LLAW6114 & JDOC6114

General Course Information

1.1 Course details

Course code: LLAW6114 / JDOC6114
Course name: Cross-Border Legal Relations between the Mainland and Hong Kong (taught in Putonghua)
Programme offered under: LLM Programme / JD Programme
Semester: First
Prerequisites / Co-requisites: No
Credit point value: 9 credit / 6 credits

1.2 Course description

The course will focus on the constitutional, criminal and civil aspects of cross-border legal relations, which will include:

  • The status of PRC constitution and the Basic Law and the issue of congressional supremacy
  • Criminal jurisdictions
  • Repatriation of fugitives and sentenced persons and mutual legal assistance in other criminal matters
  • Mutual recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and judgments
  • Procedures of cross-border services and evidence taking
  • Cross-border insolvency and family law matters

The course will be taught in both Putonghua and English.

1.3 Course teachers

Name E-mail address Office Consultation
Course convenor Hualing Fu hlfu@hku.hk CCT 1010 By email
Course convenor Xianchu Zhang xczhang@hku.hk CCT 504 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 LLM and JD Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Please refer to the following link:

LLM – https://course.law.hku.hk/llm-plo/

JD – https://course.law.hku.hk/jd-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 Due date Weighting Feedback method* Course learning outcomes
Research paper TBC 100% 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 convenor.

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

To be advised by course convenor(s).

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/