The Constitutional System of the Hong Kong SAR: A Contextual Analysis by Albert Hung-yee Chen and Po Jen Yap

T his book provides a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of Hong Kong's constitutional development, offering valuable insight into its governance, political challenges and the delicate balance between autonomy and central authority after colonial rule ended, and China resumed sovereignty, in 1997.In particular, the study considers the manner in which the constitutional framework of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) operates under the "one country, two systems" (OCTS) principle, a foundational dimension of the HKSAR's distinctive constitutional system.It seeks to explain the challenges facing that framework, and the implications of Hong Kong's constitutional system for the rule of law, separation of powers, constitutional review and more generally local political life, and how the framework is fraught with tensions, particularly between Hong Kong's aspirations for liberal democracy and the central Chinese Government's authoritarian culture and system of governance.The authors examine the evolving constitutional relationship