Vol. 2 of 1972
INDEX OF CONTENTS
| EDITORIALS | |
| Appeals from magistrates | 129 |
| Chinese language and the law | 3 |
| Chit-funds | 133 |
| Crime | 6 |
| Cross-examination | 132 |
| Estimation of the length of trials | 253 |
| Judiciary | 3, 256 |
| June landslides | 249 |
| Labour courts | 4 |
| Legal aid and advice | 2 |
| Legal education | 1 |
| Magisterial ineptitude | 254 |
| Pupillage and articles | 1 |
| Sentencing: white collar crime | 257 |
| Shorthand writers in the courts | 252 |
| Take-over bids | 258 |
| ARTICLES | |
| Distribution under the Intestates' Estates Ordinance 1971 - B S McElney | 135 |
| James William Norton-Kyshe - Peter Wesley-Smith | 278 |
| Penal policy and crime rates: comments on the Hong Kong experience - H J Lethbridge | 54 |
| Self-employment in the building industry - John Rear | 150 |
| The application and interpretation of the on tVienna Conventionhe Law of Treaties - G G Lawrie | 261 |
| The legal system of Thailand - R H Hickling | 8 |
| The pearl and the golden thread: the proof of negative averments - R J Faulkner | 169, 294 |
| BUSINESS LAW | |
| Chit-fund companies or ngan wuis | 77 |
| Estimated tax assessments | 69 |
| Exclusive sales agreements | 194 |
| CASE COMMENTARIES | |
| Actuarial assessment of damages | 204 |
| Hire and reward: more about pak pais and precedent | 216 |
| Sentencing in child labour cases | 92 |
| Stare decisis in the House of Lords | 209 |
| The legal relationship between the Government and its servants | 84 |
| NOTES OF CASES | |
| Bankruptcy - rescission of receiving order - resolution that debtor be not adjudged bankrupt |
313 315 |
| Contract - work and materials |
317 |
| Criminal law - gambling - murder |
102 104 |
| Evidence - admissibility of previous statement of "hostile" witness - standard of proof |
318 105 |
| Husband and wife - divorce agreement and duress |
222 |
| Infants - adoption |
106 |
| Landlord and tenant - exclusion - rent restriction |
224 226, 227 |
| Practice and procedure - appeal - company incorporated outside Hong Kong - criminal procedure |
319, 321 229 108, 110, 231, 232 |
| Road traffic - breach of provisional licence |
233 |
| Sale of goods - breach of contract |
322 |
| STATUTES | |
| Application of English Law (Amendment) Ordinance 1971 | 116 |
| Immigration Ordinance 1971 | 360 |
| Labour Tribunal Ordinance 1972 | 325 |
| Law Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 1971 | 236 |
| Legitimacy Ordinance 1971 and Affiliation Proceedings Ordinance 1971 | 348 |
| LETTERS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS | |
| Notes on some recent Malaysian legislation | 371 |
| REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| Cooper and Cridlan, Law and Procedure of the Stock Exchange | 381 |
| Hopkins (ed.), Hong Kong: The Industrial Colony | 121 |
| Meijer, Marriage Law and Policy in the Chinese People's Republic | 246 |
| Norman, How to Cure Drug Addicts | 247 |
| Norton-Kyshe, The History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong | 379 |
| Suffian, Malaysia: An Introduction to the Constitution of Malaysia | 376 |
| Third Report of the Chinese Language Committee | 123 |
| Thomas, Principles of Sentencing | 122 |
| CORRESPONDENCE | |
| D. R. Boy: Uncorroborated confessions: instructions to prosecutors | 382 |
| Charles J. Olliffe: Romanisation of Chinese | 127 |
| H. N. Owen: Griggs v. Griggs | 126 |