Hong Kong Legal System

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:Court_of_Final_Appeal
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkbp:basedOn common law
gptkbp:constitution gptkb:Basic_Law_of_Hong_Kong
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Mainland_Chinese_legal_system
gptkbp:established 1842
gptkbp:extraditionArrangementsWith various countries
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Basic_Law_of_Hong_Kong
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hong Kong Legal System
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Magistrates'_Courts
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Court_of_Final_Appeal
gptkb:Coroner's_Court
gptkb:Labour_Tribunal
gptkb:Lands_Tribunal
gptkb:Obscene_Articles_Tribunal
gptkb:Small_Claims_Tribunal
High Court of Justice
gptkbp:independenceDate guaranteed by Basic Law
gptkbp:influencedBy English law
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Chinese
English
gptkbp:lawSociety gptkb:The_Law_Society_of_Hong_Kong
gptkbp:legalAidProvidedBy gptkb:Legal_Aid_Department
gptkbp:legalEducationBy gptkb:Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong
gptkb:University_of_Hong_Kong
gptkb:City_University_of_Hong_Kong
gptkbp:legalProfessionIncludes barristers
solicitors
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:Department_of_Justice_(Hong_Kong)
gptkbp:membership gptkb:Hong_Kong_Bar_Association
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:HKSAR_v_Lai_Chee_Ying
gptkb:Ng_Ka_Ling_v_Director_of_Immigration
gptkb:Leung_Kwok_Hung_v_HKSAR
gptkb:W_v_Registrar_of_Marriages
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Chief_Justice_of_the_Court_of_Final_Appeal
gptkbp:policedBy gptkb:Hong_Kong_Police_Force
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:British_Hong_Kong_legal_system
gptkbp:prosecutionsBy gptkb:Department_of_Justice_(Hong_Kong)
gptkbp:retains common law traditions
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Mainland_Chinese_legal_system
gptkbp:subject gptkb:International_Covenant_on_Civil_and_Political_Rights_(ICCPR)
gptkb:National_Security_Law_(since_2020)
gptkb:One_Country,_Two_Systems_principle
gptkbp:uses gptkb:law
customary law (in some cases)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Common_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6