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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