Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal: The Development of the Law in China's Hong Kong [Hardcover]

This book examines the Court of Final Appeal's structure, jurisprudence and politics and the contribution of its Chief Justice under Chinese sovereignty.How a former British colony, now a part of China, established its own final court (to replace the Privy Council), and how that court under a new constitutional order developed the law in Hong Kong in its first thirteen years, under the leadership of its first Chief Justice, Andrew Li.How a former British colony, now a part of China, established its own final court (to replace the Privy Council), and how that court under a new constitutional order developed the law in Hong Kong in its first thirteen years, under the leadership of its first Chief Justice, Andrew Li.This book is primarily about how a former British colony, now a part of China, established its own final court (to replace the Privy Council), and how that court under a new constitutional order developed the law in Hong Kong in its first thirteen years, under the leadership of its first Chief Justice, Andrew Li. In doing so we look broadly at the question of whether the court has acted justly and delivered justice to the litigants. The first part of the book provides a broader context to view at these issues. So there are chapters describing the context of China and autonomy, followed by a chapter on the Macau Court. But these chapters only serve to provide a kind of foil from which to see and understand the Hong Kong Court.1. Themes and arguments Yash Ghai; Part I. Final Appeals: Setting the Context: 2. Autonomy and the Court of Final Appeal: the constitutional framework Yash Ghai; 3. Two interpreters of the basic law: the CFA and NPCSC Xiaonan Yang; 4. A worthy predecessor? The Privy Council on Appeal from Hong Kong, 18531997 Oliver Jones; Part II. The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: 5. Genesis of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal Simon N. M. Young, Antonio Da Roza and Yash Ghai; 6. Final Appeals then and now Simon N. M. Young and Antonio Da Roza; 7. JlSz