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Interpreting Hong Kong's Basic Law : the struggle for coherence / edited by Hualing Fu, Lison Harris, and Simon N.M. Young. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - vi, 265 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Legislative history, original intent, and the interpretation of the Basic Law / Simon N.M. Young -- Embracing universal standards? : the role of international human rights treaties in Hong Kong's constitutional jurisprudence / Carole J. Petersen -- Constitutionalism in the shadow of the common law : the dysfunctional interpretive politics of article 8 of the Hong Kong Basic Law / Michael W. Dowdle -- Interpreting constitutionalism and democratisation in Hong Kong / Michael C. Davis -- Forcing the dance : interpreting the Hong Kong Basic Law dialectically / Robert J. Morris -- The political economy of interpretation / Yash Ghai -- One term, two interpretations : the justifications and the future of Basic Law interpretation / Lin Feng and P.Y. Lo -- Rethinking judicial reference : barricades at the gateway? / P.Y. Lo -- Formalism and commitment in Hong Kong's constitutional development / Yu Xingzhong -- Of iron or rubber? : people's deputies of Hong Kong to the National People's Congress / Hualing Fu and D.W. Choy -- Legislative interpretation by China's National People's Congress Standing Committee : a power with roots in the Stalinist conception of law / Sophia Woodman -- China's constitutionalism / Lison Harris.

ISBN: 0230600417 (alk. paper) 9780230600416 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007020984

Subjects--Corporate Names:
China. Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu ji ben fa.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional law--China--Hong Kong.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hong Kong (China)--Relations--China.

LC Class. No.: KNR171 / I58 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 342.5125