Reforming Law Reform Perspectives from Hong Kong and Beyond / edited by Michael Tilbury, Simon N.M. Young, and Ludwig Ng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ng, Ludwig, editor.

Tilbury, M. J. (Michael J.), editor.

Young, Simon N. M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law reform--China--Hong Kong--Congresses.

Law reform.

Law reform--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2014]

Summary:

As a special administrative region of China, Hong Kong has its own legal system rooted in the common law. Reforms to this system take into account Hong Kong's unique conditions as an international city and draw widely on practices around the world. Since 1980, recommendations from a Law Reform Commission, chaired by the Secretary for Justice, have resulted in comprehensive revisions in key areas of law, ranging from commercial arbitration and interception of communications to divorce and copyright. Recently, however, the government has been slow to act on the Commission's recommendations. Questions have also arisen about whether the Commission -- under-resourced, part-time and government-led -- can really meet the needs of an increasingly sophisticated society. Is law reform itself also in need of reform? This collection of essays by distinguished experts from around the world seeks answers to the question. The book explores the varied experience of law reform in Hong Kong and other common law jurisdictions and makes recommendations for strengthening the process of law reform both in Hong Kong and elsewhere.

Contents:

Law reform today / Michael Tilbury, Simon N.M. Young, and Ludwig Ng

Changing fashions and enduring values in law reform / Michael Kirby

Sources and channels of law reform in Hong Kong / Wong Yan Lung

Hong Kong's Law Reform Commission / Stuart M.I. Stoker

Law reform : the UK experience / Martin Partington

Lessons from law reform on Ontario and elsewhere in Canada / Patricia Hughes

Lessons from a small university-based law reform body in Australia / Kate Warner

Tortoise in coma : reform of Hong Kong's insolvency law / Ludwig Ng

The dynamics of labour law reform in Hong Kong / Rick Glofcheski

Equal opportunities law reform in Hong Kong : the impact of international norms and civil society advocacy / Carole J. Petersen and Kelley Loper

Reviewing the personal data (privacy) ordinance through standstill and crisis / Allan Chiang

Privacy and law reform : what can we learn from the Hong Kong process? / John Bacon-Shone

Reforming privacy law in New South Wales : lessons for law reform agencies / Michael Tilbury

Reforming law reform : concluding reflections / Michael Kirby.

Notes:

"This book originates from the ONC conference on Law reform organized by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law in the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. "--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789888455676

9888455672

OCLC:

1132669205