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Author Lo, P. Y., author.

Title The judicial construction of Hong Kong's Basic Law : courts, politics and society after 1997 / Lo Pui Yin.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xlii, 580 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Includes excerpts from the Hong Kong Basic Law (pages 551-558).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-549) and index.
Contents Introduction and background to the study -- Pioneering judicial voyage : 1997-2013 -- HKSAR courts' vulnerable judicial supremacy -- Intra-SAR relationships : the executive, the legislature and the judiciary -- Central-SAR relationship -- Reconstructing the judicial or judicial reconstruction.
Summary China has granted Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy through the Basic Law under the principle of ""one country, two systems"". Hong Kong's legal system under the Basic Law is based on the common law and is administered by independent courts. By interpreting the Basic Law, Hong Kong's courts have reviewed legislation and executive decisions, and have achieved a ""second founding"" of the Basic Law as an enforceable constitution. This book is the first comprehensive account of how the Hong Kong courts gained this vital power of judicial review. Through an analysis of important court cases sinc.
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Subject Hong Kong (China). Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu ji ben fa.
Hong Kong (China). 香港特別行政區基本法.
Constitutional law -- China -- Hong Kong.
Constitutional law.
China -- Hong Kong.
Separation of powers -- China -- Hong Kong.
Separation of powers.
Judicial power -- China -- Hong Kong.
Judicial power.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lo, P. Y. Judicial construction of Hong Kong's Basic Law. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2014] 9789888208074 (DLC) 2014487152 (OCoLC)872034320
ISBN 9789888455669 (electronic book)
9888455664 (electronic book)
9789888208074
9888208071