tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051717299463818920.post7941128347370936463..comments2024-03-27T17:57:50.561+08:00Comments on HKU Legal Scholarship Blog: Review Essay of Henry Litton’s 'Is the Hong Kong Judiciary Sleepwalking to 2047?' (Richard Cullen)Simon NM Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11306243703903112785noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051717299463818920.post-26752176599253802072020-11-28T10:35:54.257+08:002020-11-28T10:35:54.257+08:00Henry Litton followed "Is the Hong Kong Judic...Henry Litton followed "Is the Hong Kong Judiciary Sleepwalking to 2047?" with "Can Freedom and Liberal Values Thrive if Common Law Crumbles?", also published in Hong Kong by Sherriff Books. <br />A third may well be on the way: "The Dance of Folly."Gunpowder Plodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09225659309409471508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051717299463818920.post-25495650049286800062020-11-28T02:13:59.181+08:002020-11-28T02:13:59.181+08:00The continuation of the Common Law methodology of ...The continuation of the Common Law methodology of judicial reasoning is an arch feature of One Country Two Systems. We have witnessed that frontal attacks and subterranean sabotage of the One Country Two Systems has been taking place. The recurrent use of Article 158 of the Basic Law to defeat any judgments which are not favored by the Chinese Communist Party is a potent way to undermine the Frankie Leunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332276079922091853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051717299463818920.post-74758077688033735512020-11-27T19:08:41.542+08:002020-11-27T19:08:41.542+08:00It seems unfortunate that Richard Cullen and presu...It seems unfortunate that Richard Cullen and presumably Henry Litton want to use a 19th Century orientalist argument to undermine the entire body of human rights protections developed in the 20th century. To assume that Hong Kong judges are peculiarly unsuited to implement the human rights guarantees promised in the ICCPR, the Basic Law and the BORO seems a bit of a stretch. Michael Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184757349072754196noreply@blogger.com