Preserve city’s common-law legal system after 2047, says top judge
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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Common law should remain the basis of Hong Kong’s legal system beyond 2047, the end of the 50-year guarantee stated in the Basic Law, the city’s top judge says. Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li also warned that the judiciary’s authority would be undermined if the government again sought a Basic Law interpretation from Beijing in the way it did in the 1999 right of abode case. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Preserve city’s common-law legal system after 2047, says top judge
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Common law should remain the basis of Hong Kong’s legal system beyond 2047, the end of the 50-year guarantee stated in the Basic Law, the city’s top judge says. Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li also warned that the judiciary’s authority would be undermined if the government again sought a Basic Law interpretation from Beijing in the way it did in the 1999 right of abode case. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Preserve city’s common-law legal system after 2047, says top judge
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