Hong Kong Law Journal 1971 - 2024

Vol. 40, Part 1 of 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANALYSIS
Judicial Deference at Work: Some Reflections on Chan Kin Sum and Kong Yun Ming Cora Chan 1
ARTICLES
Behavioural Risk Disclosure and Retail Investor Protection: Reflections on the Lehman Brothers Minibonds Crisis Michael K. H. Law 15
Civil Justice Reform in Hong Kong: Challenges and Opportunities for Development of Alternative Dispute Resolution Weixia Gu 43
The Hong Kong Tax System: its History, its Future and the Lessons it Holds for the Rest of the World Michael Littlewood 65
The Conflict of Laws System in Macau Guangjian Tu 85
The Law and Policy for Implementing a Unified Communications Regulator in the United Kingdom and Lessons for Hong Kong Richard Wu Wai Sang & Grace Leung Lai Kuen 111
Comparing Apples with Oranges? Drawing Lessons from the Australian Constitutional Experience with the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China Henry Makeham 129
CHINESE LAW
The Survival of Traditional Chinese Law in the People’s Republic of China Roderick O’Brien 165
Chinese Legal Reforms in Historical and Comparative Perspective: The Legal Reforms of 1990s and 1070s Billy K. L. So 175
Political Ecumenism of China and Taiwan: Legal Transplant of the European Common Market Model to the Cross-Strait Polity Joseph Lee 199
BOOK REVIEW
Exploring Contract Law, Neyers, Bronaugh and Pitel (eds) Stephen Hall 231
Corporate Governance and Financial Reform in China, Jing Leng Julien Chaisse 239


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Vol. 40, Part 2 of 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Essay to mark the 40th anniversary of HKLJ
Editor’s Introduction 243
A Distant Mirror: Reflections on Half a Century in the Law Henry Litton 245
Thirty-Seven-And-A-Third Years On: an Editor’s Memoir Peter Wesley-Smith 249
Human Rights: “So They are not for the State to Make” or Unmake? A Short Meta-legal Meditation on the “Human” in the Human Rights Denis Chang 253
COMMENTS
An Unexpected Breakthrough in Hong Kong’s Constitutional Reform Albert H.Y. Chen 259
ANALYSIS
Rescuing Hong Kong Companies with Provisional Supervision: Proposals that Workers and Management can Support Charles D. Booth & Trevor N. Lain 271
ARTICLES
Judicial Internalising of Singapore’s Supreme Political Ideology Tsun Hang Tey 293
The ISDA Master Agreement: Insolvency Stalemate and Endgame Solutions for Hong Kong Liquidators Kingsley T.W. Ong 337
The Impact of International Commercial Arbitration on Developing Nations: Has the Emergence of the International Private Justice Market Narrowed the Gap between Developed and Developing Parties? Doug Sperry 361
Unlocking the Potential of Creative Commons for Hong Kong’s Education and Creative Sectors Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok 381
Focus: Inclusion in Education for Persons with Disabilities
Introduction 417
Equality and Inclusion in Education for Persons with Disabilities: Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Implementation in Hong Kong Kelley Loper 419
An International Call for Action and Canada’s Long and Winding Road to Inclusion: The Canadian Experience A. Wayne MacKay 449
Inclusive Education and Conflict Resolution: Building a Model to Implement Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Asia Pacific Carole J. Petersen 481
BOOK REVIEW
Causing Psychiatric and Emotional Harm – Reshaping the Boundaries of Legal Liability Harvey Teff Rick Glofcheski 513
Globalisation and Business Ethics Karl Homann, Peter Koslowski & Christoph Luetge (eds) Paul Lejot 517
Macau Business Law & Legal System Jorge A. F. Godinho Chao Xi 527


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Vol. 40, Part 3 of 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMMENT
A Minimum Wage Law for Hong Kong Rick Glofcheski 531
ANALYSIS
The Tseung Kwan O Landfill Controversy Yan Ki Bonnie Cheng & Jolene Lin 537
W v Registrar of Marriages: From Transsexual Marriage to Same-sex Marriage? Karen Lee Man Yee 549
Comparators in Marital Status Discrimination: General or Specific? Johannes Chan 563
The “Dead” Constitution: Crime and Punishment in Singapore Po Jen Yap 577
Section 70 of the Employment Ordinance: Does it Stand in the way of Employers and Employees Settling Matters Once and for All? Prue Bindon 593
The History of Exclusionary Zoning Laws in Hong Kong Gillis Heller & Daphne S.W. Wong 609
ARTICLES
Secondary Party Criminal Liability in Hong Kong Janice Brabyn 623
Rights in Primary Legal Materials in Hong Kong: Proprietary or Prerogative; Private or Public? Brendan Clift 659
Constitutional Remedies under the Basic Law Kevin Zervos 687
Why Hong Kong Needs a Pro Bono Clearinghouse Eugenie Chung 719
Criminalising Critique of the Singapore Judiciary Tsun Hang Tey 751
Mistaking the Trust Lionel Smith 787
HKU/NUS/SMU Biennial Symposium 2010: Opening and Closing Addresses
From Uncommon Asian Laws to a Ius Commune Anselmo Reyes 805
Judicial Dynamism in International Trade in Hong Kong and Singapore – An Indivisible Link V.K. Rajah 815
CHINA LAW
Constraining or Entrenching the Party-state? The Role of Local People’s Congresses in the PRC Sun Ying 833
BOOK REVIEW
Legal & Legislative Drafting: Paul Salembier Jeanne Lee 867


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