Sunday, September 16, 2012

Hong Kong & Private International Law

It was seems a contradiction in terms, there is a legal term of art called Private International Law.  It has its own office for the International Tribunal at the Hague.  But guess where the office is?  Hong Kong, naturellement.

The term refers to which legal rules will apply when agreements are struck between private actors among diverse regimes.  I can't imagine anyone at the small business level availing themselves of this service, but there it is.  Of all the places in the world where peoples strike deals without state intervention, it must be Hong Kong.

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