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Title

The Hong Kong bill of rights : a comparative approach / Johannes Chan and Yash Ghai, editors.

Publication

Hong Kong : Butterworths Asia, 1993.

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Additional Authors

• Chen, Wenmin
• Ghai, Yash P., 1938-

Description

xxxvii, 581 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Human rights > Hong Kong
• Human rights
• Civil rights > Hong Kong
• Civil rights
• Constitutional law > Hong Kong

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. A comparative perspective on the Bill of Rights / Johannes Chan, Yash Ghai -- pt. I. The Hong Kong Bill of Rights -- 2. The Hong Kong Bill of Rights 1991: its origin, content and impact / Philip Dykes -- 3. The Hong Kong Bill of Rights: a judicial perspective / Derek Cons -- 4. The Hong Kong Bill of Rights: a critique / Nihal Jayawickrama -- 5. The Hong Kong Bill of Rights and relations between private individuals / Andrew Byrnes.
• pt. II. Sources, interpretation and limitations -- 6. Sources of human rights law and the Hong Kong Bill of Rights / Richard Lillich -- 7. Interpreting the Hong Kong Bill of Rights: techniques and principles / Manfred Nowak -- 8. Derogations and limitations in the Hong Kong Bill of Rights / Yash Ghai.
• pt. III. Implementation and enforcement -- 9. Human rights advocacy in practice / Anthony Lester -- 10. Human rights: the role of the judge / Michael Kirby -- 11. Human rights commissions: reflections on the Australian experience / Peter Bailey -- 12. The role of nongovernmental organizations in the promotion and protection of human rights / Theo van Boven -- pt. IV. Impact on substantive rights -- 13. Freedom of opinion and freedom of expression / Kevin Boyle -- 14. The impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the law enforcement responsibilities of the Canadian police / Patrick Cummins -- 15. The impact of the Charter on the Administration of Criminal Justice in Canada: rhetoric or revolution? / Rosemary Cairns Way -- 16. Women, the family and the constitutional protection of privacy / Bertha Wilson -- 17. Equality and discriminatory practices / Walter Tarnopolsky.
• pt. V.A comparative view -- 18. The practice of the human rights committee under the ICCPR: a presentation and assessment of the potential impact of international human rights law / Torkel Opsahl -- 19. Human rights and socialism: India's unfinished experiment / Rajeev Dhavan -- 20. Indian experience with fundamental freedoms / Soli Sorabjee -- 21. Constitutional protection of human rights: the Chinese view under the notion of 'one country, two systems' / Gong Xiang Rui -- 22. Philippine experience in enforcing a Bill of Rights: political realities and judicial perspectives / Abraham Sarmiento.

ISBN

0409996246

OCLC

28030636

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Harvard Library