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Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Interpreting Hong Kong's Basic Law 1 Legislative history, original intent, and the interpretation of the Basic Law Simon NM Young 2 Embracing universal standards? The role of international human rights treaties in Hong Kong's constitutional jurisprudence Carole J Petersen 3 Constitutionalism in the shadow of the common law: The dysfunctional interpretive politics of Article 8 of the Hong Kong Basic Law Michael W Dowdle 4 Interpreting constitutionalism and democratisation in Hong Kong Michael C Davis 5 Forcing the dance: interpreting the Hong Kong Basic Law dialectically Robert J Morris Part II: Crossing the Border 6 The political economy of interpretation Yash Ghai 7 One term, two interpretations: the justifications and the future of Basic Law interpretation Lin Feng and PY Lo 8 Rethinking judicial reference: barricades at the gateway? PY Lo 9 Formalism and commitment in Hong Kong's constitutional development Yu Xingzhong Part III: Legislative Interpretation and the PRC Constitution 10 Legislative interpretation by China's National People's Congress Standing Committee: a power with roots in the Stalinist conception of law Sophia Woodman 11 Of iron or rubber? People's deputies of Hong Kong to the National People's Congress Fu Hualing and DW Choy 12 China's constitutionalism Lison Harris
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Constitutional law -- China -- Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) -- Relations -- China.
China. Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu ji ben fa.