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Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes
L5
- case law may be slow but holds importance as others don't know the law as well as
lawyers
- Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd->slide 23 case law reasoning has limitations
2018
what are the ways through national law of PRC can be made enforceable of the court
of HKSAR
-define enforceable-> can court interpret vs apply
-define court
-national law of PRC-> PRC Constitution or ordinary national law
NS3 art18
158 interpretation
basic law may also be national law
list cases
Avoid questions that have less points even if they are easy
need 4-6 good arguments to get good grade
if think it is easy-> C Grade-> it's easy coz you missed the point
don't stand out by picking a difficult q-> stand out by raising good points
critically discuss the role of the international foreign judgement and the modern
approach to statutory interpretation in maintaining the legal system and the rule
of law
-define international and foreign judgement-> common law, domestic vs international
modern approach to statutory interpretation-> limitations, how it has been
described by the court, what in practice vs in theory would the court do
-purposive-> not bad for rule of law as operate under limit of basic article
-flexible
-depends on how you define rule of law, thick way vs thin way-> generous or human
right; thin-> modern is enough
-role of international and foreign judgement would also be interpreted differently
based on thick vs thin