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Appendix 2 - JD1 Book List 2016a

This document provides a book list for first year JD students at the University of Hong Kong Department of Law. It lists required and recommended textbooks for several core law subjects, including Administrative Law, Company Law, Constitutional Law, Contract, Criminal Law, Legal Research & Methods, Legal System of Hong Kong SAR, and Torts. For each subject, 2-4 textbooks are listed along with ISBN numbers and recent editions that students are expected to acquire before the start of classes. The book list is updated annually to reflect any changes to reading materials.

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Appendix 2 - JD1 Book List 2016a

This document provides a book list for first year JD students at the University of Hong Kong Department of Law. It lists required and recommended textbooks for several core law subjects, including Administrative Law, Company Law, Constitutional Law, Contract, Criminal Law, Legal Research & Methods, Legal System of Hong Kong SAR, and Torts. For each subject, 2-4 textbooks are listed along with ISBN numbers and recent editions that students are expected to acquire before the start of classes. The book list is updated annually to reflect any changes to reading materials.

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The University of Hong Kong

Department of Law
Jurist Doctor Programme
Year 1 Book List
Preliminary Readings
These are the preliminary readings, which we expect students to have done before the commencement of the
Induction Period:
Patrick S. Aityah, The Damages Lottery (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 1997) (ISBN: 978-1901362060)
Nicholas J. McBride, Letters to a Law Student: A Guide to Studying Law at University (Pearson, 3rd ed.,
2013) (ISBN: 978-1447922650)
Glanville Williams, Learning the Law, A.T.H. Smith (Ed.) (Sweet & Maxwell, 15th ed., 2013) (ISBN: 9780414028234)
Administrative Law
Jhaveri, Ramsden & Scully-Hill, Administrative Law in Hong Kong, (Lexis-Nexis, 2013) (ISBN: 9789888147700)
Company Law
Philip Smart, Katherine Lynch, Anna Tam, Hong Kong Company Law: Cases, Comments and Materials
(Butterworths Asia, 1997) (ISBN: 978-0409998719)
Paul Davies and Sarah Worthington (eds.) Gower and Davies: The Principles of Modern Company Law
(Sweet & Maxwell, 10th ed., 2016) (ISBN: 978-0414056268)
Len Sealy & Sarah Worthington, Sealys Cases and Materials in Company Law (OUP, 10th ed., 2013) (ISBN:
978-0199676446)
E.L.G. Tyler, Butterworths Hong Kong Company Law Handbook (Lexis Nexis, 17th ed., 2015) (ISBN: 978988830133) (Note: 18th ed. will be released in August 2016.)
Constitutional Law
Yash Ghai, Hong Kong's New Constitutional Order: the Resumption of Chinese Sovereignty and the Basic
Law (Hong Kong University Press; 2nd ed., 1999) (ISBN: 978-9622094635)
Johannes Chan SC and Lison Harris (eds.), Hong Kongs Constitutional Debates (Hong Kong Law Journal,
2005)
Johannes Chan, H.L. Fu, Yash Ghai, Hong Kongs Constitutional Debate: Conflict Over Interpretation
(Hong Kong University Press, 2000) (ISBN: 978-9622095090)
Johannes Chan and CL Lim (eds.), Law of the Hong Kong Constitution (Thomson; 2nd ed., 2015) (ISBN:
978-9626617526)
Po Jen Yap, Constitutional Dialogue in Common Law Asia, (Oxford University Press, 2016) (ISBN: 9780198736370)

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Contract
Edwin Peel, Treitel, Law of Contract (Sweet & Maxwell, 14th ed., 2015) (ISBN: 978-0414037397)
Ewan McKendrick, Contract Law: Text, Cases and Materials (OUP, 7th ed., April 2016) (ISBN: 9780198748397).
Mindy Chen-Wishart, Contract Law (OUP, 5th ed., 2015) (ISBN: 978-01996891631)
Jack Beatson, Andrew Burrows and John Cartwright, Anson's Law of Contract (OUP, 30th ed., May 2016)
(ISBN: 978-0198734789)
Criminal Law
Textbook (Highly Recommended)
Michael Jackson, Criminal Law in Hong Kong, (Hong Kong University Press, 2003) (ISBN: 9789622095588)
Statutory Materials
Simon Young, The Essential Statutes on Hong Kong Criminal Law and Procedure 2008/2009 (Lexis-Nexis
Butterworths, 2008) (ISBN: 978-9628972883)
Additional References
David Ormerod, Smith and Hogan: Criminal Law (OUP, 13th ed., 2011) (ISBN: 978-0199586493)
General
Richard Card, Card, Cross & Jones: Criminal Law (OUP, 20th ed., 2012) (ISBN: 978-0199646425)
C.M.V. Clarkson, H.M. Keating and S. R. Cunningham, Criminal Law: Texts and Materials (Sweet &
Maxwell, 7th ed., 2010) (ISBN: 978-1847039187)
A. P. Simester , J. R. Spencer, G. R. Sullivan , G. J. Virgo, Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory
and Doctrine (Hart Publishing, 5th ed., 2013) (ISBN: 978-1849464444)
(Note: in general, the previous ed. of these textbooks/casebooks would also be suitable as a general resource.)
Legal Research & Methods
Jill Cottrell, Legal research: a guide for Hong Kong students.
Legal System of Hong Kong SAR
(Please refer to the course description which will be available on Moodle in due course.)
Torts
Recommended Texts
N J McBride and R Bagshaw, Tort Law (Pearson, 5th ed., 2015) (ISBN-10: 1292071230 ISBN-13: 9781292071237)
Edwin Peel; James Goudkamp, Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort (Sweet & Maxwell, 19th ed., 2014) (ISBN:
978-0414025653)
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R. Glofcheski, Tort Law in Hong Kong (Sweet & Maxwell, 3rd ed., 2012) (ISBN: 978-9626615041)

Introductory Reading
T. Weir, An Introduction to Tort Law (OUP, 2nd ed., 2006) (ISBN: 978-0199290376)

Reference Works
K Bokhary (ed-in-chief), Tort Law and Practice in Hong Kong (Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd ed, 2011) (ISBN:
978-9626613863)
M A Jones (gen ed), Clerk & Lindsell on Torts (Sweet & Maxwell, 20th ed, 2011) (ISBN: 978-1847037961)
C Sappideen and P Vines (eds), Fleming's The Law of Torts (Lawbook Co., 10th ed, , 2011) (ISBN: 9780455217987)

Note: All of the above are subject to change / update by the course teachers.

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