Treaty for a Lost City: The Sino-British Joint Declaration

ISBN-13: 9781108972307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 300 str.

C. L. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Lim

Opis

Uses declassified archival records to analyse the legal and contemporary circumstances surrounding the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration.

Recenzje

This is an important book which vividly illuminates the bargaining process that shaped the Sino British Joint Declaration. It gives full play to Chinese arguments about the Treaty and proposes an original counterpoint to the liberal argument about Hong Kong's constitutional identity. Treaty for a Lost City is an essential resource for people who wish to explore the debate about Hong Kong's constitutional treaty; or who wish to understand what Hong Kong has become. Ewan Smith, Christ Church, Oxford

Spis treści

Part I. 1982-1997; Introduction to Part I.; 1. Negotiations commence; 2. The Joint Declaration; 3. Twilight of Colonial Rule, Democratic Reform, the Basic Law and Bill of Rights: 1984-1997; Part II. 1997-2014; Introduction to Part II.; 4. The Court and the Canaries in a storm; 5. Foreign treaty relations; 6. Acts of state, foreign affairs, defence; 7. Demos; Part III. 2014-2021; 8. Patriotism, comprehensive jurisdiction, formal allegiance: 2014-2017; 9. Fundamental rights and the 2019 Extradition Bill; 10. The 2020 National Security Law; 11. Aftermath.