Book Review: Film and Constitutional Controversy: Visualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of “One Country, Two Systems”
| DOI | 10.1177/09646639221081503 |
| Published date | 01 August 2022 |
| Author | MÓNICA LÓPEZ LERMA |
| Date | 01 August 2022 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
as an advantage, it has also affected the discipline’s ability to reach its ‘maturity’(Örücü, 2007,
44). It cannot be doubted that Fekete’s meticulous and innovative historical appraisal of com-
parative law’s modern development represents an important step towards the formation of a
discipline fully aware of, and confident in, its value and potential.
LUCA SILIQUINI-CINELLI
University of Dundee, UK
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Note
1. Ibid. 280.
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MARCO WAN, Film and Constitutional Controversy: Visualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of “One
Country, Two Systems”. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, pp. 176. ISBN: 9781108797764,
£ 27.99 (pbk).
In Film and Constitutional Controversy, Marco Wan aims to demonstrate that “to fully
understand constitutional law and its relationship to identity in modern-day Hong
Kong, it is necessary to turn our gaze from the hallowed chambers of the courtrooms
and the legislature to the cinema screens”(21). Wan argues that identity in modern-day
Hong Kong is inextricably connected to the constitutional principle of the People’s
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