China's resumption of sovereignty over Macau in 1999 ended almost 450 years of Portuguese occupation. The creation of Macau Special Administrative Region (Macau SAR) in 1999, premised on the unique concept of "one country, Two systems," facilitated the through-train of Macau'spre-existing Portuguese-style legal system. The continuation of the pre-existing legal system had to operate in a new enverionment, where Chinese is the official language with room for Portuguese also to be used as an official language by Macau SAR's legislatiure, executive and judiciary......