Law in a Hot Air Balloon

DESCRIPTION :

The rule of law mandates the discipline of law. This is one of the themes running through this book of essays.

The common law is judge-made law, built upon precedent. Over time, from accumulated judgments, principles of law evolved.

An effective judgment is a disciplined structure of logical thought focussed on remedies. The emphasis is on discipline. The side effects of indiscipline are dogma and ideology, which have no place in a courtroom.

When judges abandon control of proceedings, legal propositions get tossed around in court, loose from the underlying facts on the ground, with opposing counsel pitching “authority” against “authority”, engaged in shadow boxing.

If the underlying principle of One Country Two Systems requires the rule of law to be exercised by the Hong Kong courts in a vigorous, disciplined and robust fashion, one must wonder whether it is fulfilling such objective; and if the answer is No, what might be the consequence.

PRODUCT DETAILS :

ISBN : 9781838959708
BY (AUTHOR) Litton, Henry
PUBLISHER : Sherriff Books	PUBLICATION DATE :September 2023
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : Hong Kong	IMPRINT :
LANGUAGE : English	AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Society & Social Sciences