Hong Kong Private International Law
This book is a one-stop reference to Hong Kong private international law.

It provides clear expositions on questions of jurisdiction, choice of law, recognition and enforcement, transnational arbitration, and inter-regional and international harmonisation of Hong Kong conflict of laws. It covers a range of areas, including the law of obligations at common law and in equity, the law of real and personal property, intellectual property law, family law, company law, insolvency and bankruptcy law, competition law, and admiralty law. It includes discussions of cross-border dispute resolution, jurisdiction and choice of law clauses.

The book focuses on the practical issues, emphasising the rapidly developing local jurisprudence of recent years. It also offers theoretical insights and suggestions for law reform when appropriate. Moreover, it systematically analyses conflict of laws issues arising out of inter-regional cases between Hong Kong on the one hand and Mainland China, Taiwan, and Macao on the other.

The book will be indispensable to judges, practitioners, scholars, and students in Hong Kong, Greater China, Asia, and worldwide.
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Hong Kong Private International Law
This book is a one-stop reference to Hong Kong private international law.

It provides clear expositions on questions of jurisdiction, choice of law, recognition and enforcement, transnational arbitration, and inter-regional and international harmonisation of Hong Kong conflict of laws. It covers a range of areas, including the law of obligations at common law and in equity, the law of real and personal property, intellectual property law, family law, company law, insolvency and bankruptcy law, competition law, and admiralty law. It includes discussions of cross-border dispute resolution, jurisdiction and choice of law clauses.

The book focuses on the practical issues, emphasising the rapidly developing local jurisprudence of recent years. It also offers theoretical insights and suggestions for law reform when appropriate. Moreover, it systematically analyses conflict of laws issues arising out of inter-regional cases between Hong Kong on the one hand and Mainland China, Taiwan, and Macao on the other.

The book will be indispensable to judges, practitioners, scholars, and students in Hong Kong, Greater China, Asia, and worldwide.
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This book is a one-stop reference to Hong Kong private international law.

It provides clear expositions on questions of jurisdiction, choice of law, recognition and enforcement, transnational arbitration, and inter-regional and international harmonisation of Hong Kong conflict of laws. It covers a range of areas, including the law of obligations at common law and in equity, the law of real and personal property, intellectual property law, family law, company law, insolvency and bankruptcy law, competition law, and admiralty law. It includes discussions of cross-border dispute resolution, jurisdiction and choice of law clauses.

The book focuses on the practical issues, emphasising the rapidly developing local jurisprudence of recent years. It also offers theoretical insights and suggestions for law reform when appropriate. Moreover, it systematically analyses conflict of laws issues arising out of inter-regional cases between Hong Kong on the one hand and Mainland China, Taiwan, and Macao on the other.

The book will be indispensable to judges, practitioners, scholars, and students in Hong Kong, Greater China, Asia, and worldwide.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781509956487
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 02/20/2025
Series: Studies in Private International Law - Asia
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 488
File size: 1000 KB

About the Author

Wilson Lui is part-time Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.
Anselmo Reyes is International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court.
Wilson Lui is part-time Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. He is a Chartered Linguist, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford, UK, and an LLM from the University of Cambridge, UK.
Anselmo Reyes is Guest Professor at the Law Faculty of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan and an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
1. The Subject Matter of Private International Law
2. History and Sources of Private International Law in Hong Kong
3. Preliminary Matters
4. Connecting Factors
5. Substance and Procedure
6. Foreign Law
7. Evidence
8. Mandatory Rules, Public Policy, Public Laws, Acts of State, and the Evasion of Law

Part II: Jurisdiction
9. Jurisdiction in personam
10. Special Rules for Jurisdiction in personam
11. Jurisdiction in Shipping Claims
12. Immunities from Jurisdiction
13. Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution Agreements

Part III: Choice of Law
14. Choice of Law Agreements
15. Law of Obligations
16. Law of Trusts and Equitable Obligations
17. Law of Property
18. Intellectual Property Law
19. Family Law
20. Law of Corporations and Insolvency
21. Law of Bankruptcy
22. Competition Law

Part IV: Recognition and Enforcement
23. Recognition and Enforcement

Part V: Arbitration
24. International Commercial Arbitration in Hong Kong

Part VI: Harmonisation
25. Private International Law Issues and Mutual Legal Assistance between Hong Kong and Other Inter-Regional Jurisdictions
26. Hong Kong and International Organisations
27. The Future of Private International Law in Hong Kong
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