Albert Hung Yee Chen is a legal scholar in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. He was the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, where he currently serves as the Chan Professor in Constitutional Law.

History

Chen received his LLB and PCLL degrees from the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong in 1980 and 1981.

He received his LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...

 in comparative law and theories of law and development in 1982.

Career

Chen was the Head of the University of Hong Kong Department of Law from 1993 to 1996. After the Department of Law became the Faculty of Law in 1996, he was the first Dean from 1996 to 2002. He is currently a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Committee of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, a member of the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong, and a law professor at the University of Hong Kong.

Chen's work is centered around jurisprudence, constitutional law, and comparative law. He published widely in both English and Chinese.

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