Kwai Hang Ng is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.
Co-Winner of the the 2010 Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the ASA Sociology of Law Section.
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.
發表於2024-09-07
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評分刷faculty的書,這次輪到Kwai的博士論文。文筆很精彩,田野和采訪梳理也很細緻。不過總體上和原來在文學係裏做的事情差不多。
評分刷faculty的書,這次輪到Kwai的博士論文。文筆很精彩,田野和采訪梳理也很細緻。不過總體上和原來在文學係裏做的事情差不多。
評分刷faculty的書,這次輪到Kwai的博士論文。文筆很精彩,田野和采訪梳理也很細緻。不過總體上和原來在文學係裏做的事情差不多。
The Common Law in Two Voices 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載