Author: Gillian BickleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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A Magistrate's Court in 19th Century Hong Kong
Author: Gillian BickleyA Magistrate's Court in 19th Century Hong Kong
Author: Gillian BickleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9789881772459
Category : Criminal courts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Magistrate's Court in Nineteenth Century Hong Kong
Author: Gillian BickleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9789888228294
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The Court Cases Reported in The China Mail of The Honourable Frederick Stewart, MA, LLD, Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, Head of the Permanent Hong Kong Civil Service & Nineteenth Century Hong Kong Police Magistrate. Modern Commentary & Background Essays with Selected Themed Transcripts. With additional discussion of "The Opium Ordinance." 2005 edition with new material. "The book has an interesting contribution on English journalism in Hong Kong at the time. The cases deal with incidents ranging from the abduction and sale of young girls for prostitution (something that still happens elsewhere in Asia) to the snatching on the street of women's ear-rings. Behind this book lies a controversy between those who think that, in Jan Morris's words, 'On the whole, with many lapses and exceptions, British government in Hong Kong [was] good government, ' and those who believe that 'the early modern state had to resort to violent and exemplary punishment to demonstrate [its] monopoly of authority' [Samson Chan, in an unpublished UK doctoral thesis quoted here]. In this stand-off, Bickley, a Hong Kong poet and academic of long standing, is on the whole on the pro-British side. Her lengthy introduction, however, is a masterly and impartial survey of her subject-matter. - Bradley Winterton, Taipei Times. "The contributors have written with insight and understanding . . . a most readable book." - Sir T. L. Yang.
The Complete Court Cases of Magistrate Frederick Stewart: as Reported in "The China Mail", July 1881 to March 1882
Author: Verner Courtenay BickleyPublisher: Proverse Hong Kong
ISBN: 9789888228775
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
-Useful for historians and students of colonial law and colonial administration, Hong Kong (China) legal and social history.-Carefully edited and annotated transcription of newspaper reports of magistrate's court cases at a particularly lively period in Hong Kong history, with analyses and background documentation of specific offences, detailed references to historical Ordinances, and a careful index.-Illuminates the interface and parallels between the establishment of a colonial education system and the introduction of colonial law. -Extends our knowledge and understanding of nineteenth century Hong Kong family and social life, law, policing, and court practice. Provides information about hundreds of individuals.-Throws additional light on the Irish Roman Catholic Governor of the time, John Pope Hennessy and the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, Frederick Stewart.
Magistrate's Court in Nineteenth Century Hong
Author: English Law, the Legal Profession, and Colonialism
Author: Cerian GriffithsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000969231
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Modern legal history is increasingly interested in exploring the development of legal systems from novel and nuanced approaches. This edited collection harnesses the lesser-researched perspectives of the impact of global and imperial factors on the development of law. It is argued that to better understand these timely discussions, we must understand the process and significance of colonisation itself. The volume brings together experts in the field of law and history to explore the ways in which law and lawyers contributed to the expansion of the British Empire, and the ways in which the Empire influenced the Metropole. The book sheds new light on the role of the law and legal actors during the pivotal centuries that saw the establishment of the Empire. Exploring such topics as Atlantic relations, the impact of British jurists upon Indian law, and the development of the law settler colonies, this collection reveals some of the lesser-known intersections between law, history, and empire. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in legal history, comparative history, equity and trusts, contract law, the legal profession, slavery, and the British Empire.
The history of the laws and courts of Hongkong, tracing consular jurisdiction in China and Japan and including parliamentary debates, and the rise, progress and successive changes in the various public institutions of the colony from the earliest period to the present time
Author: James William Norton-KyshePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Criminal Justice in Hong Kong
Author: Carol JonesPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1135390835
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Containing a wealth of archival material and statistical data on crime and criminal justice, Criminal Justice in Hong Kong presents a detailed evaluation of Hong Kong’s criminal justice system, both past and present. Exploring the justice system and the perceptions of popular culture, this book demonstrates how the current criminal justice system has been influenced and shaped over time by Hong Kong’s historical position between ‘East’ and ‘West’. Jones and Vagg’s examination of the justice system not only takes into account geographical changes, like the erection of the border with communist China in 1950 but also insists that any deep understanding of the current system requires a dialogue with the rich and complex narratives of Hong Kong’s history. It explores a range of questions, including: How were Hong Kong's criminal justice institutions and practices formed? What has been its experience of law and order? How has Hong Kong's status as between 'East' and 'West' affected its social, political and legal institutions? Careful and detailed, this analysis of one of the most economically successful, politically stable and safe yet frequently misrepresented cities, is a valuable addition to the bookshelves of all undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Asian law.
The Laws of Hongkong
Author: Hong KongThe Regulations of Hong Kong
Author: Hong KongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description