HONG KONG JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS



ASIA'S FIRST STUDENT-EDITED LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE JOURNAL



HONG KONG JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS



the hkjlpa: Official ACADEMIC JOURNAL of students belonging to the BSocSc (Govt&Laws) & LLB programme



The Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs (HKJLPA) is the first student-edited journal in law and political science in all of Asia, published by the Government and Laws Committee, The University of Hong Kong (GLC) since 2018, in restoration of the student-edited Hong Kong University Law Journal, founded in 1926 by Professor George Keeton (1902-1989), the first Lecturer of Political Science and Jurisprudence and Reader of Law and Politics at HKU, and later Dean of Laws and Vice Provost at University College London (UCL).


Supported by an International Editorial Advisory Board consisting of distinguished scholars, HKJLPA publishes articles in the English language from researchers, teachers, practitioners, and students all over the world. It accepts submissions in all areas broadly related to the intersection between law and politics, including but not limited to comparative constitutional law and politics, international law and relations, jurisprudence and political philosophy, and administrative law and public administration.


As the GLC’s flagship publication backed by the HKU Government and Laws Programme, HKJLPA is committed to promoting a stronger understanding of cutting-edge issues that lie at the nexus of law and politics at the international and domestic levels, and to offering a robust platform for the exploration of ideas that will guide how societies are organised and governed.



EDITORIAL BOARD





FOUNDING EDITOR IN CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR

Mr. Trevor T W Wan

BSocSc (Govt&Laws) & LLB IV



HONORARY EDITORIAL BOARD





Professor Eliza W. Y. Lee

Director (Politics and Public Administration), BSocSc (Govt&Laws) & LLB Programme

Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong


Dr. Eric C. Ip

Director (Law), BSocSc (Govt&Laws) & LLB Programme Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong


Ms. Cora Chan

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong


Dr. Ngoc Son Bui

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Professor Sungmoon Kim

Professor and Associate Dean (Postgraduate studies), College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong


Dr. Jaclyn L. Neo

Director, Centre for Asian Legal Studies

Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law


Professor Andrew Harding

Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law


Dr. Dan W. Puchniak

Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law


Dr. Chengyi Peng

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


Dr. Anna Dziedzic

Associate Director, Centre for Comparative and Public Law Global Academic Fellow, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong



INAUGURAL ISSUE: CONFUCIAN DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM



CONFUCIAN DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM



INAUGURAL VOLUME 2019





The Inaugural Volume of the Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs will be published in Fall 2019, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Government and Laws Programme at The University of Hong Kong.


The theme of the inaugural volume is “Confucian Democracy and Constitutionalism”. For decades, scholars and practitioners have been theorizing and debating possible models for Western political institutions such as representative democracy and constitutionalism to operate in East Asian countries in which the traditional Confucian culture is deeply embedded within. This interdisciplinary study features essays from leading political science, philosophy and legal scholars that engage these theories and debates through investigating multiple East Asian jurisdictions such as China, Vietnam and Korea to further illuminate our understanding on the Region’s political and constitutional future.


This inaugural volume also features a review of the GLC's initiatives over the past year, including various forums, visits to legal and political institutions and career events.


VIEW THE FULL INAUGURAL ISSUE HERE

FOREWORD



Professor Ian Holliday

Vice President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning)The University of Hong Kong


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Introduction: Confucian Democracy and Constitutionalism



Mr. Trevor T. W. Wan
Editor-in-Chief, Hong Kong Journal of Law and Public Affairs


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Part I
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Confucian Democracy and Constitutionalism



Chinese Democracy Isn't Inevitable
Can a political system be democratically legitimate without being democratic?



Professor Daniel A. Bell
Dean, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University
Professor, Tsinghua University


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A Comparison of Confucian and Liberal Constitutionalisms and Its Implications



Dr. Chengyi Peng
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences


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Confucian Constitutionalism and Democracy and the Risk of Inventing Traditions



Dr. Maria Adele Carrai
Senior Researcher, Leuven Centre for Global Governance
Fellow, Harvard University Asia Centre


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The Battle for the Global Future
The Christians in America and the Confucians in China?



Professor Patrick Mendis
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sino-American Relations, the Yenching Academy of Peking University


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Part II
Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law Roundtable Discussion on Public Reason Confucianism



Introduction



Dr. Dan W. Puchniak
Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law


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Kim’s Confucian Democracy in Context



Professor Bryan William Van Norden
Chair Professor, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University
Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Professor, Yale-NUS College
James Monroe Taylor Chair in Philosophy, Vassar College


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Comments on Part III: Civic Virtue



Dr. Hui-Chieh Loy
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Department of Philosophy


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Pluralist Constitutionalism in Asia and Public Reason Confucianism



Dr. Jaclyn L. Neo
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law


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Values and Constitutionalism: A Comment on Kim Sungmoon and The Case of The Daughters’ Rebellion



Professor Andrew Harding
Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law


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The Practice of Public Reason Confucianism: Reply to Van Norden, Loy, Neo, and Harding



Professor Sungmoon Kim
Professor, City University of Hong Kong College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences


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