Constitutional Law in China

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Political Policing in Hong Kong

Modem states, democratic ones in particular, have grown to prefer the use of more subtle, or at least less visible, police surveillance to open confrontation in a courtroom, where the state itself may be scrutinised in public. Well-equipped national security agencies enable the state to respond to potential security threats before they mature. Hong Kong's political police unit, the Special Branch, was indispensable to Hong Kong's colonial political order. Although it was disbanded before the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, political policing and monitoring probably continue under the new legal order. This article examines the historical origin of political policing in Hong Kong, including the establishment of the Special Branch and its initial focus on communist activity in Hong Kong. It then traces the demise of the Special Branch prior to the handover, examines the role played by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and explores the relevance of political policing to contemporary society.published_or_final_versio

Inclusion of interbar currents in a network-field coupled time-stepping finite-element model of skewed-rotor induction motors

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The Relevance of Chinese Criminal Law to Hong Kong and Its Residents

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The Battle of Criminal Jurisdictions

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Criminal Defence in China: The Possible Impact of the 1996 Criminal Procedural Law Reform

Criminal procedure in China had been governed by the 1979 Criminal Procedure Law (CPL 1979). This was amended in 1996 (the Amendment). The 1996 Amendment introduces an element of procedural justice into China’s criminal justice system. There are high expectations that the Amendment will better protect the rights of a suspect. The substantial improvement in the law and the symbolic values embodied in it are expected to provide an opportunity for such an improvement. However, given the ingrained pattern of practice in China’s criminal justice system, the practical impact of the Amendment in protecting the right to counsel will be limited. Efforts to amend the law will not give the rights real protection. Amending the CPL will not make the rights real unless they can be effectively enforced. While the Amendment may have laid a foundation for improvement, there is little likelihood that the legislation will bring about meaningful change in the practice of criminal defense in the near future.published_or_final_versio

A novel approach to circuit-field-torque coupled time stepping finite element modeling of electric machines

Author name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: W. N. FuAuthor name used in this publication: H. C. WongH.C. Wong, Industrial Centre2000-2001 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

An effective method to reduce the computing time of nonlinear time-stepping finite-element magnetic field computation

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A multislice coupled finite-element method with uneven slice length division for the simulation study of electric machines

Author name used in this publication: W. N. FuAuthor name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: H. C. Wong2002-2003 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe

Performance analysis of brushless DC motors including features of the control loop in the finite element modeling

Author name used in this publication: S. L. HoAuthor name used in this publication: H. C. WongAuthor name used in this publication: W. N. Fu2001-2002 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalVersion of RecordPublishe