Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. A note on orthography and transcription xvii
6. A note on terminology xxi
7. Part one. Understanding law and language in Hong Kong
8. Chapter 1. The challenge of legal bilingualism in hong kong 3
9. Chapter 2. Juridical formalism and the mechanism of legal rearticulation 33
10. Chapter 3. The practices of English and Cantonese in colonial hong kong 50
11. Part two. How Cantonese and English work in the courts
12. Chapter 4. English courtrooms in hong kong: the haven of formalism 79
13. Chapter 5. Marshaling the legal boundaries: court interpreters and juridical formalism 120
14. Chapter 6. Cantonese courtrooms: formalism in flux 163
15. Part three. Legal bilingualism and the rule of law
16. Chapter 7. Language ideology and legal bilingualism 203
17. Chapter 8. Institutional adaptation to legal bilingualism 235
18. Chapter 9. Legal bilingualism and the postcolonial dilemma 254
19. Appendix. Methodology 273
20. Abbreviations 281
21. Notes 283
22. Cases cited 301
23. Bibliography 303
24. Index 319