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Interpreting Hong Kong's Basic Law the struggle for coherence /

This book fills the gap in the understanding of approaches to constitutional law in the Mainland, and to allow comparison with the practices in Hong Kong and internationally.

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Main Authors: Fu, Hualing
Group Author: Harris, Lison.; Young, Simon.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Educational: Citizenship & social education > East Asia, Far East.
Non-Fiction - age level unknown.
People and Places.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230610361
Summary: This book fills the gap in the understanding of approaches to constitutional law in the Mainland, and to allow comparison with the practices in Hong Kong and internationally.
Item Description: Ebook.
Originally published in: 2008.
Carrier Form: 288 p.
ISBN: 9780230600416
9780230610361 :
0230610366 :
CLC: D921.94
Contents: Introduction * PART I: INTERPRETING HONG KONG'S BASIC LAW * Legislative History, Original Intent, and the Interpretation of the Basic Law - Simon NM Young * Embracing Universal Standards? The Role of International Human Rights Treaties in Hong Kong's Constitutional Jurisprudence - Carole J Petersen * Constitutionalism in the Shadow of the Common Law: The Dysfunctional Interpretive Politics of Article 8 of the Hong Kong Basic Law - Mike Dowdle * Interpreting Constitutionalism and Democratisation in Hong Kong - Michael Davis * Forcing the Dance: Interpreting the Hong Kong Basic Law - Robert Morris * PART II: CROSSING THE BORDER * One Term, Two Interpretations: The Justifications and the Future of Basic Law Interpretation - Lin Feng and PY Lo * Rethinking Judicial Reference: Barricades at the Gateway? - PY Lo * Formalism and Commitment in Hong Kong's Constitutional Development - Yu Xingzhong * PART III: LEGISLATIVE INTERPRETATION AND THE PRC CONSTITUTION * Legislative Interpretation by China's National People's Congress Standing Committee: a Power with Roots in the Stalinist Conception of Law - Sophia Woodman * Of Iron or Rubber? People's Deputies of Hong Kong to the National People's Congress - Fu Hualing and DW Choy * China's Constitutionalism - Lison Harris.

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