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Title
Paths of justice / Johannes M. M. Chan.
Published
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Call Number
KNQ9308 .C485 2018
Former Call Number
Ch.HK 300 C36 2018
ISBN
9789888455935 (hardback)
9888455931 (hardback)
9789888455942 (paperback)
988845594X (paperback)
9888455931 (hardback)
9789888455942 (paperback)
988845594X (paperback)
Description
xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1043672201
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Preface
ix
I.
Joining the Legal Profession
1.
Town and gown
3
II.
Professionalism and Professional Privilege
2.
In memory of Mr Justice Charles Ching: One of the best advocates of our times
23
3.
clarification that did not clarify anything
30
III.
Public Interest: Whose Interests?
4.
David v Goliath: Reclamation of Victoria Harbour
37
5.
most misunderstood case: The Zhuhai Bridge case
51
6.
Defending an unpopular cause: The social welfare case
55
7.
story of Eva: The foreign domestic helper case
67
8.
Big brother is watching: Covert surveillance
77
IV.
Equality before the Law: Law for the Rich and the Resourceful?
9.
Westies
85
10.
rich, the poor, and the sandwiched: Pro bono legal service
89
V.
Presumption of Innocence
11.
Sham Shui Po drug addicts case
99
12.
best interest of the client: The MTR case
108
13.
confession that came too late
112
14.
Disturbing the past and paralysing the future
115
VI.
Fairness in Public Administration: What a Mess!
15.
Right to legal representation
123
16.
three sisters
130
17.
duty to give reasons
135
VII.
Labyrinth of Legal Process and Civil Justice Reform
18.
Justice delayed is justice denied
143
19.
Vexatious litigants
147
VIII.
Free Speech
20.
Human rights are not absolute: A right to defame?
153
21.
`I do not report the matter to him': The paparazzi case
159
IX.
Fair Hearing and Personal Liberty
22.
Trial observers and humanitarian missions
177
23.
Liberty of the person
181
X.
Law and Politics
24.
whole is more than the sum of its parts: The Shen Yun case
189
25.
mysterious case of the missing documents
195
26.
My trip to Macau
212
XI.
When the Law Is Absurd
27.
Could we shoot the red light?
221
28.
Lets kill all the lawyers! When is a pigeon not a pigeon?
225
XII.
Law and Moral Choices
29.
Whose life is it anyway?
231
30.
When a woman is not a woman: The transgender case
237
Index
245
About the author
251