INTRO OF A BILINGUAL LEGAL SYS
INTRO OF A BILINGUAL LEGAL SYS

Author: Chung Alan Tse

Publisher: Open Dissertation Press

Published: 2017-01-27

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9781374765177

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This dissertation, "The Introduction of a Bilingual Legal System in Hong Kong: Cross-cultural and Cross-linguistic Views on Transferability and Translatability" by Chung, Alan, Tse, 謝聰, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3123619 Subjects: Common law - China - Hong Kong - Translating Law - China - Hong Kong - Language Bilingualism - China - Hong Kong

Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong
Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong

Author: Clara Ho-yan Chan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-06-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0429812167

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Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong presents a systematic account from a cross-disciplinary perspective of the activities of legal translation and bilingual law drafting in the bilingual international city of Hong Kong and its interaction with Mainland China and Taiwan in the use of legal terminology. The study mainly examines the challenges posed to English-Chinese translation in the past three decades by elaborate drafting and terminological equivalence, and offers educational and research solutions. Its primary goals are to create legal Chinese that naturally accommodates common law concepts and statutes from the English legal system and to reconcile Chinese legal terms from the different legal systems adopted by Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan. The new directions in legal translation and bilingual law drafting in Hong Kong will have implications for other Chinese regions and for the world. The book is intended for scholars, researchers, teachers and students of legal translation and legal linguistics, legal translators, lawyers and legal practitioners who are engaged in translation, as well as all persons who are interested in legal language and legal translation.

An Introduction to the Hong Kong Legal System
An Introduction to the Hong Kong Legal System

Author: Peter Wesley-Smith

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13:

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Providing an overview of the Hong Kong legal system and constitution, this monograph is the first concise and comprehensive guide to such topics as the process of legislative law-making in Hong Kong, imported law, literary sources, court structure, the interpretation of statutes, and legal personnel and institutions.

The Common Law in Two Voices
The Common Law in Two Voices

Author: Kwai Hang Ng

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2009-07-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0804772355

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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.

The Hong Kong Legal System
The Hong Kong Legal System

Author: Stefan H. C. Lo

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1108721826

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Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.

The Common Law System in Chinese Context
The Common Law System in Chinese Context

Author: Berry Fong-Chung Hsu

Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780873328456

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The future of the Common Law judicial system in Hong Kong depends on the perceptions of it by Hong Kong's Chinese population, judicial developments prior to July 1, 1997, when Hong Kong passes from British to Chinese control, and the Basic Law. These critical issues are addressed in this book.

Language and Law
Language and Law

Author: Alan Durant

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 131543623X

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Language plays an essential role both in creating law and in governing its implementation. Providing an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this subject, Language and Law: describes the different registers and genres that make up spoken and written legal language and how they develop over time; analyses real-life examples drawn from court cases from different parts of the world, illustrating the varieties of English used in the courtroom by speakers occupying different roles; addresses the challenges presented to our notions of law and regulation by online communication; discusses the complex role of translation in bilingual and multilingual jurisdictions, including Hong Kong and Canada; and provides readings from key scholars in the discipline, including Lawrence Solan, Peter Goodrich, Marianne Constable, David Mellinkoff, and Chris Heffer. With a wide range of activities throughout, this accessible textbook is essential reading for anyone studying language and law or forensic linguistics. Sections A, B, and C of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315436258