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Book Title: The Common Law In Two Voices: Language, Law, And The Postcol...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Kwai Hang Ng
Publication Name: Common Law in TWO Voices : Language, Law, and the Postcolonial Dilemma in Hong Kong
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
