ThehistoryoftheFacultyofLawatHKUisinmanywaysthehistoryofthelawinmodernHongKong.Foundedin1969,theFacultyhashelpedtransformacoloniallegalbackwaterintoaflourishingjurisdiction,inwhichHongKongmaintainsitscommonlawsystemasaspecialadministrativeregionofthePeople’sRepublicofChina.TheFacultyhasplayedavitalpartinfosteringalegalprofessionfirmlyrootedinHongKong,functioninginbothChineseandEnglish.ItsearlyteacherspioneeredscholarshiponHongKonglaw.ItsgraduatesnowmakeupoverhalfofHongKong’sJudiciaryandlegalprofession.OvertheyearstheFacultyhasearnedworldwiderecognitionasacentreofresearchinsubjectsrangingfromhumanrightstofinancialregulation.PublishedtomarktheGoldenJubilee,thisbooktracestheFaculty’srisefromhumbleoriginstoitspositionasoneoftheworld’sleadinglawschools.Drawingonarchives,publicationsandinterviews,thebookexploresthegrowthoftheFacultyagainstthemomentouseventsofthepast50years.
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