Houses Law

Review on Private Recreational Leases Policy:Case Studies and Land Supply

The current PRL policy is mainly based on the 1969 Policy approved by the Governor in Council more than 30 years ago.
2018-10-14 Read more...
Law

C.M. Chan: No breach of the rule of law in jailing of Hong Kong activists

C. M. Chan says the accusations and insinuations of Beijing’s heavy hand by both US politicians and, more recently, prominent UK lawyers are off the mark, as the facts of the case and a careful reading of the judgment show
2017-10-20 Read more...
Law

Enhancing the Judicial Review Mechanism

Some scholars argue that in recent years the Hong Kong Government has fallen into the “Tacitus Trap”, which means some people are not pleased with any public policies because they resent the Government.
2017-10-08 Read more...
One Country Two Systems Governance Law

二十三條的立法之路 — 堅守四大原則 釋除立法爭議

回歸至今已近二十年,香港尚未履行其憲法責任,完成第二十三條立法工作。一國兩制的繼續順利落實,既要保持香港制度的特色,又要維護國家主權安全和發展利益,這和進一步發展民主同樣重要。要取得社會共識,立法工作需要分階段進行以及進行充分的諮詢。
2017-03-30 Read more...
One Country Two Systems Law

香港成為國際法律樞紐 ── 把握「一帶一路」的機遇

法治是香港的核心價值。要維護香港法治,必須推動本地法律基礎建設,及向國際社會展示香港完善的法律系統。另方面,「一帶一路」沿線國家的基建需求數以萬億計。香港政府和法律界應掌握機遇,把香港發展成為國際爭議解決中心。
2016-09-14 Read more...
One Country Two Systems Governance Law

陳澤銘:香港的「叛逆罪」及「煽動罪」(下)

「煽動罪」 根據《刑事罪行條例》 第10條 (1) 任何人 (a) 作出、企圖作出、準備作出或與任何人串謀作出具煽動意圖的作為;(b) 發表煽動文字;(c) 刊印、發佈、出售、分發、展示或複製煽動刊物;(d) 輸入煽動刊物,即屬犯「煽動罪」。而根據第9條 (1) 煽動意圖是指意圖 (a) 引起憎恨或藐視女皇陛下本人,或香港政府,或女皇陛下的領土其他部分的政府,或激起對其離叛;
2016-05-11 Read more...