New Issue of Hong Kong Law Journal (Part 3 of 2019)

HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL

Vol. 49, Part 3 of 2019

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Rick Glofcheski

Associate Editor: Professor Albert Chen

Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Analysis
Brexit, Prorogation and Prerogative Hon William Gummow AC	817
Electoral Disqualification, Political Allegiance, and the Courts: A "Fruitless Debate"? Po Jen Yap and Jiang Zixin	825
Lecture
Conflict of Fundamental Rights and the Double Proportionality Test Hon Mr Justice Andrew Cheung PJ	835
Articles
Amnesty in Hong Kong? Esther Mak and Jason Fee	851
The Power of the Chief Executive to Grant an Amnesty: A Possible Solution to the Extradition Bill Controversies Johannes Chan	865
Not an Internal Affair: Hong Kong's Right to Autonomy and Self-Determination under International Law Carole J Petersen	883
Who Pays for Failing Banks? Hong Kong's Financial Institutions (Resolution) Ordinance Christian Hofmann	905
From Harvard Mouse to Novartis: Synthetic Biology, Transgenic Life and the Varieties Exclusion in Patent Law Eugene C Lim	927
Global Development of Information Exchange: Rule-maker versus Rule-taker in International Tax Law Jingyi Wang	951
In the Name of Constitutional Law: Reflections on Recent Korean Constitutional Adjudication with Special Reference to President Park's Impeachment Case Kun Yang	979
China Law
Reforming China's IIAs through a New Mechanism of Joint Interpretation: A Legal Fiction Perspective Liping Huang	1001
Soft Law, State-Owned Enterprises and Dispute Resolution on PRC's Belt and Road — Towards an Emerging Legal Order? Ping Xiong and Roman Tomasic	1025
Reforming Chinese Cross-Border Bankruptcy Law during a Trade War: Has the Supreme People's Court Provided a Satisfying Answer? Li Xiaolin	1057
Local Protection in Chinese Securities Litigation: A 20-Year Empirical Study of Securities Cases in China Li Huang	1089
Book Review
Emden's Construction Law Hong Kong Hiu H. Wong, Athena	1139
Review Article
Belatedly but Fruitfully, Law Comes to Grips with the Analytical Chal-lenge of Globalisation	114