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This introduction traces the origins of the basic law and the concepts and legal issues that surround it drawing on the experience of the first fifteen years it then analyzes the content of the basic law especially in relation to hong kongs political system the judiciary and human rights. The hong kong basic law is the constitutional document which sets out the general policies and system of government for hong kong under the one country two systems formula it promises hong kong a high degree of autonomy seeks to preserve a separate common law system with an independent judiciary and guarantees a long list of rights . This impressive introduction to the hong kong basic law 1 by danny gittings consists of 9 chapters and several tables and an index the main text spanning 314 pages presents us with a rich introduction the preliminaries take up 32 pages. The hong kong basic law is the constitutional document which sets out the general policies and system of government for hong kong under the one country two systems formula it promises hong kong a high degree of autonomy seeks to preserve a separate common law system with an independent judiciary and guarantees a long list of rights