1. Themes and arguments Yash Ghai
Part I. Final Appeals: Setting the Context
2. Autonomy and the Court of Final Appeal: the constitutional framework Yash Ghai
3. Two interpreters of the basic law: the CFA and NPCSC Xiaonan Yang
4. A worthy predecessor? The Privy Council on Appeal from Hong Kong, 1853 1997 Oliver Jones
Part II. The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
5. Genesis of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal Simon N. M. Young, Antonio Da Roza and Yash Ghai
6. Final Appeals then and now Simon N. M. Young and Antonio Da Roza
7. Jurisdiction and procedure Antonio Da Roza
8. A practitioner's perspective Michael Thomas
9. A human rights lawyer's perspective Mark Daly
Part III. Judges and Judging
10. Role of the Chief Justice Simon N. M. Young, Antonio Da Roza and Yash Ghai
11. The judges Simon N. M. Young and Antonio Da Roza
12. Concurring and dissenting in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Jill Cottrell and Yash Ghai
Part IV. Jurisprudence of the Court
13. The common law Sir Anthony Mason
14. Basic law Albert H. Y. Chen and P. Y. Lo
15. Human rights Simon N. M. Young
16. Administrative law Johannes Chan
17. Criminal law Simon N. M. Young
18. Commercial law William Waung
19. Land law Malcolm Merry
20. Tort law Rick Glofcheski
21. Civil procedure Gary Meggitt
Part V. Perspectives from Beyond Hong Kong: 22. Impact of jurisprudence beyond Hong Kong P. Y. Lo
23. Macau's Court of Final Appeal Jorge Godinho and Paulo Cardinal
24. Foreign judges: a European perspective Josef Marko.