Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition; Table of cases; Table of legislation; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Functions and concepts of law; 3. Governance in Hong Kong; 4. Sources of law; 5. The court system and the doctrine of precedent; 6. The process of legislation; 7. Statutory interpretation; 8. Criminal justice system; 9. Civil justice system; 10. Alternative methods of resolving disputes; 11. Access to justice; 12. Finding and citing legal materials; 13. Interface between Hong Kong and international and Chinese law; Glossary; Index.

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Offers an accessible overview of Hong Kong's legal system and guides first-year law students in legal research and methods.

About the Author

Stefan H. C. Lo is Deputy Principal Government Counsel (Ag) at the Department of Justice, Hong Kong, where he has been advising the government on company and insolvency law reform. Dr Lo has published widely in the area of corporate law, including research on accountability of directors, shareholders and other responsible persons in the operation of corporate enterprises. Before joining the Department of Justice, Dr Lo was Assistant Professor in the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is the course leader for the Hong Kong Legal System and Legal System courses for the LL.B. and J.D. programmes at CUHK respectively. His research interests are primarily in the fields of criminal justice and socio-legal studies with a strong emphasis on empirical work in Hong Kong. Professor Cheng was the recipient of the CUHK Research Excellence Award (2015–16). Wing Hong Chui is Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong. He was formerly the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) of the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong. Previously, he taught social work, criminology and law at the University of Exeter, University of Queensland, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has conducted socio-legal research on the impact of litigants-in-person in civil proceedings and young people's views on legal representation in Hong Kong.