An Overview of the Legal
System of Hong Kong
Speaker: Ludwig Ng (伍兆榮律師)
Some Philosophical Questions
Why do we need a legal system?
What’s a good legal system?
What’s the relationship between
democracy and a good legal system?
What constitutes a legal system?
the Laws
the Institutions
the Personnel
Hierarchy of Laws
The China Constitution
The Basic Law
Bills of Rights Ordinance
Ordinances
Subsidiary Legislation
Case Law (judge-made law)
Classification of Laws
Classification of Laws
Criminal Law
Civil Law
CRIMINAL LAW
Offences against persons
Offences against properties
Regulatory offences
Criminal procedures law
Criminal evidence law
CIVIL LAW
Contract
sale of goods
agency
employment
…
CIVIL LAW
Torts
negligence
nuisance
defamation
….
CIVIL LAW
Property
personal property
real property
intellectual properties
CIVIL LAW
Inheritance
Trusts
Company law
Insolvency law
CIVIL LAW
Civil procedures law
Civil evidence law
Institutions
The Courts
The Legislative Council
The NPC
Department of Justice
Legal Aid Department
Institutions
The Law Enforcement Agencies
Police
Customs
ICAC
Immigration
Labour Department
The Law Schools
The Court Hierarchy
Court of Final Appeal
Court of Appeal
High Court – the jury
District Court
Magistracy
Small Claims Tribunal
Labour Tribunal
Obscene Articles Tribunal
The Personnel
The Lawyers
solicitors
barristers
government lawyers
In-house legal advisers
the law professors
The Personnel
The judges
The legislators
The law enforcers
Some practical questions
Do we have a good legal systems?
How could we make it better?
The End
Thank you!
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