An Overview of the Legal System of Hong Kong

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An Overview of the Legal System of Hong Kong

• Speaker Ludwig Ng (?????)

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Some Philosophical Questions

• Why do we need a legal system?
• Whats a good legal system?
• Whats the relationship between democracy and a
  good legal system?

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What constitutes a legal system?

• the Laws
• the Institutions
• the Personnel

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Hierarchy of Laws

• The China Constitution
• The Basic Law
• Bills of Rights Ordinance
• Ordinances
• Subsidiary Legislation
• Case Law (judge-made law)

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Classification of Laws
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Classification of Laws

• Criminal Law
• Civil Law

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CRIMINAL LAW

• Offences against persons
• Offences against properties
• Regulatory offences
• Criminal procedures law
• Criminal evidence law

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CIVIL LAW

• Contract
• sale of goods
• agency
• employment

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CIVIL LAW

• Torts
• negligence
• nuisance
• defamation
• .

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CIVIL LAW

• Property
• personal property
• real property
• intellectual properties

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CIVIL LAW

• Inheritance
• Trusts
• Company law
• Insolvency law

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CIVIL LAW

• Civil procedures law
• Civil evidence law

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Institutions

• The Courts
• The Legislative Council
• The NPC
• Department of Justice
• Legal Aid Department

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Institutions

• The Law Enforcement Agencies
• Police
• Customs
• ICAC
• Immigration
• Labour Department
• The Law Schools

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The Court Hierarchy

• Court of Final Appeal
• Court of Appeal
• High Court the jury
• District Court
• Magistracy
• Small Claims Tribunal
• Labour Tribunal
• Obscene Articles Tribunal

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The Personnel

• The Lawyers
• solicitors
• barristers
• government lawyers
• In-house legal advisers
• the law professors

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The Personnel

• The judges
• The legislators
• The law enforcers

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Some practical questions

• Do we have a good legal systems?
• How could we make it better?

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The End

• Thank you!
• Please clap hands ?