Author: Keith HottenPublisher:
ISBN: 9789628972890
Category : Marriage law
Languages : en
Pages : 1015
Book Description
The Essential Statutes on Hong Kong Matrimonial Law and Procedure 2008/2009
Author: Keith HottenPublisher:
ISBN: 9789628972890
Category : Marriage law
Languages : en
Pages : 1015
Book Description
The Essential Statutes on Hong Kong Criminal Law and Procedure 2008/2009
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789628972883
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 813
Book Description
Language Choice in Postcolonial Law
Author: Richard PowellPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 981151173X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book discusses multilingual postcolonial common law, focusing on Malaysia’s efforts to shift the language of law from English to Malay, and weighing the pros and cons of planned language shift as a solution to language-based disadvantage before the law in jurisdictions where the majority of citizens lack proficiency in the traditional legal medium. Through analysis of legislation and policy documents, interviews with lawyers, law students and law lecturers, and observations of court proceedings and law lectures, the book reflects on what is entailed in changing the language of the law. It reviews the implications of societal bilingualism for postcolonial justice systems, and raises an important question for language planners to consider: if the language of the law is changed, what else about the law changes?
Community Care in Hong Kong
Author: Kar-wai TONGPublisher: City University of HK Press
ISBN: 9629372282
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Different global healthcare challenges bring threats to the healthcare system. Like other developed countries, Hong Kong is also focusing on how to manage the ageing population, how to meet the rising public expectations, and how to finance the ever increasing medical costs. Strengthening community care services may provide a way out for settling these concerns. Written by a team of renowned scholars and leading practitioners, this book aims at evaluating how different parties can assist in building up local community capacity to achieve sustainable health and wellness. The book is divided into three sections. The first section discusses the different roles and practices of specialised community care that contribute to the relative success of the healthcare system in Hong Kong. The second section makes use of various research practices to extrapolate future healthcare needs and practices in Hong Kong. And the last one addresses the values of health care which underlie the healthcare culture, structure and practice in Hong Kong over time. Apart from pointing out the limitation of the current system, this book will also discusses the future directions of the healthcare system in order to cope with the challenges in a changing society. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press 香港城市大學出版社出版
The Hong Kong Legal System
Author: Stefan H. C. LoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108721826
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.
Hong Kong Basic Law Handbook
Author: Michael RamsdenPublisher:
ISBN: 9789888590445
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 773
Book Description
The Imagined Juror
Author: Anna OffitPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479808547
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"If you ask a federal prosecutor to describe an average day at work, chances are you will not hear about a jury trial. Yet when prosecutors talk about how they do their jobs and what their jobs mean to them, jurors seem to be everywhere. It is the figure and role of this 'make-believe' or 'imagined' juror in the professional lives of prosecutors that is the subject of this book. Drawing on an extended ethnographic study of federal prosecutors, it explores this paradoxical feature of the federal legal landscape: though laypeople only infrequently participate in federal trials, make-believe jurors have an outsized presence in the decision-making and professional imagination of some of our most powerful legal actors. In their imagined jurors, prosecutors discover a critical resource for making sense of their ill-defined directives to seek justice and represent the United States. They also find a means of thinking of discussing mercy, acknowledging evolving community mores, and discovering themselves as moral actors rather than line attorneys carrying out supervisors' directives. Even in a period of infrequent jury trials, this book shows, the very existence of the jury system-and the possibility of facing a jury-use their discretion with reference to views of others. At the same time, it highlights the limitation of legal system where jurors are primarily imaginary, calling for reforms that would foster a more inclusive and effective American jury"--
Asian Courts in Context
Author: Jiunn-rong YehPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107066085
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
Analyzes courts in fourteen selected Asian jurisdictions to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive interdisciplinary book available.
Asia-Pacific Judiciaries
Author: H. P. LeePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107137721
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Explores judicial independence, integrity and impartiality in Asia-Pacific countries.
The Puppet Masters
Author: Emile van der Does de WilleboisPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821388967
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This report examines the use of these entities in nearly all cases of corruption. It builds upon case law, interviews with investigators, corporate registries and financial institutions and a 'mystery shopping' exercise to provide evidence of this criminal practice.