https://www.scmp.com/rss/324886/feed Ryan Mitchell is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where his research focuses on state sovereignty, international law, Chinese law, and legal history. He is currently revising his Yale PhD dissertation, “Realism in China’s Reception and Contention of the Law of Nations", as a book manuscript. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the summer of 1789, France was in political crisis, with seemingly no prospect for a compromise. In this tense scenario, the members of the French Third Estate, representing all of the people aside from the clergy, nobility, and the king, arrived on the morning of June 20 to find that the army had locked them out of their own legislative chamber. Suddenly barred from the affairs of government, the deputies sought the closest approximation to an ­assembly hall they could find. Reconvening in a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2104963/did-all-hong-kongs-disqualified-lawmakers-flout-basics-oath?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2104963/did-all-hong-kongs-disqualified-lawmakers-flout-basics-oath?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:46:20 +0000