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• The 1990s

• Introduction
• 1. Setting up in Hong Kong and arrest
• 2. Early life in France and move back to Asia
• 3. The parallel case of Tan Malaka
• 4. In revolutionary Guangzhou
• 5. Mounting the defense: Ho Chi Minh's prison experience
• 6. Legal process: Trial and tribulations
• 7. Media coverage of the arrest and trial
• 8. The French diplomatic demarche
• 9. The privy council verdict, release and afterlife
• Epilogue.
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It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931-33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today, Geoffrey C. Gunn's examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British colony. Utilizing little known archival material, Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anti-colonial networks and Franco-British relations.
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• Introduction
• 1. Setting up in Hong Kong and arrest
• 2. Early life in France and move back to Asia
• 3. The parallel case of Tan Malaka
• 4. In revolutionary Guangzhou
• 5. Mounting the defense: Ho Chi Minh's prison experience
• 6. Legal process: Trial and tribulations
• 7. Media coverage of the arrest and trial
• 8. The French diplomatic demarche
• 9. The privy council verdict, release and afterlife
• Epilogue.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

It was the trial of a century in colonial Hong Kong when, in 1931-33, Ho Chi Minh - the future President of Vietnam - faced down deportation to French-controlled territory with a death sentence dangling over him. Thanks to his appeal to English common law, Ho Chi Minh won his reprieve. With extradition a major political issue in Hong Kong today, Geoffrey C. Gunn's examination of the legal case of Ho Chi Minh offers a timely insight into the rule of law and the issue of extradition in the former British colony. Utilizing little known archival material, Gunn sheds new light on Ho Chi Minh, communist and anti-colonial networks and Franco-British relations.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Intro; Title Page; Copyight Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgement; Preface to 2016-17 Edition; Abbreviations; Latin Words and Phrases; Table of Cases; Board of Review Decisions; IRO, IRR and SDO;
• Chapter 1 General Scheme of Taxation in Hong Kong;
• Chapter 2 Property Tax;
• Chapter 3 Salaries Tax;
• Chapter 4 Profits Tax;
• Chapter 5 Depreciation Allowances;
• Chapter 6 Personal Assessment;
• Chapter 7 Returns and Information toBe Supplied, Penalties;
• Chapter 8 Assessments and Payment of Tax;
• Chapter 9 Objections and Appeals;
• Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Matters.

• Chapter 11 International Aspects of HongKong Taxation
• Chapter 12 Stamp Duty;
• Chapter 13 Special Provisions; Index.

The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxation-Profits Tax, Salaries Tax, Property Tax, Personal Assessment and Stamp Duty. It also includes a chapter giving a general overview of international tax issues and in how it pertains to Hong Kong. This issue also contains general observations on the final reports issues in 2015 on the G20 and OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The book explains the principles and practice of Hong Kong taxation law with relevant Court and Board of Review decisions and contains numerous practical examples. The current edition includes legislative changes to 30 June 2016, the latest developments in Hong Kong taxation including the introduction of a Corporate Treasury Centre regime and the ongoing implementation of the global standard of Automatic Exchange of Information and other tax transparency initiatives. A new chapter has also been included that examines the taxation of special entities such as partnerships.
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• Introduction
• The meaning of t'sip in Qing law
• Judicial construction of t'sip in Chinese family law in East Asia : a comparative perspective
• The origins of the Strickland report and the search for the Chinese customary law and custom in Hong Kong
• The colonial office and the abolition of concubinage
• The Marriage Reform Ordinance of 1971 and its aftermath
• Conclusion

This book provides a comparative account of the abolition of concubinage in East Asia, offering a new perspective and revised analysis of the factors leading to - and the debates surrounding - the introduction of a new Marriage Reform Ordinance in Hong Kong in 1971. It uses this law as a platform to examine how the existence of concubinage - long preserved in the name of protecting Chinese traditions and customs - crucially influenced family law reforms, which were in response to a perceived need to create a 'modern' marriage system within Hong Kong's Chinese community after the Second World War. This was, by and large, the result of continued pressure from within Hong Kong and from Britain to bring Hong Kong's marriage system in line with international marriage treaties. It represented one of the last significant intrusions of colonial law into the private sphere of Hong Kong social life, eliminating Chinese customs which had been previously recognised by the colonial legal system's family law. This book contextualizes the Hong Kong situation by examining judicial cases interpreting Chinese customs and the Great Qing Code, offering a comprehensive understanding of the Hong Kong situation in relation to the status of concubines in Republican China and other East Asian jurisdictions. It will be of particular interest to teachers and students of law, as well as researchers in gender studies, post-colonialism, sociology and cultural studies.
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• Intro; Title Page; Copyight Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgement; Preface to 2016-17 Edition; Abbreviations; Latin Words and Phrases; Table of Cases; Board of Review Decisions; IRO, IRR and SDO;
• Chapter 1 General Scheme of Taxation in Hong Kong;
• Chapter 2 Property Tax;
• Chapter 3 Salaries Tax;
• Chapter 4 Profits Tax;
• Chapter 5 Depreciation Allowances;
• Chapter 6 Personal Assessment;
• Chapter 7 Returns and Information toBe Supplied, Penalties;
• Chapter 8 Assessments and Payment of Tax;
• Chapter 9 Objections and Appeals;
• Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Matters.

