The 'confused topic' of act of state under the Hong Kong Basic Law

B. Ling
2013 The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law  
This article addresses the various difficulties in applying the common law doctrine of the act of state under the Basic Law of Hong Kong at the interface of the common law tradition of Hong Kong and the national legal system of China. The English common law heritage of the doctrine is first reviewed.
doi:10.1093/cjcl/cxt006 fatcat:tsyt7e2ozva4xau36rrvltzxzm