Civil Unrest and Governance in Hong Kong

Michael H.K. Ng is Assistant Professor and Director of the Centre for Chinese Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.John D. Wong is Assistant Professor of Hong Kong Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Hong Kong.

• Introduction: negotiating the legitimacy of governance Part I The past matters: governance, coloniality of power and law1. Rule of law in Hong Kong history demythologised: student umbrella movement of 1919 2. ‘Our best trump card’: a brief history of deportation in Hong Kong, 1857–1955 3. Exclusion as oppression: a quest for extra-legal status for Chinese medicine in colonial Hong Kong 4. How the 1967 riots changed Hong Kong’s political landscape, with the repercussions still felt today 5. 'Flying MPs' and political changes in a colonial setting: political reform under MacLehose’s governorship of Hong Kong 6. Between two episodes of social unrest below the Lion Rock: from the 1967 riots to the 2014 Umbrella Movement Part II The art of argument: justifications and expressions of civil unrest 7. Social movements and the law: the case of Hong Kong 8. Civil disobedience and the rule of law 9. From civil disobedience to institutional politics: conflict over the Public Order Ordinance in 2000 10. The artwork of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central Movement 11. Who speaks for Lion Rock? Pro-Cantonese campaign (or lack thereof) in Hong Kong

Select Guide Rating