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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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230610361 |
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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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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
Carrier Form: | 288 p. |
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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. |