• Chapter 11 International Aspects of HongKong Taxation
• Chapter 12 Stamp Duty;
• Chapter 13 Special Provisions; Index.

The book covers the major areas of Hong Kong taxation-Profits Tax, Salaries Tax, Property Tax, Personal Assessment and Stamp Duty. It also includes a chapter giving a general overview of international tax issues and in how it pertains to Hong Kong. This issue also contains general observations on the final reports issues in 2015 on the G20 and OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The book explains the principles and practice of Hong Kong taxation law with relevant Court and Board of Review decisions and contains numerous practical examples. The current edition includes legislative changes to 30 June 2016, the latest developments in Hong Kong taxation including the introduction of a Corporate Treasury Centre regime and the ongoing implementation of the global standard of Automatic Exchange of Information and other tax transparency initiatives. A new chapter has also been included that examines the taxation of special entities such as partnerships.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Table of Contents; Preface; List of contributors; Air travel in Hong Kong: some legal aspects in need of reform / Gary N. Heilbronn; Legal relations between air carriers and travel agents / A.W. Hughes; Pricing of international air travel: a Hong Kong perspective on relevant aspects of international and municipal laws / A.W. Hughes; Legal obligations pertaining to the security of passengers in the airport and on board aircraft leaving Hong Kong / Amelia Luk; In-flight crime on Hong Kong-bound aircraft / David Tolliday-Wright.

A collection of essays by legal professionals on various topics relating to aviation and travel law in Hong Kong, including pricing of air travel, airlines legal relations with travel agents, airport security, aerial crime and hijacking, and aircraft accident investigation.

• Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part One; Introduction; Part Two; 1 The Case of Law Or and the Misreported Abortion Trial; 2 The Case of the American Gangster Who Bribed the Jury to Convict Him; 3 The Case of the Queen's Counsel Who Was a Gentleman; 4 The Case of the Murder Trial without the Corpus Delicti (Meaning Dead Body); 5 The Case of the Eye-Blinking Barrister; 6 The Case of the Young Man Who Impersonated a Police Officer; 7 The Case of the Twelve £1 Million Cheques; 8 The Case of the Ruptured Kidney; 9 The Case of the Defendant with High Cheekbones.

• 10 The Case of the Foreign Litigant Who Wisely Refrained from Bribing the Trial Judge11 The Case of the Solicitor Who Was Convicted of an Offence Not Known to Law; 12 The Case of the Court Interpreter Who Loved to Show off His Knowledge of English; Index.

In Tales from No. 9 Ice House Street, Patrick Yu takes up his story as he returns to Hong Kong to become the first Chinese Crown Counsel.

• The HKU Press Law Series; Title Page; verso; Table of Contents; General Editor's Foreword; Preface to the second edition; Ch. 1 Agency; Ch. 2 Partnership; Ch 3 Companies; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Table of Cases; Glossary and Index; About the Author.

This book deals mainly with the law of agency and partnership and also touches on the basic principles of company law with special reference to the law of Hong Kong.

• Dedication; Table of Contents; General Editor's Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Part One: Introduction; Ch. 1 The Background; Ch. 2 Instruments and Negotiability; Part Two: Cheques; Ch. 3 The Nature, Functions and Definition of A Cheque; Ch. 4 Indorsements and Crossings; Ch. 5 Parties, Holders and Defects; Ch. 6 Forgeries, Alterations and Protection of Banks; Part Three: Bills of Exchange and Other Instruments; Ch. 7 Bills of Exchange; Ch. 8 Promissory Notes and Other Instruments; Bibliography of Further Reading; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Glossary and Index; About the Author.

Discusses the use of cheques and other banking instruments in Hong Kong as well as applicable laws.

The purpose of this book is to introduce elements of the law concerning dealings with goods in Hong Kong to non-lawyers.

• 1. A patent system for Hong Kong / Henry J.W. Wheare
• 2. Credit card fraud / Clive Grossman
• 3. Transnational insolvency law / Charles D. Booth
• 4. Oversubscription of initial public offerings: success or failure?, an analysis of directors' duties when issuing shares / I.A. Tokley
• 5. Disqualification of company directors / Caroline Hague
• 6. Legal dysfunctionalism: Hong Kong company law in the 1990s / Anne Carver
• 7. Tax aspects of cross-border trade and investment / Jefferson P. VanderWolk
• 8. Asset protection? estate planning? (unit) trust me / Andrew J. Halkyard.

This book focuses on current issues and developments in eight areas of commercial law: patents, credit card fraud, transnational insolvency, the oversubscription of initial public offerings, the disqualification of company directors, the protection of company creditors, cross-border taxation, and unit trusts. A primary theme of most chapters is the impact of recent and ongoing commercial law reform. Many of the authors discuss recent amendments to Hong Kong's commercial law and proposals of the Law Reform Commission or other bodies. The authors also make their own proposals for improving Hong Kong's legislation and case law.