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- A Seventh Child and The Law
- Book
- 1998
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
This book talks about the description of the unique circumstances under which the author, as a matriculation student, was awarded a government scholarship to enter the University of Hong Kong in 1938, and consists of an accurate separate account of eight actual court cases handled by the author as Defence Counsel.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 3-4
- 1. Scholarship to England
- pp. 5-6
- 2. A Seventh Child
- pp. 7-9
- 4.The Fairy Tale of My Matriculation
- pp. 15-19
- 5. An Apology and Explanation
- pp. 21-22
- 6. Mystery Unravelled
- pp. 23-24
- 7. A Vintage Year
- pp. 25-27
- 8. The University of Hong Kong
- pp. 29-33
- 10. The War Years (Part One)
- pp. 43-51
- 11. The War Years (Part Two)
- pp. 53-60
- 13. A Very Merry Christmas
- pp. 69-70
- 14. Merton College Oxford
- pp. 71-77
- 15. Unique 1947 FriendshipTies
- pp. 79-82
- 16. Changes in the Wind
- pp. 83-86
- 17. A Crucial Decision
- pp. 87-91
- 18. Wrangling with Officialdom
- pp. 93-95
- 19. End of Oxford Sojourn
- pp. 97-100
- 20. Reading Law at Last
- pp. 101-103
- 21. Discipline Rewarded
- pp. 105-108
- 22. Leisurely Year of Pupillage
- pp. 109-112
- 23. Malayan Undertaking Contemplated
- pp. 113-115
- 24. Year of Mixed Fortune in Malaya
- pp. 117-121
- 25. First Chinese Crown Counsel
- pp. 123-128
- 27. My Family and the Bar
- pp. 135-137
- 28. The Institution of Silk
- pp. 139-144
- 29. Looking Ahead [Includes Image Plates]
- pp. 145-148
- Introduction
- p. 151
- 1. The Case of the Suicide Pact
- pp. 153-161
- 2.The Case of the Midnight Court
- pp. 163-174
- 6. The Case of the Ruptured Kidney
- pp. 203-218
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882202726
Related ISBN(s)
9789622094574
MARC Record
OCLC
652681898
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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