Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
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Affiliations
Former Principal Lecturer in Law, University of Hong Kong
Biography
She received her BA Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, LLM from Cambridge University, and MPA from University of California, Berkeley. She is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong and in England and Wales. Her scholarly interests are socio-economic human rights, public interest law, law and social policy, and administrative law. She focuses on poverty and social equality issues and seeks to reflect on how the Christian faith informs issues related to human rights and social justice.
Research Focus
Comparative law and social policy, health related human rights, welfare law and policy, rights of older persons, socio-economic rights, public interest law.
GFI Writings
Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
Reflections on Love, Law and Human Rights
Professor Oliver O’Donovan’s Theology Brief Preview on ‘The Sovereignty of Love’ inspires me to reflect on the tension between love and law. Professor O’Donovan explores the notion of love conceived as will and the love-command as a fulfilment of the law. Indeed, ‘love must be sincere’ (Romans 12:9a…
Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
Virtues and the Legal Conscience
Virtues and Legal Professionals # Legal issues often involve the resolution of moral dilemmas. Law has its limitations, its areas of discretion or ambiguity. The extent to which just and fair decisions can be made depends not only on how good and comprehensive the law is, but also on how lega…
Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
God’s Moral Order and the Limits of Positive Law
In the Theology Brief on Order, Professor Nigel Biggar made a comparison between God’s Moral Order and Human Order. On the one hand, God’s moral order is a “divinely created order of values, and the moral principles and rules that it generates.” It is a guide to human behaviour, and provides “a fram…
Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
Lawyers' Courage and Prudence Underwrite the Good Society
Legal issues often involve resolving moral dilemmas. Law has its limitations, discretionary or grey areas. The extent to which just and fair decisions can be made depends not only on how good and comprehensive the law is, but also on how the legal personnel interpret and practice the law and how the…
Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Core Legal Values Are Under Attack
The natural moral law is often viewed as the foundation or building block of the common law legal tradition which originated from England. Values like fairness, justice, equality, the rule of law, and respect for individual rights and liberties permeate the rules of common law and equity. These valu…
Karen Kong (江嘉恩)
University of Hong Kong
Issues of Social Justice and Human Rights
My research on social and economic rights is closely related to social justice, as it looks at how resources should be fairly distributed in the society based on human rights norms. ‘Render to each what is his right’ can be applied to social and economic rights as well, as each person has a moral cl…