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.