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The Department of Justice () is the department responsible for the laws of Hong Kong headed by the Secretary for Justice. Before 1997, the names of the department and the position was the Legal Department (律政署) and Attorney General (律政司) respectively. The Department of Justice’s main value is the rule of law. This law is the law that has brought Hong Kong the success of being known as the world’s international financial centre. Their leading principle consists of the quote “One country, Two Systems”.〔The Commissioner's Office of China's Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong SAR "() Retrieved on 2013-06-15.〕 The Department of Justice is very important in the legal system in many ways. One being that they give legal advice to other departments in the government system. “drafts government bills, makes prosecution decisions, and promotes the rule of law”.〔http://www.doj.gov.hk/mobile/eng/index.html〕 It is important to note that the main goal of the Department is to ensure that Hong Kong’s status as the main centre for legal services goes up, and is enhanced. ==Organisation== * Prosecutions Division (Hong Kong) - headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, handles prosecutions in the majority of appeals and trials in the Court of First Instance and District Court. * Civil Division - headed by the Law Officer (Civil Law), provides legal advice on civil law to all Government bureaux and departments and represents the Government both as solicitors and as barristers in all civil litigation, including arbitrations * Legal Policy Division - servicing the needs of the Solicitor General, and giving legal policy advice in respect of matters currently being considered by the Government * Law Drafting Division - is responsible for drafting almost all legislation, and all Government subsidiary legislation * International Law Division - is headed by the Law Officer (International Law) and provides advice on public international law to the Government and negotiates, or provides legal advisers on negotiations, for bilateral agreements. Also handles mutual judicial assistance matters. * Administration and Development Division - is headed by the Director of Administration and Development 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Department of Justice (Hong Kong)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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