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The intersection of Chinese law and the common law in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong : question of technique or politics? / Yash Ghai -- Law of things in the Macau Civil Code : an extension of the Romano-Germanic system built upon the classical concept of ownership / Tong Io Cheng -- Legal transplants and economic development : civil law vs. common law? / Salvatore Mancuso -- Modernisation, Westernisation, and globalisation : legal transplant in China / Jianfu Chen -- Comments : Globalization and the politics of comparative law / Hualing Fu -- Comments : "Law of the things in the Macao Civil Code : an extension of the Romano-Germanic system built upon the classical concept of ownership" / Ant�onio Malheiro de Magalh�aes -- Scotland : the constitutional protection of a mixed legal system / Chris Himsworth -- The South-Tyrol autonomy in Italy : historical, political and legal aspects / Oskar Peterlini -- The Europeanization of law / Cristina Ferreira -- The notion of reparations as a restorative justice measure / Antonio Buti -- Comments / Jorge Godinho -- Comments / Zhenmin Wang -- Lawyers, the protection of human rights and harmonious society / Cui Feng -- The judicial guarantees of fundamental rights in the Macau legal system : a parcours under the focus of continuity and of autonomy / Paulo Cardinal -- Public prosecution vis �a vis the protection of the legal system and the protection of fundamental human rights / Gavin T. Shiu -- International criminal procedure and the protection of the fundamental rights of the person / Wladimir Brito -- Comments / Jos�e Ant�onion Pinheiro Torres -- Trend of evolution of Chinese mainland prosecutorial system in the context of judicial reform / Guo Lixin -- The role of the ombudsman in defending human rights / Ivo Donat Firmo Mineiro -- Domestic and international judicial protection of fundamental rights : a Latin American comparative perspective / Jorge Ulises Carmona Tinoco -- Fundamental rights and constitutional limits and constraints to the police action in the criminal procedure : several aspects in some juslusophony system / Jorge Carlos Fonseca -- Comments : Reciprocal enforcement of court judgments in civil and commercial matters between Hong Kong SAR and the mainland / Stephen Kai-yi Wong -- Comments / Zhu Lin -- Evolution of autonomy and federalism / Hans-Joachim Heintze -- Autonomy experiences in Europe : a comparative approach : Portugal, Spain and Italy / Fernando Dom�inguez Garc�ia

French overseas : New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the framework of asymmetrical federalism and shared sovereignty / Jacques Ziller -- The development of asymmetric regionalism and the principle of autonomy in the new constitutional system : a comparative approach / Giancarlo Rolla -- Comments / Chris Himsworth -- Decentralization and structural policies : the European experience / Manuel Porto -- Legal foundations, structures and institutions of autonomy in comparative law / Markku Suksi -- Comments : Autonomy as an enduring concept / Michael Davis -- The relationship between central and local governments under the unitary state system of China / Lok Wai Kin -- Autonomous legislative power in regional ethnic autonomy of the People?s Republic of China : the law and the reality / Chunli Xia -- Macao SAR inter-regional mutual legal assistance in criminal matters / Jorge Costa Oliveira -- Comments : Local autonomy in the context of Chinese political modernization / Dan Wei -- The ranking of the international law in the framework of "The basic law of the Macao SAR of the People?s Republic of China" and the introspection of the perplexities of fundamental rights / Fong Man Chong -- The validity of the international agreements of the human rights in the juridicial order of the Special Administrative Region of Macau / Ant�onio Malheiro de Magalh�aes -- Interpretation of the basic law by the courts of the Macao SAR / Jorge Menezes -- The general regime of fundamental rights in the basic law and in the international instruments / Vitalino Canas -- Comments / Paulo Martins Chan -- Fundamental rights and the basic laws of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions / Simon N.M. Young -- The fundamental rights in Macao / Jorge Bacelar Gouveia -- Constitutionalism and Western legal traditions in human rights in Asian legal systems : with a special focus on Chinese legal systems / Jean-Pierre Cabestan -- Comments : Macau's autonomy : looking for a fresh awakening? / Arnaldo M.A. Gon�calves -- Comments : Fundamental rights and the basic laws of Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions / Duarte Santos -- The autonomy of the Macau Special Administrative Region : between centripetalism and good governance / Jos�e Joaquim Gomes Canotilho -- The theory, constitution and practice of autonomy : the case of Hong Kong / Albert H.Y. Chen -- Interaction and integration between the legal systems of Kong Kong, Macao and the Mainland China 50 years after their return to China / Huang Jin -- The Macau Special Administrative Regions of the PRC in comparison with autonomous regions models / Marco Olivetti -- Comments / Markku Suksi -- Comments / Paulo Cardinal -- Conference final comments / Markku Suksi -- Closing speech by the President of Court of Final Appeal / Sam Hou Fai.