Introduction : the lie of the land
Walls of law
Transitional fears and fantasies
Danger, death and disappearance
The disappearance of Yu Man-Hon
Patrolling the walls of law
The law wars : wayward children and the right of abode
The law wars : the flag cases
The law wars : article 23
The law wars : law as politics, politics as law
The law wars : law and civil society
The law wars : interpreting the law
The culture wars : globalism, nationalism and localism
The culture wars : creating the nation
The culture wars : education and the cultivation of identity
The culture wars : history, identity and nostalgia
The culture wars : freedom of the press
Conclusion lost and found.