Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of International Instruments
- Abbreviations
- 1 An Introduction to Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Part I Rationales, Motivations and Design
- Domestic Drivers
- 2 My Reflections as a Foreign Judge in the Commonwealth
- 3 Judges from Other Common Law Jurisdictions on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
- 4 Foreign Judges in Liechtenstein’s Courts
- 5 The SICC, International Judges and International Commercial Dispute Resolution
- 6 Foreign Judges in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China
- International Influences
- Part II Implications and Impact
- Index
3 - Judges from Other Common Law Jurisdictions on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
from Domestic Drivers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2023
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of International Instruments
- Abbreviations
- 1 An Introduction to Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Part I Rationales, Motivations and Design
- Domestic Drivers
- 2 My Reflections as a Foreign Judge in the Commonwealth
- 3 Judges from Other Common Law Jurisdictions on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
- 4 Foreign Judges in Liechtenstein’s Courts
- 5 The SICC, International Judges and International Commercial Dispute Resolution
- 6 Foreign Judges in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China
- International Influences
- Part II Implications and Impact
- Index
Summary
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region allows judges from other common law jurisdictions to sit on the Court of Final Appeal. Since 1997, one overseas non-permanent judge has sat on the bench of the Court of Final Appeal in nearly all substantive appeals. The chapter provides an overview of the identities of the overseas non-permanent judges over the Court’s 24-year history and outlines how the working practices of the Court have developed to support their involvement in Hong Kong’s judiciary. An assessment of the benefits that overseas non-permanent judges provide the Court of Final Appeal and the contributions they have made to the development of the law and legal system of Hong Kong show that the use of foreign judges in Hong Kong has been highly successful.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023