| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 616 pages) |
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HKU Press law series |
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HKU Press law series.
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| Contents |
1. The acquisition of British sovereignty over Hong Kong -- 2. The resumption of sovereignty -- 3. China : the new sovereign -- 4. Sovereignty and autonomy : the framework of the basic law -- 5. Interpretation of the basic law -- 6. The economic system -- 7. The political and administrative system -- 8. The legal and judicial system -- 9. Sources of law -- 10. Rights, freedoms and social policies -- 11. International aspects of HKSAR -- 12. Reflections -- Appendixes. (1) Treaty of Nanking 1842 -- (2) Convention of Peking 1860 -- (3) Convention of Peking 1898 -- (4) Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984 -- (5) Basic law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and related NPC decisions -- (6) Decision on previous laws |
| Summary |
This is the first systematic analysis of the constitutional, legal, economic, social and political systems of Hong Kong as a special administrative region of China. It examines the Basic Law against its historical and socio-economic contexts, including its international and domestic foundations, and the loss and the resumption of sovereignty by China. The author offers a conceptualization of the Basic Law and locates it within China's constitutional, political and legal systems. The book explores the balance as well as the tensions between the autonomy of Hong Kong and the sovereignty of China, which are aggravated by the necessity to accommodate contrasting economic and political systems. It also identifies key legal and political problems that are likely to arise in implementing the Basic Law and suggests an approach to its interpretation |
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The Basic Law provides a fascinating example of the interaction of widely different traditions of law, politics and economy, and a novel system of autonomy. Its study is therefore of great interest to scholars of comparative law and politics. This new edition covers significant political, constitutional and legal developments since the transfer of sovereignty in July 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-599) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Constitutional law -- China -- Hong Kong
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Constitutional history -- China -- Hong Kong
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Constitutional history
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Constitutional law
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Politics and government
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Entkolonialisierung
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Verfassungsrecht
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Hong Kong.
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Constitutional law.
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Geschichte 1842-1997.
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| SUBJECT |
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government -- 1997- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005498
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Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010000
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China -- Hong Kong
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Hongkong
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789882201774 |
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9882201776 |
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