... Adler Patricia Adler Peter Beben Alyson Andrea SooHoo Sonya visibility ethnic culturally responsive schools Hue Ming tak British Hong Kong South Asians Minority Policy Equality Legal Rights Cultural histories Sociology Social Work In this chapter, we cover education and schooling...

... Morley David Caucasians Deleuze Gille Lo Kwai cheung Zizek Slavoj visibility ethnic Erni John Fraser Nancy Mainlanders politics of stranger relations May Stephen multiculturalism Law Lisa Malaysia United States Yeung Chun Hong Kong South Asians Minority Policy Equality Legal Rights...

... — He envisages a metamorphosis of its worldly practice into one that perhaps invests as much in professional training and public participation as it does in critique. critical legal theory Cultural Studies as anti establishment human rights philosophy anti foundational and Cultural Studies social...

...This chapter deals with the fundamental principles of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR's) legal system, which include the common law system, rule of law, judicial independence, and the protection of human rights. It explores the two new institutional arrangements that were...

...Based on the analysis of arbitration laws from different countries, this chapter points out textual, conceptual, and stylistic discrepancies that arise in the process of establishing closer harmonization in legal normative discourse at a global level. It argues that harmonization becomes...

...This volume is an attempt to address some legal discourse questions by contributing to the basic knowledge of legal language typically used in international commercial arbitration, and to suggest implications of this for legal practice, legal translation, and legal practitioner training...

...One of the most difficult aspects of legal translation is the issue of terminology. This chapter outlines some of the key terminological issues relevant for the translation of arbitration laws and procedures. It argues for a conceptual approach to terminology in legal translation which relies...

... Forces coming out femininity transgender transexual transvestite deviant deviance masculinity World Health Organization WHO Military Security Department illiberal pragmatics pragmatism cultural citizenship legal citizenship heteronormativity masculinity military In this chapter, I shall...

... Gurkhas Indian Chamber of Commerce Indian Partition 1947 Kneehans Ellen Kwok Siu tong Narain Kirti non governmental organizations Sautman Barry Sri Lankans Vaid K N White Barbara Sue People’s Republic of China Hong Kong South Asians Minority Policy Equality Legal Rights Cultural histories...

... canvas on which the character of ethnic minorities, their cultural heritage, and their behavior are framed. This framing, as we shall see, contains aspects of stereotyping and scapegoating. This chapter deals with media portrayals, and the next two chapters directly discuss discrimination (and the legal...

... MTR Mass Transit Railway Shanghai Shris Thal Bahadur Geron Kim Liu Michael inter ethnic interaction Mathews Gordon HKSAR Bach R Japanese Koreans Hong Kong South Asians Minority Policy Equality Legal Rights Cultural histories Sociology Social Work Ethnic businesses do not just...

...This chapter discusses the fundamental principles of the HKSAR's legal system, which include a common law system, rule of law, judicial independence, and the protection of human rights. It then examines two new institutional arrangements that were instituted after the political handover - the power...

...What exactly is legal about legal language? What happens to legal language when it is used across linguistic, national, socio-political, cultural, and legal systems? In what way is generic integrity of legal documents maintained in multilingual and multi-cultural contexts? What happens when...

... by assimilating traditional practices into a Western legal system. Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China explores land ownership in the New Territories, analysing over a hundred surviving land deeds from the late Ch'ing Dynasty to recent times, which are transcribed in full and translated into English...

... and political determinants, the cultural and social factors, and the institutional and legal viewpoints. This chapter attempts to look into the twenty-first century reforms in corporate governance, especially in the advent of corporate scandals. Also, focus is given to trends in modern research regarding...

... by the People's Republic. In addition, it illustrates how sustained efforts at legal reform also contributed to a much more open environment, despite many abuses of judicial independence and judicial administration. Thus, governance was far more open during the republican period than is usually accepted...

... Asians Minority Policy Equality Legal Rights Cultural histories Sociology Social Work Before probing into the situation of South Asians in Hong Kong, it is necessary to establish the diverse histories of South Asian settlement in the region. One common problem when studying the histories of EMs...

.... The chapter is devoted to a critical discussion of the provisions of the RDO. We shall attempt to strip away the often difficult legal jargon, so as to render the ordinance intelligible and usable by ethnic minorities and the organizations working with them. We shall also focus our attention on the efforts...

..., and recruitment and dismissal practices. Together with professional writers and law student interns, the wereda courts enhance the leverage of the Ethiopian workforce over Chinese managers. Lost legal battles frustrate the managers; the unconditional support of the authorities for the local...

... confrontation, and the volume of the economic interests at issue, and this was often reflected in the difficulties of its operation in practice. In that particular instance, Iran and the United States each appointed three arbitrators from their own countries. Since their national legal systems were as different...