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Hong Kong's new constitutional order : the resumption of Chinese sovereignty and the Basic Law / Yash Ghai.
- Title
- Hong Kong's new constitutional order : the resumption of Chinese sovereignty and the Basic Law / Yash Ghai.
- Author
- Ghai, Yash P., 1938-
- Publication
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1999.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 616 p.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- HKU Press law series
- Uniform Title
- HKU Press law series
- Subjects
- History
- Since 1997
- Transfer of Hong Kong Sovereignty from Great Britain > (Hong Kong, China : > 1997)
- Hong Kong (China) > History > Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997
- Hong Kong (China) > Politics and government > 1997-
- Constitutional history > China > Hong Kong
- Constitutional law > China > Hong Kong
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [583]-599) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. The acquisition of British sovereignty over Hong Kong -- 2. The resumption of sovereignty -- 3. China : the new sovereign -- 4. Sovereignty and autonomy : the framework of the basic law -- 5. Interpretation of the basic law -- 6. The economic system -- 7. The political and administrative system -- 8. The legal and judicial system -- 9. Sources of law -- 10. Rights, freedoms and social policies -- 11. International aspects of HKSAR -- 12. Reflections -- Appendixes. (1) Treaty of Nanking 1842 -- (2) Convention of Peking 1860 -- (3) Convention of Peking 1898 -- (4) Sino-British Joint Declaration 1984 -- (5) Basic law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and related NPC decisions -- (6) Decision on previous laws.
- ISBN
- 9622094635
- OCLC
- 40810926
- SCSB-11119808
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library