1.There are two legal traditions in the world – the common law tradition and the civil law tradition. Their philosophies behind and approaches to new media policies and regulations are different. Please provide an analysis of the following:
a.What are the basic philosophical and legal features of the two traditions?
b.How can the U.S., Chinese and Hong Kong legal systems be characterized along the two traditions? To what extent do they differ from the “classic” forms of those two legal traditions?
c.From the point of view of the two legal traditions, what are the specific approaches taken by the United States, China and Hong Kong to the regulations in such areas as the development of the telecommunications industry, privacy, and intellectual property.








