Book contents
- Reviews
- Constitutionalism in Context
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Constitutionalism in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents by Topic
- Contents by Region
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- User’s Guide and Preface
- Abbreviations
- I Introduction to the Field
- II Concepts and Definitions
- III Constitutional Drafting and Revision
- IV Constitutional Adjudication and Interpretation
- V Rights
- VI Structure
- 17 Subnational Constitutionalism: Hong Kong
- 18 Electoral Systems: Indonesia
- 19 Fourth-Branch Institutions: South Africa
- VII Challenges to Liberal Democratic Constitutionalism
- Index
- References
17 - Subnational Constitutionalism: Hong Kong
from VI - Structure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2022
- Reviews
- Constitutionalism in Context
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Constitutionalism in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents by Topic
- Contents by Region
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- User’s Guide and Preface
- Abbreviations
- I Introduction to the Field
- II Concepts and Definitions
- III Constitutional Drafting and Revision
- IV Constitutional Adjudication and Interpretation
- V Rights
- VI Structure
- 17 Subnational Constitutionalism: Hong Kong
- 18 Electoral Systems: Indonesia
- 19 Fourth-Branch Institutions: South Africa
- VII Challenges to Liberal Democratic Constitutionalism
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter uses Hong Kong to illustrate the unique constitutional law challenges facing subnational jurisdictions, including that of dividing competences between the subnational and national authorities, of finding a mutually agreeable conflict resolution mechanism and of defining the place of the subnational constitution within the national constitutional order. As the only liberal, common law jurisdiction within a socialist party-state in the world, Hong Kong’s two decades of experience with China’s “one country, two systems” governing model illustrates how fraught the challenges facing a subnational constitution could be. Yet further reflection upon how Hong Kong can preserve its liberal constitutionalist status suggests creative solutions to those challenges.
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- Constitutionalism in Context , pp. 377 - 402Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022