An Introduction to the Hong Kong Legal System


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"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has a legal system based on the Basic Law. This book is the first text after the handover to describe and explain what is in effect, despite the many continuities, a brand new system."--BOOK JACKET.




Business Law in Hong Kong


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Contract Law in Hong Kong


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This is one in a series of introductory books providing readers with an overview of the most frequently encountered legal principles. This book presents an introduction to contract principles that apply in Hong Kong. The new edition has been updated to reflect the current state of the law and to include newer cases, both local and overseas. The organisational structure has been revised for easier comprehension while keeping to the sequence in which a legally binding agreement is usually encountered. Contract Law in Hong Kong is an easy-to-understand reference book for students, practitioners, non-law professionals, and the general public.




The Hong Kong Legal System


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Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.




Shipping and Logistics Law


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The maintenance of Hong Kong as a free port and international logistics hub is crucial for its economic vitality. Rapidly expanding international trade with mainland China and Hong Kong has generated significant changes to the shipping and logistics law in both jurisdictions. This textbook provides a general framework for the basic principles of shipping and logistics law in Hong Kong. It contains illustrations from case law, extracts of the relevant legislation, and sample shipping and marine insurance documents for reference. It covers the curriculum requirements of most courses on shipping law, transport studies and logistics management. Besides, all the issues examined in this book have relevance for managers, insurers, bankers and lawyers who need to acquire a clear understanding of the key principles in a practical context.




Hong Kong Company Law


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Provides an accessible guide to company law in Hong Kong. The text is based on the latest provisions of the Companies Ordinance and cases decided since the summer of 1998, in both the Hong Kong and English jurisdictions.




Company Law in China


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This accessible book offer a comprehensive and critical introduction to the law on business organizations in the People�s Republic of China. The coverage focuses on the 2005-adopted PRC Company Law and the most recent legislative and regulatory develop




Interpreting Hong Kong’s Basic Law: The Struggle for Coherence


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On July 1, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated its tenth anniversary as a special administrative region of China. It also marked the first decade of its unique constitutional order in which Hong Kong courts continue to apply and develop the common law but the power of final interpretation of the constitution lies with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. This book is a collection of chapters by leading constitutional law experts in Hong Kong who examine the interpretive issues and conflicts which have arisen since 1997. Intervention by China in constitutional interpretation has been restrained but each intervention has had significant political and jurisprudential impact. The authors give varied assessments of the struggle for interpretive coherence in the coming decade.