General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW3298 |
| Course name: | Cross-border legal relations between the Mainland and Hong Kong (taught in English) |
| Programme offered under: | LLB Programme |
| Semester: | Second |
| Designated research course: | Yes |
| Specialization: | Not applicable |
| Prerequisites / Co-requisites: | No |
| Course offered to non-law students: | No |
| Credit point value: | 6 credits |
1.2 Course description
The course will focus on the constitutional civil and commercial aspects of cross-border legal relations, which will include:
- The status of PRC constitution and the Basic Law and the issue of congressional supremacy,
- Mutual recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and civil judgments,
- Procedures of cross-border services and evidence taking,
- Cross-border insolvency and family law matters, and
- Opportunities and challenges for legal community and legal education.
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | Weixia Gu | guweixia@hku.hk | CCT 908 | By email |
| Course convenor | Yun Zhao | zhaoy@hku.hk | CCT 306 | By email |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 Learn the history of the cross-border cooperation, current situation and difficulties.
CLO 2 Compare the perspective of international comparative analysis of cross-border arrangements with the provisions of the legal cooperation.
CLO 3 Provide a viable, meaningful and constructive suggestion for the cross-border legal cooperation.
2.2 LLB Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link: https://course.law.hku.hk/llb-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Presentation | 50% | 1, 2, 3 | |
| Research paper | 50% | 1, 2, 3 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be advised by the convenor(s).
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Seminar | 3 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
All seminars will consist of some lecturing together with question and answers between teacher and students, and teacher-led discussion among students.
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | Reading materials are posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list: | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | TBA |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/