Karen Kong
DEPARTMENT OF LAW
Principal Lecturer
BA (Oxon), PCLL (HKU), LLM (Cantab), MPA (Berkeley)
Biography
Karen Kong is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Law. She joined the Law Faculty in 2007. She researches and teaches in the area of economic, social and cultural rights, public interest litigation, constitutional and administrative law, and law and social policy.
Karen received her BA Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, her LLM from Cambridge University, and MPA from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong and in England and Wales.
Research Area
- Human Rights
- Public Law
- Law and Society
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Selected Publication
Courses Taught
Book Chapters
Kong K., “Social Justice and Social Rights in Hong Kong: Judicial Review Developments and Proposal for Legislative Change” in Surya Deva (ed.), Socio-Economic Rights in Emerging Free Markets: Comparative Insights from India and China (London: Routledge, 2015)
Kong K., “The Right to Social Welfare” in Johannes Chan SC (Hons) & C.L. Lim (eds.), Law of the Hong Kong Constitution (2nd edn., Hong Kong: Sweet & Maxwell, 2011)
Journal Articles
Kong K., “Human rights Activist Scholars and Social Change in Hong Kong: Reflections on the Umbrella Movement and Beyond” (2018, forthcoming)
Kong K., “All for Some’ or ‘Some for All’? Assessing the Realisation of the Right to Social Welfare in the Retirement Protection Reform in Hong Kong” (2016) 46 Hong Kong Law Journal 779-791
Kong K.,“Refugees’ Right to Work in Hong Kong – Or Lack Thereof: GA v Director of Immigration” (2015) 14 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 337-348
Kong K.,“The Uphill Battle for Sustainable Development: Can the Use of Public Interest Litigation Protect the Natural Environment in Hong Kong?” (2015) 23 Asia Pacific Law Review 7-30
Kong K.,“Kong Yunming v Director of Social Welfare: Implications for Law and Policy on Social Welfare” (2014) 44 Hong Kong Law Journal 67-81
Kong K., “Adjudicating Social Welfare Rights in Hong Kong” (2012) 10 International Journal of Constitutional Law 588-599
Kong K., “Costs in Public Interest Litigation: Whose Pocket Should be Picked?” (2009) 39 Hong Kong Law Journal 767-782
Kong K., “The Right to Food For All: A Right-based Approach to Hunger and Social Inequality”, (2009) 32 Suffolk Transnational Law Review 525-566
Kong K., “Public Interest Litigation in Hong Kong: A New Hope for Social Transformation?” (2009) 28 Civil Justice Quarterly 327-343
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Administrative Law
Hong Kong Legal System
Constitutional Law
Human Rights Research Sources and Methodology