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Hong Kong Constitutionalism The British Legacy and the Chinese Future
By Richard Cullen
Copyright 2020
264 Pages
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Routledge
262 Pages
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Routledge
262 Pages
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Routledge
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Hong Kong is widely regarded as an exemplar of authoritarian jurisdictions with a positive history of adhering to Rule of Law–shaped governance systems. British Hong Kong provides a remarkable story of the effective development and consolidation of such a system, which has continued to apply since 1997, when it became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) within the People’s... Read more
1. Introduction; 2. Diceyan Constitutionalism; 3. Chinese Familism; 4. British Hong Kong; 5. The HKSAR; 6. Stress Testing Authoritarian Legality In Hong Kong; 7. The Wider Context; 8. Conclusion; Glossary Of Abbreviations Used; Bibliography
Biography
Richard Cullen is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong. He first began working in Hong Kong in 1991. His research interests are in Public Law, Taxation Law, Comparative Law, Fundamentals of the Common Law, and Media Law. He has published extensively on these and related areas.
