Reforming law reform perspectives from Hong Kong and beyond / edited by Michael Tilbury, Simon N.M. Young, and Ludwig Ng.

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789888455676
9888455672

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

KNQ470 .R446 2014

Online resources:

Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Subject: As a special administrative region of China, Hong Kong has its own legal system rooted in the common law. Reforms to this system take into account Hong Kong's unique conditions as an international city and draw widely on practices around the world. Since 1980, recommendations from a Law Reform Commission, chaired by the Secretary for Justice, have resulted in comprehensive revisions in key areas of law, ranging from commercial arbitration and interception of communications to divorce and copyright. Recently, however, the government has been slow to act on the Commission's recommendations. Ques.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	KNQ470.67 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1048444528

Browsing G. Allen Fleece Library shelves, Shelving location: ONLINE, Collection: Non-fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	KNN2090 The constitution of ancient China /Su Li ; edited by Zhang Yongle and Daniel Bell ; translated by Edmund Ryden.	KNN4415 The Chinese communist treatment of counterrevolutionaries, 1924-1949 /Patricia E. Griffin.	KNQ92 Chinese language in law : code red /	KNQ470.67 Reforming law reform perspectives from Hong Kong and beyond /	KNQ683 Custom, land and livelihood in rural south China the traditional land law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950 /	KNQ2760 Power versus law in modern China : cities, courts, and the Communist Party /	KNQ3220 The political economy of competition law in China /Wendy Ng.	Next

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part A: The Context of Law Reform; 1. Law Reform Today; 2. Changing Fashions and Enduring Values in Law Reform; 3. Sources and Channels of Law Reform in Hong Kong; Part B: Law Reform Commissions; 4. Hong Kong's Law Reform Commission; 5. Law Reform: The UK Experience; 6. Lessons from Law Reform in Ontario and Elsewhere in Canada; 7. Lessons from a Small University-based Law Reform Body in Australia; Part C: Law Reform in Diverse Contexts; 8. Tortoise in Coma: Reform of Hong Kong's Insolvency Law; 9. The Dynamics of Labour Law Reform in Hong Kong

10. Equal Opportunities Law Reform in Hong Kong: The Impact of International Norms and Civil Society AdvocacyPart D: Law Reform and Privacy; 11. Reviewing the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance through Standstill and Crisis; 12. Privacy and Law Reform: What Can We Learn from the Hong Kong Process?; 13. Reforming Privacy Law in New South Wales: Lessons for Law Reform Agencies; Part E: Final Word; 14. Reforming Law Reform: Concluding Reflections; Index

As a special administrative region of China, Hong Kong has its own legal system rooted in the common law. Reforms to this system take into account Hong Kong's unique conditions as an international city and draw widely on practices around the world. Since 1980, recommendations from a Law Reform Commission, chaired by the Secretary for Justice, have resulted in comprehensive revisions in key areas of law, ranging from commercial arbitration and interception of communications to divorce and copyright. Recently, however, the government has been slow to act on the Commission's recommendations. Ques.

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.