduct of court proceedings -- China | Hong Kong -- Language
- Electronic books
- English language -- Social aspects
- Cantonese dialects -- Social aspects
- LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
- LAW / Comparative
- Law -- China | Hong Kong -- Language
- Law -- Language
- English language -- Social aspects -- China | Hong Kong
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