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Saturday, October 4, 2025

New Issue of Hong Kong Law Journal (Vol. 55, Part 1 of 2025)

HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL
Vol. 55, Part 1 of 2025
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Eric C Ip
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Trevor Wan
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Articles

Knowing Receipt of Shares in a Foreign Non-Common Law Company: Byers v Saudi National Bank
WMC Gummow AC...1

Whose Role? Judicial vs Legislative Protection of Minority Rights
Kemal Bokhary...5

In the Name of Public Interest: Challenging the Coroner’s Failure to Hold a Death Inquest in Hong Kong
Trevor TW Wan...11

Conditional Discharge, Statutory Interpretation and the Mental Health Review Tribunal
Daisy Cheung and Edward Lui...29

Courts and the Legislative Assembly in the Macau SAR Constitutional Crisis (2005–2009)
Luis WK Wong...47

Study on the Preventive Mechanisms for Food Safety Incidents in Hong Kong and Macao: Comparative Perspectives
Ting Zhou, Zimao Xie and Jingwen Chen...77

Can Musical Elements be Copyrightable? Rethinking the Boundaries of Copyright Protection
Xuan Shen...101

Stamp Duty in Hong Kong (1981–2024): The Evolution Waltz
Wilson Chow and Josiah Chung Ming Chan...101

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