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Ngs the common law in two voices is an illuminating comparative study of legal practice in the courthouses of a hong kong undergoing rapid change its focus is on the parallel legal worlds of cantonese and english speaking courtrooms and it is elegant and lucid in its weaving together of complex socio legal socio linguistic ethnographic . Hong kong is one of the very few places in the world where the common law can be practiced in a language other than english introduced into the courtroom over a decade ago cantonese has significantly altered the everyday working of the common law in chinas most westernized city. Request pdf the common law in two voices language law and the postcolonial dilemma in hong kong hong kong is one of the very few places in the world where the common law can be practiced in . The common law in two voices language law and the postcolonial dilemma in hong kongby kwai hang ngstanford calif stanford university press 2009 2495. The common law in two voices language law and the post colonial predicament in hong kong this matters because postcolonial hong kong is trying delicately to integrate itself with china a one party authoritarian civil law like state while keeping its british common law heritage of independent courts and the rule of law chapters 1