Danny Gittings: Law Articles and Law Courses

Assistant Professor and Senior Programme Director,

College of Humanities and Law,

University of Hong Kong’s School of Professional and Continuing Education.

Email: danny.gittings AT hkuspace.hku.hk

Law Articles by Danny Gittings

Danny Gittings, What Will Happen to Hong Kong After 2047? (California Western International Law Journal, Fall 2011 edition)
(This article is one of the first in-depth discussions about the possible scenarios for Hong Kong after the expiry of the guaranteed 50 year period of no change from 1997-2047. A link to the article will be posted after publication.)

Danny Gittings, Hong Kong’s Courts are Learning to Live with China (Hong Kong Journal, Issue No. 19, July 2010)
(This article argues that Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal has already compromised in a few cases to avoid confrontations with China, and may well continue to do so in coming years.)

Mark S. Gaylord, Danny Gittings and Harold Traver, Introduction to Crime, Law and Justice in Hong Kong (Hong Kong University Press, July 2009)
(This book contains several chapters on the Hong Kong legal system by local academics, including a chapter on the Hong Kong Judiciary written by me)

Danny Gittings, Workbook on the Hong Kong Basic Law (HKU SPACE, 2008)
(A course manual used on several law courses which adopts an interactive approach towards teaching students about constitutional law issues in Hong Kong)

Danny Gittings, Changing Expectations: How the Rule of Law Fared in the First Decade of the Hong Kong SAR, (Hong Kong Journal, Issue No. 7, July 2007)
(An overview of some of the major legal issues that arose in Hong Kong during the first 10 years after 1997)

Danny Gittings, Review of Hong Kong Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals (2008) 38 Hong Kong Law Journal 303

Law Courses by Danny Gittings

I have been teaching courses on Hong Kong Constitutional Law and the Hong Kong Basic Law since 2002. I also now teach courses on Hong Kong Legal System, an introduction to the Chinese legal system and some other subjects.

The following is a partial list of the courses I teach, with links to further information on many of them:

1)          Hong Kong Basic Law (Certificate in Legal Studies);

2)          Introduction to the Mainland Legal System (Diploma in Legal Studies);

3)          Hong Kong Basic Law (Associate of Arts in Legal Studies);

4)          Hong Kong Constitutional Law (PCLL Conversion Exam Preparatory Course);

5)          Hong Kong Constitutional Law (CPE/Graduate Diploma in English and HK Law);

6)          Hong Kong Legal System (PCLL Conversion Exam Preparatory Course);

7)          Hong Kong Legal System (CPE/Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law);