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 kong kwai hang ng abstract 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 two voices language law and the postcolonial dilemma in hong kong by kwai hang ng stanford calif stanford university press 2009 2495. The common law in two voices language law and the postcolonial dilemma in hong kong by kwai hang ng stanford calif stanford university press 2009 2495. The common law in two voices consists primarily of three parts in nine chapters part one chapters 1 3 focuses on understanding law and language in hong kong it discusses the challenge of legal bilingualism juridical formalism and the mechanism of legal rearticulation and the practices of cantonese and english in colonial hong kong