Cross-border crime and legal jurisdiction in post-colonial Hong Kong

Cross-border crime and legal jurisdiction in post-colonial Hong Kong

Decolonization should be viewed as a process that both precedes and follows a change of sovereignty rather than as a discrete, historic event. Seen in this light, decolonization is now well advanced in Hong Kong. One of the major institutions engaged in this process is the Hong Kong legal system. In...

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Veröffentlicht in:Crime, law, and social change law, and social change, 1999-01, Vol.31 (1), p.31-48
1. Verfasser: Gaylord, Mark S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Border
Borders
Boundaries
Colonies & territories
Constitutional law
Constitutions
Councils
Court decisions
Crime
Decolonization
Hong Kong
International trade
Judicial powers
Jurisdiction
Law
Legal Cases
Legal System
Legal systems
Legislatures
Organizational Change
Political Change
Post-colonial societies
Postcolonialism
Regime transition
Social change
Sovereignty
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Decolonization should be viewed as a process that both precedes and follows a change of sovereignty rather than as a discrete, historic event. Seen in this light, decolonization is now well advanced in Hong Kong. One of the major institutions engaged in this process is the Hong Kong legal system. In this paper I analyze the constitutional arrangements for Hong Kong's post-colonial legal system; describe Hong Kong's most sensational cross-border criminal case of the 1990s; and evaluate Hong Kong's prospects for retaining a separate legal system under Chinese sovereignty. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0925-4994
1573-0751
DOI:10.1023/A:1008393808138