Hong Kong Law Journal 1971 - 2025

Vol. 55, Part 1 of 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles
Knowing Receipt of Shares in a Foreign Non-Common Law Company: Byers v Saudi National Bank WMC Gummow AC 1
Whose Role? Judicial vs Legislative Protection of Minority Rights Kemal Bokhary 5
In the Name of Public Interest: Challenging the Coroner’s Failure to Hold a Death Inquest in Hong Kong Trevor TW Wan 11
Conditional Discharge, Statutory Interpretation and the Mental Health Review Tribunal Daisy Cheung and Edward Lui 29
Courts and the Legislative Assembly in the Macau SAR Constitutional Crisis (2005–2009) Luis WK Wong 47
Study on the Preventive Mechanisms for Food Safety Incidents in Hong Kong and Macao: Comparative Perspectives Ting Zhou, Zimao Xie and Jingwen Chen77
Can Musical Elements be Copyrightable? Rethinking the Boundaries of Copyright Protection Xuan Shen101
Stamp Duty in Hong Kong (1981–2024): The Evolution Waltz Wilson Chow and Josiah Chung Ming Chan127


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Vol. 55, Part 2 of 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Symposium: The Constitution and the Civil Code in Asia
The Constitution and the Civil Code in East Asia: China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan Alec Stone Sweet153
The Constitutionalisation of Civil Law in South Korea: Practices of Ordinary Courts Yoon Jin Shin163
The Development of the Doctrine of Horizontal Effect of Constitutional Rights in Taiwan Hsiaowei Kuan191
China’s Civil Code as a Super-Statute: Ramifications for Constitutional Theory James C Fisher211
The Interaction of the Constitution and the Civil Code in Japan Keigo Komamura233
China’s Civil Code as a Super-Statute: Ramifications for Constitutional Theory Chong Bu253
Constitution Talk in the Chinese Civil Courts: Constructing the Constitution through the Civil Code? Zhuo Ding277
Articles
Recognition, Relief and Enforcement of Schemes, Plans and Judgments: Towards a Transnational System of Justice in Cross-Border Insolvency Geoffrey Ma299
Justice Reimagined: Innovative Remedies in the Courts Kemal Bokhary313
The Interface between Arbitration Clauses and Insolvency Proceedings Hilary So and Anfield Tam321
The Legal Fiction of Equal Authenticity: A Study of Judicial Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation in Hong Kong Michael MK Cheung and Anne SY Cheung341
Sino-US “Chip War”: Can China’s Semiconductor Fiscal and Tax Policies Effectively Break through Technological Blockade? Jingxian Chen and Kexin Zhou373
Book Reviews
Yanhong Yin, The Idea of a Chinese Arrest Warrant: Surrender of Fugitive Offenders between Mainland China Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque397
Bokhary, Witzleb and Srivastava (eds), Tort Law and Practice in Hong Kong Craig Purshouse401


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