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Title

China and Hong Kong in legal transition : commercial and humanitarian issues / edited by Joseph W. Dellapenna and Patrick M. Norton.

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : Section of International Law and Practice, American Bar Association, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• American Bar Association. Section of International Law and Practice.
• Dellapenna, Joseph W.
• Norton, Patrick M., 1947-

Description

xiv, 281 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

The report of the International Legal Exchange (ILEX) delegation to Beijing and Hong Kong in May 1998. The purpose of the delegation was to observe developments in the laws and legal institutions of China that are rapidly altering China's legal and economic landscape and to review the legal situation in Hong Kong since its reversion to Chinese sovereignty in July 1997.

Subject

• China > Politics and government
• Commercial law > China
• Commercial law > Hong Kong
• Foreign trade regulation > China
• Hong Kong (China) > Politics and government
• Justice, Administration of > Hong Kong
• Rule of law > China
• Rule of law > Hong Kong

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Joseph W. Dellapenna and Patrick M. Norton -- Sino-American relations and China's struggle for the rule of law / Stanley B. Lubman -- Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation / Frank D. Pond -- China intellectual property society / Qu Delin -- China international and trade arbitration commission / Paul R. Weber -- Ministry of finance / C.Y. Huang -- The People's Bank of China / Joseph W. Dellapenna -- The People's University Law School / Qu Delin -- Does the rule of law matter in the Hong Kong special administrative region? / Joseph W. Dellapenna -- The Hong Kong special administrative region in the courts : the first round / Peter Wesley Smith -- Hong Kong as China headquarters / Sharon J. Mann -- Autonomy and human rights concerns in post-handover Hong Kong / Roda Mishkat -- Human rights in Hong Kong : the first year in transition / Michael Davis, Thomas Eldert, and Jeffrey Hom -- Secretary of Justice Elsie Leung / Benjamin A. Kudo -- Chief secretary Anson Chan / Paul R. Weber -- The Law society of Hong Kong / Frank D. Pond -- U.S. Consul General Richard Boucher / Edison W. Dick -- Chief justice Andrew Li / J. David Reck -- The Legal committee of the American chamber of commerce / Joseph W. Dellapenna -- Solicitor general Daniel Fung / Patrick M. Norton -- The Hong Kong department of trade and industry / Frank D. Pond -- The Hong Kong Bar Association / Joseph W. Dellapenna -- The Democratic party / William D. Zabel -- Margaret Ng / Joseph W. Dellapenna.

ISBN

1570737541

LCCN

^^^99051548^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library