Twenty-year Review of the Violation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law: Examination, Reflection and Prospect of the Constitutional Functions of Hong Kong’s Courts
YAO Guo-jian
Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, 100088
Abstract:Hong Kong’s Basic Law in the past two decades has been implemented in parallel with the review of the violation of the law by the courts of HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region). Through the review, the courts of HKSAR have established their roles in Hong Kong’s new constitutional system, ensured the constitutional legal position of Hong Kong’s Basic Law in HKSAR, safeguarded the basic rights of Hong Kong people, interpreted the relationship between the central government and HKSAR, and engaged in the establishment of the new political system in HKSAR. In this process, the choices of the elements or positions such as the judicial philosophy of activity or humility, discretion priority or order priority in judgment, jurisprudences within and outside HKSAR, and the interest between the central government and HKSAR not only affect the court judgment and decision, but also demonstrate the court’s consideration of its constitutional functions. Sometimes, the aggressive judicial activity, choice of discretion priority, excessive dependence upon the jurisprudence outside HKSAR, and HKSAR-oriented judgment position of Hong Kong’s courts make their judgments not entirely positive to the implementation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law. It is a reasonable choice for the courts of HKSAR in reviewing the violation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law to maintain proper prudence, develop a separate jurisprudence of HKSAR, and maintain balance between discretion and order, between the interest of the central government and HKSAR.
姚国建. 违基审查20年:香港法院宪制功能的检视、省思与前瞻[J]. 《深圳大学学报》(人文社科版), 2017, 34(1): 44-52.
YAO Guo-jian. Twenty-year Review of the Violation of Hong Kong’s Basic Law: Examination, Reflection and Prospect of the Constitutional Functions of Hong Kong’s Courts. , 2017, 34(1): 44-52.
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