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The Common Law in Two Voices - Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong (Paperback)
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The Common Law in Two Voices - Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong (Paperback)
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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 language and
the work of institutions. Ng contends that the dilemma of legal
bilingualism in Hong Kong is emblematic of the inherent tensions of
postcolonial Hong Kong. Through the legal dramas presented in the
book, readers will get a fresh look at the former British colony
that is now searching for its identity within a powerful China.
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