《SIMULARIZING VIJNANA AND DESIRE, REPEATING YI AND JUSTICE： TRANSPLANTING DELEUZEAN BECOMING INTO THE MACHINE OF HONG KONG ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW》.pdf

FRoNTIERSoFLAW IN CHINA VOL．9 J1JNE2014 N0．2 DoI10．3868／s050．003．014—0010—0 F0CUS：MEDIAAND LAW SIMULARIZINGVIJNANAANDDESIRE，REPEATINGYIANDJUSTICE： TRANSPLANTINGDELEUZEANBECOMINGINTOTHEMACHINEOF HONGKONGANTI．DOMESTICVIOLENCELAW Man—chungCHIU Thelawcontrollingdomesticviolence HongKongwasamendedin2008and2009 Therevisedlaw introducesanew injunctionorderwhichcanmandatethatabusers attendcounselingprogrammes，andextendslegalprotectiontosame—sexcouples．Asthe authorhavearguedelsewhere,htechangesinhtealwcancreate(gender／sexua1)justice asboth issuesengagewiht traditionalHan—Chinese culture．Nonetheless，wiht hte implementationofhtenewmachine,htefollowingtwoquestionsstillneedtobe addressedCanhtechangesproducejustice?Whatisjustice?Thispaperinvestigates,ni Deleuzeanterms,howhtemachineofanti—domesticviolencelawniHongKongcreates htebecomingofjustice．Hopefully,hteexaminationofthisissuecanalsoshedlighton htefuturedevelopmentinmainlandChinaofhtelawcontrollingdomesticviolence． INTRODuCTION………………………………………………………………………………………………………159 I．HONGK0NGANTI-DOMESTICVIOLENCELAW REFORM IN2008AND2009…………161 II．POWERLESSISBECOMNIG：DELEUZEANMACHINEOFJUSTICE…………………………l62 III．TRANSpLANTINGFOREIGNCONCEPTSINTOHONGKONGCUIURE：W HEREAER THESIMULARITIES9．……………………………………………………………………………………l66 IV．Y／ANDEQUALITY=JuSTICENI HAN．CH1NESECULTURE?………………………………167 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ·l71 INTRoDUCTION Between2007and2009，theHongKong SAR Govemmem introducedaseriesof amendments in relation to the law controlling domestic violence．The two most controversialproposalswere(1)theinrtoductionofcourt—mandatedcounseling；and(2) Man—chungChiu，Ph．D inlaw,atSchoolofLaw,Un