Theoretical Validity and Empirical Utility of a Constructionist Analytics

Wing-Chung Ho offers an extensive critique of what he calls our “radical constructionist approach to family experience,” questioning the theoretical validity and empirical utility of the research program. This article responds to the charges in the broader context of the program\u27s constructionist analytics, discussing family\u27s experiential location, organizational embeddedness, and the importance of ethnographic sensibility. A brief extract of situated talk and interaction is presented to illustrate the discursive complexity and institutional bearings of family as a category of experience. The conclusion takes up the issue of whether the program is radical in conceptualization and empirical realization

Contract Damages and Investment Dynamics

The present article provides an economic analysis to examine how contract damages affects both breach and investment decisions over time. Unlike the standard static model, this article studies a model in which, upon signing a contract, a seller invests over two periods, and a buyer may breach at the end of each period. The dynamic structure of the model allows us to investigate investment dynamics under alternative contract damages. First, under expectation damages, the seller has an incentive to invest only in the first period (front-loading of investment). Second, under reliance damages, a similar front-loading of investment occurs, and the degree of front-loading is excessive relative to the expectation damages. Third, under restitution damages, the seller has an incentive to invest only in the second period. We also examine efficiency properties of new hybrid measures of damages in which damages depend on the timing of breach.Contract Damages, Investment Dynamics

Conference on immigration law and policies.

Conference held on 24 February 2001 (Saturday) in Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex, University of Hong Kong.Caption title.published_or_final_versionStrugging with the right to family life Athena Liu Liu, AthenaIntegration or segregation : the political attitude of new arrivals Robert Chung Chung, RobertHousing and welfare services for new arrivals from China : inclusion or exclusion? Ernest Chui Chui, ErnestImmigration and health care Chow Chun Bong Chow, Chun- bongQuota system and one way permit Ho Hei Wah Ho, Hei-wahDiscretion and immigration control Philip Dykes SC Dykes, Philip S. C.Immigration law and discretionary powers T K Lai Lai, T. K.Inherent contradictions and inconsistencies in the Immigration Ordinance S H Kwok Kwok, S. H.Due process and aliens Paul Harris Harris, PaulThe cultural politics of mainland Chinese migration to Hong Kong Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce Kuah-Pearce, Khun En