Bulletin No. 1, 2009

Intellectual Cross-currents   59 International Conference on Judicial Review W orld-renowned legal luminaries took judicial review to task in a ground-breaking conference from 10 to 12 December 2008 in Hong Kong. The conference was jointly hosted by the CUHK’s Faculty of Law and the Centre for Public Law of the University of Cambridge. The conference, entitled ‘Effective Judicial Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance’, attracted an outstanding array of speakers from jurisdictions across the world, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Israel, mainland China, New Zealand, South Africa, South America, the UK and the US. Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood A n international Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood was held at CUHK on 11 and 12 December 2008. The conference was organized by the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, and co-sponsored by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. A total of 183 attendees from 19 countries/regions and 70 institutions/organizations were represented. The conference was supported by CUHK’s Focused Investments Scheme and the Research Grants Council. Translation Conference T he University’s Department of Translation and t he Cent r e fo r Trans l a t i on and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Warwick, jointly organized the International Confe rence on Translat i on Studi e s and Translation between Chinese and English on 11 and 12 December 2008 at Esther Lee Building. The conference was sponsored by the University, Chung Chi College, and New Asia College.