Interpreting Hong Kong’s Basic Law: The Struggle for Coherence

L Harris author S Young author H Fu author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:28th Jan '08

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On July 1, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated its tenth anniversary as a special administrative region of China.On July 1, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated its tenth anniversary as a special administrative region of China. It also marked the first decade of its unique constitutional order in which Hong Kong courts continue to apply and develop the common law but the power of final interpretation of the constitution lies with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. This book is a collection of chapters by leading constitutional law experts in Hong Kong who examine the interpretive issues and conflicts which have arisen since 1997. Intervention by China in constitutional interpretation has been restrained but each intervention has had significant political and jurisprudential impact. The authors give varied assessments of the struggle for interpretive coherence in the coming decade.

ISBN: 9781349369942

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265 pages

1st ed. 2007