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 | 19 Dec 2024 | 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/