Assignments
Final writing assignment: 700 to 800-word story on a legal trend. Please give idea by April 26. Story due: May 3. (Can accept as of Monday, May 7)
Peter: lawyers pay
Juliet: pregnant mainland mothers and the law
Tamara: race discrimination legislation
Margaret: multiple jurisdiction issues
Adrian: copyright
Sky: archival laws
Tracy: Articles 23/45
Christina: Expanding use of Chinese in HK’s courts
Fay: How one city (Shanghai) is attempting to control violations of copyright piracy law
Yarson: Contempt of court on the mainland
Joyce: the debate over the legalization of homosexual marriages
Xiaoyi: A look at PRC officials who come to HKU for legal training
Ann: the afternmath of HK’s no-smoking legislation
Assignment #4: Write a 500-word news story based on talk of Justice Michael Hartmann. Due Tuesday, April 10.
Assignment #3: Write a 500-word news story based on cases heard in Magistrates Court. Due Monday, April 2.
Assignment #2:
Read through two days of coverage (March 22 and 23) of the proceedings in Coroner’s court and do a comparative analysis of how different newspapers have covered the same testimony and evidence presented. To be done in teams of two and three. Please submit on Coroner’s Inquest blog. To be safe in our comments, we’ll continue to use the password-protected blog.
Tamara, Peter and Sky: Standard, South China Morning Post and Sing Tao
Tracy, Ann and Adrian: SCMP, Apple Daily and Ming Pao
Christina and Xiaoyi: The Sun and Ta Kung Pao
Yarson, Fay and Margaret: Oriental, Apple Daily and The Standard
Juliet, Joyce and Ting: Apple Daily, Wen Wei Po, Ta Kung Pao
Assignment #1: Between March 8 and the next class on March 22, attend in teams of 2 or 3 the inquest currently ongoing at the Coroner’s Court.
Sign up sheet:
Tuesday, March 13: Tracy Ho, Ann Choy and Adrian Ho
Wednesday, March 14: Shao Xiaoyi, Yang Yingyan, Qi Yizhi, Wang Fei
Thursday, March 15: Ye Han, Wang Yangbo, Du Ting
Tuesday, March 20: Sky Canaves
Wednesday, March 21: Peter McGarrity, Tamara deGuzman
