摘要
王室豁免原则是英国普通法中的一个古老原则。香港回归前,英国政府在香港法院享有司法豁免权。"华天龙"号案中,香港法院第一次检视了回归后这一原则在香港特区的适用问题,在判决中裁定中国政府代替了英国政府继续在香港享有司法豁免权。这一判决引发了法律界的激烈争论。从王室豁免在普通法中的历史沿革出发,通过与主权豁免原则的对比,分析王室豁免在香港特区的适用以及对未来可能产生的影响。
Crown immunity is an antique in the British common law. Before the transition in 1997, Hong Kong courts did not enjoy the jurisdiction over the British government under this doctrine. After the transition, the court examined its application in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Hua Tian Long case, holding that it is the Chinese government that replaced the colonial governor to enjoy the crown immunity in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The judgment was then hotly criticized by some Hong Kong scholars. The article introduces the history of this doctrine, and analyzes its development in Hong Kong and also its influences in the future, in comparison with the similar doctrine of sovereign immunity.
出处
《中国海商法研究》
CSSCI
2015年第1期95-101,共7页
Chinese Journal of Maritime Law
基金
教育部哲学社科重大课题攻关项目"中国与邻国海洋权益争端问题的国际法理研究"(12JZD048)
中央高校基本科研业务费青年骨干项目"‘一国两制’下香港行政长官普选制度研究"(3132015113)
中央高校基本科研业务费科技创新团队项目"海洋强国战略的海法保障"(3132014313)
