Lost in China? : Law, Culture and Society in Post-1997 Hong Kong /
Rule of law is a core Hong Kong value, providing a defensive wall around the territory and protecting its way of life against 'mainlandisation'. Before the 1997 retrocession to China, fears were widespread that the rights and freedoms enjoyed under colonial rule would be eroded, that the r...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in law and society.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the lie of the land
- Walls of law
- Transitional fears and fantasies
- Danger, death and disappearance
- The disappearance of Yu Man-Hon
- Patrolling the walls of law
- The law wars: wayward children and the right of abode
- The law wars: the flag cases
- The law wars : article 23
- The law wars: law as politics, politics as law
- The law wars: law and civil society
- The law wars: interpreting the law
- The culture wars: globalism, nationalism and localism
- The culture wars: creating the nation
- The culture wars: education and the cultivation of identity
- The culture wars: history, identity and nostalgia
- The culture wars: freedom of the press
- Conclusion: lost and found.
