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Constitutional & Administrative Law

Basic Law, Sino-British Joint Declaration, judicial review, NPCSC interpretations, ECHR-aligned rights via BOR.

Dominant casebooks

  • Wesley-Smith · Constitutional and Administrative Law of Hong Kong

Landmark cases

  • Ng Ka Ling v Director of Immigration (1999) 2 HKCFAR 4

    Right of abode — first major CFA constitutional decision.

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