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Titre Beijing's “Rule of Law” Strategy for Governing Hong Kong
Auteur Han Zhu
Mir@bel Revue China perspectives
Numéro no 2019/1 Touching the Proverbial Elephant: The Multiple Shapes of Chinese Law
Rubrique / Thématique
Special feature
Page 23-33
Résumé anglais This paper examines the evolution of legal strategies that the central government has used in managing Hong Kong affairs in the past three decades. It demonstrates that the Beijing government appears to have successfully employed the tactic of “legalisation without democratisation” to neutralise political resistance, to resolve thorny issues, and to stifle pro-independence voices. However, as Beijing's legal strategies for Hong Kong have become more hands-on and assertive, the flaws and instrumentalism of Chinese-style “rule of law” have become increasingly salient, giving rise to deepening conflicts with the Hong Kong common law system. Legalisation without democratisation has given rise to a worrying trend of rising authoritarian legalism in Hong Kong.
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