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Author:   Carol A. G. Jones (University of Wolverhampton)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781107093379

ISBN 10:   1107093376
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   30 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the lie of the land; 1. Walls of law; 2. The transition: fears and fantasies; 3. Danger, death and disappearance; 4. The disappearance of Yu Man Hon; 5. Patrolling the walls of law; 6. The law wars – wayward children and the right of abode cases; 7. The law wars – the flag cases; 8. The law wars – Article 23 and the 1 July 2003 march; 9. The law wars – law as politics, politics as law; 10. The law wars – law and civil society; 11. The law wars – interpreting the law; 12. The culture wars – globalism, nationalism and localism; 13. The culture wars – creating the nation; 14. The culture wars – education and the cultivation of identity; 15. The culture wars – history, identity and the nostalgia boom; 16. The culture wars – freedom of the press; 17. Conclusion: lost and found.

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Carol Jones taught at universities in Hong Kong from 1990 to 2002, and remains involved academically there. She has written extensively about the role of law in Hong Kong's history and society, and she has a particular interest in how ideas about the law have shaped and been shaped by Hong Kong's colonial and postcolonial development.

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