"if i lie, i tell you, may heaven and earth destroy me." language and legal consciousness in Hong Kong bilingual common law

Law and Society Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-404

  Ng, Kwai Hang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67649516566     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2009.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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