A magistrate's court in 19th century Hong Kong : Court in Time - 白潔蓮 Gillian Bickley [Editor] - 文宇宙｜Bookniverse

A magistrate's court in 19th century Hong Kong : Court in Time

白潔蓮 Gillian Bickley [Editor]

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2009/04

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Selected, edited court cases, transcribed from a nineteenth century newspaper. These are grouped with historical introductions according to those appearing in court -- sailors, soldiers, police, teachers, priests, prostitutes, kidnappers & traffickers in human beings, children, students, gamblers, informers, pirates -- and who were charged with a wide range of offences. *Gillian Bickley (contributor and editor),Verner Courtenay Bickley (contributor), Christopher Coghlan (contributor), Timothy Hamlett (contributor), Geoffrey Roper (Contributor), Garry Tallentire (contributor), Sir T.L. Yang (Preface writer)

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白潔蓮 Gillian Bickley [Editor]

Gillian Bickley has spent many years working with primary materials from 19th century history. She has also edited the works of others on similar topics. Verner Bickley, cross-cultural scholar and socio-linguist, former University Professor and former colonial education administrator, writes on differing perceptions of social reality in Dr Stewart's court. Christopher Coghlan, a Hong Kong barrister, offers thoughts about the practice of law in Hong Kong. Tim Hamlett, previously a working journalist, now a University Professor of Journalism, considers reporting the cases of Frederick Stewart. Geoffrey Roper, a retired Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force, analyses the police role in magistrate Frederick Stewart's court. Hong Kong magistrate, Garry Tallentire, compares the Hong Kong (Police) Magistrate of the 1880s and the 1990s. Gillian Bickley, Frederick Stewart's biographer, considers what sort of magistrate Frederick Stewart was and takes a new look at the notorious Hong Kong "Light and Pass" Rules. In his Preface, former Hong Kong Chief Justice, Sir T. L. Yang, gives a broadly historical perspective on the western legal system in Hong Kong.

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