Law in Hong Kong and China
The Meshing of Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9765265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Wesley-Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 547 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 104-117 |
| Publication date | 1996-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716296547001009 |
| OpenAlex | W2016596624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The constitutional arrangements for the post-1997 legal order in Hong Kong expressly contemplate some limited meshing of the Hong Kong and Chinese legal systems. Whether the meshing process goes so far and no further or ventures beyond what is now planned depends on the prospects of achieving the promised “high degree of autonomy” for Hong Kong and of maintaining the Basic Law as a meaningful constitution for the territory in the post-1997 period. Such prospects can be reviewed but not predicted. In this article, some of the various issues are surveyed, and it is concluded that, absent political catastrophe, the Basic Law can be made to work if the judges, to whom is guaranteed security of tenure, determine to defend it
Autonomy · Basic law · Business · China · Constitution · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |