Hong Kong's New Constitutional Order: The Resumption of Chinese Sovereignty and the Basic Law (2nd Edition)

Author: Yash Ghai
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622094635
Published In: January 1999
Format: Paperback , 636 pages
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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.

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.

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
Table of Cases

Chapter One The Acquisition of British Sovereignty Over Hong Kong
Chapter Two The Resumption of Sovereignty
Chapter Three China: The New Sovereign
Chapter Four Sovereignty and Autonomy: The Framework of the Basic Law
Chapter Five Interpretation of the Basic Law
Chapter Six The Economic System
Chapter Seven The Political and Administrative System
Chapter Eight The Legal and Judicial System
Chapter Nine Sources of Law
Chapter Ten Rights, Freedoms and Social Policies
Chapter Eleven International Aspects of the HKSAR
Chapter Twelve Reflections

Appendix One Treaty of Nanking 1842
Appendix Two Convention of Peking 1860
Appendix Three Convention of Peking 1898
Appendix Four Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984
Appendix Five Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Related NPC Decisions
Appendix Six Decision on Previous Laws

References to the Sino-British Joint Declaration
References to the Basic Law
References and Bibliography
Index

Yash Ghai is the Sir Y.K. Pao Professor of Public Law at the University of Hong Kong, having previously taught at the universities of East Africa (Dar es Salaam), Uppsala and Warwick, He has been a visiting professor at several universities, including Harvard, Yale, Wisconsin, Melbourne, Toronto, London , the South Pacific, the National University of Singapore and the National Law School of India.

He has published extensively on comparative public law, human rights, ethnic relations, state-owned companies, and the sociology of law. He has advised a number of states and political parties on the drafting and reforms of constitutions.