Paths of justice / Johannes M. M. Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan, Johannes Man-mun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--China--Hong Kong--Philosophy.

Law.

Law--China--Hong Kong--Cases.

Jurisprudence--China--Hong Kong.

Jurisprudence.

Philosophy.

China--Hong Kong.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2018]

Contents:

I Joining the Legal Profession

1 Town and gown p. 3

II Professionalism and Professional Privilege

2 In memory of Mr Justice Charles Ching: One of the best advocates of our times p. 23

3 A clarification that did not clarity anything p. 30

III Public Interest: Whose Interests?

4 David v Goliath: Reclamation of Victoria Harbour p. 37

5 The most misunderstood case: The Zhuhai Bridge case p. 51

6 Defending an unpopular cause: The social welfare case p. 55

7 The story of Eva: The foreign domestic helper case p. 67

8 Big brother is watching: Covert surveillance p. 77

IV Equality before the Law: Law for the Rich and the Resourceful?

9 The Westies p. 85

10 The rich, the poor, and the sandwiched: Pro bono legal service p. 89

V Presumption of Innocence

11 The Sham Shui Po drug addicts case p. 99

12 The best interest of the client: The MTR case p. 108

13 A confession that came too late p. 112

14 Disturbing the past and paralysing the future p. 115

VI Fairness in Public Administration: What a Mess!

15 Right to legal representation p. 123

16 The three sisters p. 130

17 A duty to give reasons p. 135

VII The Labyrinth of Legal Process and Civil Justice Reform

18 Justice delayed is justice denied p. 143

19 Vexatious litigants p. 147

VIII Free Speech

20 Human rights are not absolute: A right to defame? p. 153

21 'I do not report the matter to him': The paparazzi case p. 159

IX Fair Hearing and Personal Liberty

22 Trial observers and humanitarian missions p. 177

23 Liberty of the person p. 181

X Law and Politics

24 The whole is more than the sum of its parts: The Shen Yun case p. 189

25 The mysterious case of the missing documents p. 195

26 My trip to Macau p. 212

XI When the Law Is Absurd

27 Could we shoot the red light? p. 221

28 Let's kill all the lawyers! When is a pigeon not a pigeon? p. 225

XII Law and Moral Choices

29 Whose life is it anyway? p. 231

30 When a woman is not a woman: The transgender case p. 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789888455935

9888455931

9789888455942

988845594X

OCLC:

1043672201