AJ 014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Equal Opportunity, Ageism, Public Participation

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 014
• Professor: Wheeler

Document Summary

Gaps in the law remedied by law reform commission. In the past, no due process for government to monitor the people -> privacy issue. After exco approves the version of the bill -> submitted to the legco -> three readings (with all members present, a simple majority of the whole legco is needed to pass the law) Amendments proposed by legco members need simple majority in each of the. Although the law is passed, sometimes it may come into effect affect one year -> allow enough. Geographical constituency and functional constituency time and opportunity for laymen to make adjustments to comply with the new law. Precise but also able to cover various circumstances. Ngo, international mechanisms, public, commercial organisations -> debate. Sex discrimination, disability discrimination, family status discrimination, racial discrimination protection -> rejected by commercial organisations in the first place -> constraint the flexibility in job recruitment and commercial practices. Possible progressive legislation: age discrimination, mainlander discrimination.