Constitutional Confrontation in Hong Kong: Issues and Implications of the Basic Law

by Michael C. Davis

Overview

An examination of China's accommodation of Western constitutional values, in the light of the pending return of British Hong Kong to China. The Joint Declaration which governs the return guarantees a continuance of these values, and this study looks at the resulting tensions between East and West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333494523
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/24/1989
Series:	Issues and Implications of the Basic Law
Edition description:	1990
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - Constitutional Stress in Hong Kong - Anglo-American Constitutionalism with Chinese Characteristics - A Common Law Court - A Vigilant Public - The International Status of Hong Kong - Looking Ahead - Appendix 1 Draft Agreement - Appendix 2 The Basic Law - Index