Hong Kong Private International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5099-5647-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lui, Wilson

Reyes, Anselmo

Beaumont, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Lui, Wilson
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.

Reyes, Anselmo
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.

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.