TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese Tong as British trust
T2 - Institutional collisions and legal disputes in urban Hong Kong, 1860s-1980s
AU - Chung, Stephanie Po Yin
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - By the nineteenth century, with the advance of British colonial activities, British corporate laws had been transplanted to maritime Asia with varying degrees of vigour. In British Hong Kong, these laws often clashed with native customs. Through a reconstruction of the legal disputes found in urban Hong Kong, this paper discusses how British and Chinese business traditions interacted with each other during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Before assessing the historical implications and consequences of these legal decisions, this paper will also explore whether the Chinese institution of tong is compatible with British law in urban Hong Kong.
AB - By the nineteenth century, with the advance of British colonial activities, British corporate laws had been transplanted to maritime Asia with varying degrees of vigour. In British Hong Kong, these laws often clashed with native customs. Through a reconstruction of the legal disputes found in urban Hong Kong, this paper discusses how British and Chinese business traditions interacted with each other during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Before assessing the historical implications and consequences of these legal decisions, this paper will also explore whether the Chinese institution of tong is compatible with British law in urban Hong Kong.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0026749X0900016X
DO - 10.1017/S0026749X0900016X
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:78049283273
SN - 0026-749X
VL - 44
SP - 1409
EP - 1432
JO - Modern Asian Studies
JF - Modern Asian Studies
IS - 6
ER -