This book reviews the political development of Hong Kong before and after 1997, in
particular the evolution of state-society relations in the last two decades, to analyze the slow …

Changing English examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the
present day. It focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of …

One way to tackle triad societies is through effective legislation. The present article first
describes and reviews the legislation dealing with triad activities in Hong Kong–The …

Drawing on archival materials, Michael Ng challenges the widely accepted narrative that
freedom of expression in Hong Kong is a legacy of British rule of law. Demonstrating that the …

The language of Chinese secret societies (“triads”) in Hong Kong can be studied by relating
triad language to anti-languages, to taboo language, and to the status of the vernacular in …

Regional inter-governmental human rights organizations have been in operation for
sometime in Europe, the Americas and Africa. These regional human rights mechanisms …

At independence in 1966 Botswana, like most former British colonies, adopted a
Constitution which included a Bill of Rights. Whilst this tried to reconcile the needs of …

Following the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, it appears that the'high degree of
autonomy'promised to Hong Kong is limited in many ways. China's reservations about the …

表达自由是自由社会的人们享有的一项带有普遍性的, 根本性的权利, 通常表现为宪法或法律
规定的权利. 鉴于各国政治和法律体制以及文化环境之不同, 人们享有该项权利的普遍性和充分 …

ABSTRACT Since the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984 and the British
colony ofHong Kong began to prepare herselffor reunification with China in 1997, there …