Prof Fu Hualing, member of CCPL Board of Management and CCPL Fellow, and Michael Jackson, also a CCPL Fellow, published a paper “Regime Type, Law, and Protest: A Case Study of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan”.

Prof Fu Hualing, member of CCPL Board of Management and CCPL Fellow, and Michael Jackson, also a CCPL Fellow, published a paper “Regime Type, Law, and Protest: A Case Study of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan”. This article explores the politics of protest law in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China. Their principal argument is that regime type is determinative of the political meaning and significance of protests, the structure of protest law, and punishment imposed on protesters. Different regimes assign drastically different political meanings and significance to protests; empower or limit courts in offering different degrees of protection of the right to protest; and encourage or prohibit civil society organizations in their function of nurturing a society with the freedom to protest. Click here for more information.