Crown Immunity Without the Crown
Eric Cheung, Gu Weixia and Zhang Xianchu (2010), “Crown Immunity without the Crown”, Hong Kong Lawyer, November Issue, pp. 12 - 25
University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019/018
9 Pages Posted: 4 Feb 2019 Last revised: 19 Apr 2019
Date Written: November 1, 2010
Abstract
The authors discuss the far reaching implications arising from Hua Tian Long (No 3) relating to the common law doctrine of Crown immunity and questions whether the right to immunity can be transferred to the Central People’s Government and its instrumentalities when China resumed sovereignty in 1997.
Keywords: Crown Immunity, China, Hong Kong, Sovereignty, Basic Law, Jurisdiction
JEL Classification: K49
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