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Oxford English Dictionary (2011, March). “Rule of law, n.” Retrieved March 5, 2018, from www.oed.com/view/entry/277614?r edirectedfrom=rule of Law&

2 The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Basic Law of Hong Kong”), Article 8. 3 Basic Law of Hong Kong, Article 85.

4 Basic Law of Hong Kong, Article 39.

5 Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484), s 1(2).

6 Basic Law of Hong Kong, Article 158.

7 Lau Kong Yung and Others v The Director of Immigration [1999] HKCFA 5, at para 57.

8 Basic Law of Hong Kong, Article 158(3).

9 Siu, J., “Joshua Wong and other jailed Hong Kong student leaders see political careers halted,” South China Morning Post, Aug. 17, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018, from www.scmp.com/news/hongkong/politics/article/2107216/occupy-activists-joshua-wong-andnathan-law-jailed-hong-kong 10 Grieve, D., QC, “The rule of law and the prosecutor,” Sept. 9, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2018, from www.gov.uk/government/ speeches/the-rule-of-law-and-the-prosecutor

11 World Justice Project, World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2017–2018, Jan. 31, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018, from https:// worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/documents/wjp_ Roli_2017-18_online-edition_0.pdf