ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the cross-sectional analysis of the legal concepts on the Chinese population, legal profession, and English samples to investigate the extent to which the Common Law notions have been accepted by the Chinese population of Hong Kong. It discusses whether a test of legal cultural compatibility can be passed for continuation of the Common Law judicial system after 30 June 1997, when the system is no longer run by the British. A cross-sectional analysis of the acceptance of the Common Law values among the Chinese population of Hong Kong, Chinese members of the Legal Profession, and the English population of Norwich. The three major barriers for an imported judicial system to operate successfully in a society are the elite class value of the judicial system, the cultural conflict with the local population, and the public ignorance of the judicial system.
