Hong Kong, China and 1997: Essays in Legal Theory

by Raymond Wacks (Editor)

The 12 essays in this volume, written from different theoretical standpoints, deploy the tools of legal theory to explore the development of Hong Kong’s legal and social systems when Chinese sovereignty resumes in the territory.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published November 29, 1994

About the author

Raymond Wacks is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong, where he was Head of the Department of Law from 1986 to 1993. He was previously Professor of Public Law and Head of the Department of Public Law at the University of Natal in Durban. He has lived in Italy since taking early retirement in 2002.