Levitating Unconstitutional Law

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Judicial Construction of Hong Kong's Basic Law: Concerns, Organization and Findings

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Hong Kong's Judiciary Under ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Hong Kong, formerly a British colony and since 1997 a Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the constitutional formula of ‘One Country, Two Systems’, has a judicial system that is much more highly evaluated, trusted and respected internationally and locally than its counterpart in mainland China. The normative ideals of the Rule of Law and judicial independence were implanted on Hong Kong soil during the colonial era. Such ideals have remained alive and well, and more cherished and vigorously defended than ever before, after Hong Kong was re-unified with China in 1997. Under the Hong Kong Basic Law – the HKSAR’s constitutional instrument that was enacted by the PRC’s National People’s Congress in 1990 and came into effect in 1997 – Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy, and its pre-existing legal and judicial systems have largely remained intact, except, for instance, that a new Court of Final Appeal was established, which exercises the power of final adjudication in Hong Kong cases. This paper provides an overview of the Hong Kong Judiciary, particularly those aspects of the judicial system that are relevant to the independence, impartiality and integrity of the courts and their judges. The paper consists of the following sections: (1) the structure of the judicial system; (2) judicial features of ‘One Country, Two Systems’; (3) appointment and conditions of service of judges; (4) rules of bias and recusal; (5) contempt of court by ‘scandalising the court’; (6) judges and free speech; (7) judges and non-judicial functions. These sections will be followed by a concluding section.postprin

Understanding the preferred role in infertility treatment decision making among Chinese infertile women in Hong Kong

Session 38: Managing patient expectations: no. O-140This free journal suppl. entitled: Abstract book of the 31st ESHRE Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 14–17 June 2015STUDY QUESTION: What are the treatment decision making preferences in Chinese women undergoing fertility treatments in Hong Kong? ...postprin

How Integrative Intervention Alleviates Insomnia-Related Stresses: A Qualitative Study

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Clinical predictors of fetal and maternal outcome in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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Disrupting Flavone Synthase II Alters Lignin and Improves Biomass Digestibility

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Sex hormones and apoptosis and immunoglobulin production in systemic lupus erythematosus

BACKGROUND: SLE is an autoimmune disease that affects predominantly female of reproductive age. Previous studies have suggested an immunomodulatory role of sex hormones in the pathogenesis of SLE. Objectives: To examine the effects of various sex hormones on apoptosis and immunoglobulin production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in SLE patients …published_or_final_versio

Cervical dysplasia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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Rare occurrence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium among livestock animals in China

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