Albert Hung-yee Chen | |||||||||||||
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| 陳弘毅 | |||||||||||||
 Chen in 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 1957[3] | ||||||||||||
| Education | University of Hong Kong (LLB,PCLL) Harvard University (LLM)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Thesis | The theory of law and development: past, present and future : an essay in search of law and development, the philosophy and sociology of law and comparative law (1982) | ||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Constitutional law research | ||||||||||||
| Institutions | University of Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳弘毅 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈弘毅 | ||||||||||||
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Albert Chen Hung-yee (born 1957)[3] is aHong Konglegal scholar, specialising inconstitutional law. He is the current Cheng Chan Lan Yue Professor in Constitutional Law and the Chair of Constitutional Law at theFaculty of Law of theUniversity of Hong Kong, and was the Dean of the faculty from 1996 to 2002.[1]
Chen was born in 1957. His father was acivil servant and father and his mother ateacher.[3] He graduated from theSt. Paul's Co-educational College inHong Kong in 1975,[3][4] then entered theUniversity of Hong Kong for aLLB degree, completing in 1980.[1] Chen then went toHarvard University and obtained hisLLM 2 years later, studyingcomparative law andtheories of law and development.[1] After returning to Hong Kong, Chen worked at asolicitors' firm, and completed hisPostgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) in 1984, qualifying him as asolicitor.[citation needed]
Chen started his academic career in 1984, becoming alecturer at theUniversity of Hong Kong (HKU) at the age of 27. At the time he was the only legal scholar at the university who spokeChinese.[1][3] He was promoted tosenior lecturer in 1988, andfull professor in 1993.[1] Chen was the Head of the HKU Department of Law between 1993 and 1996, when he was appointed Dean of theHKU Faculty of Law until 2002. He was the firstChinese to serve in either position.[3] In 2007, Chen was endowed with the Chan Professorship inConstitutional Law,[1] which was renamed to Cheng Chan Lan Yue Professorship in Constitutional Law in 2015.[5] Chen became the Chair of Constitutional Law in 2021.[1]
In 1995, Chen was enlisted as one of theHong Kong Affairs Advisors.[3] This position was jointly appointed by theChinese government agencyHong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and theHong Kong office ofXinhua News Agency.[3]
Since 1997,[3] Chen has been a member of theHong Kong Basic Law Committee of theNational People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC).[6]
Chen is anex-officio member of theLegal subsector of theElection Committee of Hong Kong for the term between 2021 and 2026.[7]
During the2014–2015 Hong Kong electoral reform, Chen advised the oppositionpro-democracy camp that they should accept thegovernment's proposal as their ideal electoral system was impossible to achieve.[8] He also proposed that "none of the above" be an additional option on theChief Executive ballot. When "none-of-the-above" votes, or blank votes, account for over half of all ballots cast, the result would be nullified and a 1200-member nominating committee would elect a provisional Chief Executive.[9][10] However, political groups were generally not welcoming of the proposal,[11] and it was not accepted.
In 2019, theHong Kong government proposed the2019 Hong Kong extradition bill to amend the city'sextradition mechanism. Chen voiced his concerns of the bill, including the difficult positionHong Kong's courts would be in when judging thelaw ofMainland China. He suggested that extraditable offences be limited to the most serious crimes, extraditions be applicable only to crimes committed after the bill was passed, and thatHong Kong residents be excluded from extraditions.[12]
TheNational People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) ofChinapassed changes in the Hong Kong electoral system in 2021, allowing only "patriots" to serve as the Chief Executive and in theHong Konglegislature. Chen responded that the electoral system will attract candidates deterred by the past political environment, previously with a large number of pan-democrats, who may not be suited to participate in elections but nonetheless are willing to serve Hong Kong.[13]
In October 2022, HKU's mandatory national security course featured Chen in the first video lecture; the video was criticized for failing to explain where the red line is drawn.[14]
Chen is married.[15]
他太太是我的同班同學
