New Volume of Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs on Militant Democracy and Constitutionalism

HONG KONG JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2020, Volume 2

MILITANT DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM

The Government and Laws Committee, The University of Hong Kong (GLC) is pleased to officially unveil the Second Volume (2020) of the Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs (HKJLPA), the official annual journal of the GLC. The volume is titled “Militant Democracy and Constitutionalism”.

ABOUT THE VOLUME

The Second Volume 2020 of the Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs, published in Fall 2020, is entitled “Militant Democracy and Constitutionalism”.

     The end of Cold War has once endowed the world with optimism that the End of History has finally arrived. However, the rise of populist leaders with little regard to democratic norms, authoritarians which harness the constitutional toolbox to subvert democratic processes and an unprecedented invocation of emergency powers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have all but blossomed into a siege against Constitutional Democracies on a global scale. This timely Volume, situated against the backdrop of global constitutional backsliding, features essays from leading political scientists and constitutional scholars. It discusses one of the possible countermeasures of democratic self-defence that has existed since 1937 – militant democracy and militant constitutionalism.

     In addition, this Second Volume is graced with a case commentary on Miller (No.2), two interviews with leading constitutional lawyers Professor Andrew J Harding and Dr Tonio Borg, and two author interviews conducted with Professor Joel Colón-Ríos and Dr Eric C Ip on their new books. It ends, as usual, with a review of the Government and Laws Committee's initiatives and publications over the past academic year.

OBTAINING A COPY

You may access the online copy here at: http://www.hkuglc.org/government-and-laws-committee-hku-hkjlpa

ABOUT HKJLPA

The Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs (HKJLPA) is the first English language studentedited journal in law and political science in East Asia, published by the Government and Laws Committee, The University of Hong Kong (GLC) since 2019, in restoration of the student-edited Hong Kong University Law Journal (1926-1927), founded by Professor George Keeton (1902-1989), the first Lecturer of Political Science and Jurisprudence and Reader of Law and Politics at HKU, and later Dean of Laws and Vice Provost at University College London (UCL).

     Supported by an International Editorial Advisory Board consisting of distinguished scholars, HKJLPA publishes articles in the English language from researchers, teachers, practitioners, and students all over the world. It accepts submissions in all areas broadly related to the intersection between law and politics, including but not limited to comparative constitutional law and politics, international law and relations, jurisprudence and political philosophy, and administrative law and public administration.

     As the GLC’s flagship publication backed by the HKU Government and Laws Programme, HKJLPA is committed to promoting a stronger understanding of cutting-edge issues that lie at the nexus of law and politics at the international and domestic levels, and to offering a robust platform for the exploration of ideas that will guide how societies are organised and governed.

Launch of The Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs (HKJLPA)

Marking the 20th anniversary of the BSocSc (Govt & Laws) & LLB Programme (GLaws) at HKU, the Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs (HKJLPA) was launched in 2019 as the annual journal of the Government and Laws Committee (GLC). The theme of the inaugural volume is “Confucian Democracy and Constitutionalism”, which features interesting contributions from experts all over the world exploring the theory and practice of operating Western political institutions such as representative democracy and constitutionalism in the context of Confucian values and norms in East Asian jurisdictions. HKJLPA also features a review of GLC’s initiatives, and the achievements of GLaws students over the past year.

ABOUT THE HKJLPA

The HKJLPA is the first student-edited law and political science journal in all of Asia, established by the Government and Laws Committee, Politics and Public Administration Association SSS HKUSU (GLC) with full support from the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Government and Laws) and Bachelor of Laws Programme at HKU in 2018. 

      The Journal publishes articles in both English and Traditional Chinese from researchers, teachers, practitioners, and students all over the world. It accepts submissions in all areas broadly related to the intersection between law and politics, including but not limited to comparative constitutional law and politics, international law and relations, jurisprudence and political philosophy, and administrative law and public administration. 

     As the GLC’s in-house flagship publication, the Journal is committed to promoting a stronger understanding of cutting-edge issues that lie at the nexus of law and politics at the international and domestic levels, and to offering a robust platform for the exploration of ideas that will guide how societies are organised and governed. 

ABOUT THE INAUGURAL VOLUME 

The theme of the inaugural volume is “Confucian Democracy and Constitutionalism”. For decades, scholars and practitioners have been theorizing and debating possible models for Western political institutions such as representative democracy and constitutionalism to operate in East Asian countries in which the traditional Confucian culture is deeply embedded within. This interdisciplinary study features essays from leading political science, philosophy and legal scholars that engage these theories and debates through investigating multiple East Asian jurisdictions such as China, Vietnam and Korea to further illuminate our understanding on the Region’s political and constitutional future. This inaugural volume also features a review of the GLC's initiatives over the past year, including various forums, visits to legal and political institutions and career events.   The volume can be downloaded here.

     The Journal has been produced and edited under the supervision of Dr Eric Ip, and submissions from internationally renowned legal scholars (particularly from the fields of comparative constitutional law and political theory) including Professor Andrew Harding (NUS), Professor Daniel A. Bell (Shandong U), Dr. Jaclyn L. Neo (NUS), Dr. Bui Ngoc Son (CUHK) and Professor Sungmoon Kim (CityU) among others have been accepted.