File Download
Supplementary

Book: The sources of Hong Kong law

TitleThe sources of Hong Kong law
Authors
Wesley-Smith, Peter
Issue Date1994
PublisherHong Kong : Hong Kong University Press
AbstractHong Kong has a curious mixture of laws old and new, written and unwritten, home-grown and imported. Made by various bodies in various ways with various results, these laws constitute a reasonably coherent body of rules, principles, practices, procedures, assumptions, and attitudes. How are these differing sources of law best described and explained? How are they mobilized and employed? How do they achieve the coherence they seem to display, and can that coherence be maintained? Such are the questions which this book seeks to illuminate. They are vital questions for a legal system undergoing significant change at a crucial time in the political development of Hong Kong
SubjectLaw--China--Hong Kong--Sources
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/10414
ISBN
9622093639
Other Identifiers
http://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?url=http://lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B31361006
HKU Library Item IDb3136100

 

DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorWesley-Smith, Peteren_HK
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-22T09:55:34Z-
dc.date.available2006-06-22T09:55:34Z-
dc.date.issued1994en_HK
dc.identifierhttp://eproxy.lib.hku.hk/login?url=http://lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B31361006en_HK
dc.identifier.isbn9622093639en_HK
dc.identifier.otherocm65352790en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/10414-
dc.description.abstractHong Kong has a curious mixture of laws old and new, written and unwritten, home-grown and imported. Made by various bodies in various ways with various results, these laws constitute a reasonably coherent body of rules, principles, practices, procedures, assumptions, and attitudes. How are these differing sources of law best described and explained? How are they mobilized and employed? How do they achieve the coherence they seem to display, and can that coherence be maintained? Such are the questions which this book seeks to illuminate. They are vital questions for a legal system undergoing significant change at a crucial time in the political development of Hong Kongen_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsPrefaceen_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsTable of casesen_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsTable of legislationen_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsIndex p303en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsPt. 1 The Common Law p1en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsPt. 2 The Reception of English Law p85en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsPt. 3 Chinese Law and Custom p203en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontentsPt. 4 Aspects of Statutory Interpretation p225en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents1 Understanding the common law p3en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents2 Theories of adjudication p21en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents3 The theory of stare decisis p31en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents4 The practice of horizontal stare decisis p65en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents5 Vertical stare decisis within Hong Kong p81en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents6 Statutory provisions importing English law p87en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents7 Statute law p103en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents8 The effect of pre-1843 Acts of Parliament p115en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents9 Common law and equity p131en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents10 Practice and procedure p143en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents11 Vertical stare decisis p181en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents12 Chinese law and custom as a source of law p205en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents13 Ejusdem generis and the disjunctive p227en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents14 Literal or liberal? p237en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents15 Resort to Hansard p249en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents16 Offences of strict liability p255en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents17 Mandatory or directory? p273en_HK
dc.description.tableofcontents18 Retroactive and retrospective ordinances p289en_HK
dc.format.extentxlvii, 307 p. ; 25 cmen_HK
dc.format.extent430 bytes-
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_HK
dc.format.mimetypetext/html-
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherHong Kong : Hong Kong University Pressen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofDigital Editions from Hong Kong University Pressen_HK
dc.rightsHKU students and staff onlyen_HK
dc.subject.ddc349.5125 W51en_HK
dc.subject.lcshLaw--China--Hong Kong--Sourcesen_HK
dc.titleThe sources of Hong Kong lawen_HK
dc.typeBooken_HK
dc.identifier.hkulb3136100en_HK
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_versionen_HK

Export via OAI-PMH Interface in XML Formats

OR

Export to Other Non-XML Formats