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Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff has published the updated version of a book chapter entitled, “Hong Kong, SAR of the People’s Republic of China”

Professor Lutz-Christian Wolff has published the updated version of a book chapter entitled, “Hong Kong, SAR of the People’s Republic of China”, in J. Basedow, G. Rühl, R. Michaels, F. Ferrari, & P. de Miguel Asensio (eds), Encyclopedia of Private International Law, 2nd edition (Edward Elgar Publishing).

About the chapter: The newly published version updates a chapter that had been prepared for the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Private International Law (2017). It incorporates the latest developments such as the entering into force of the CISG in Hong Kong in December 2022 and the enactment of arrangements for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong judgments and arbitral awards as well as for the mutual service of judicial documents between Hong Kong and Macao.

The book chapter can be viewed online here, with the hard cover version to be available in 2027.

Posted on 28 September, 2026