Johannes Chan

rdf:langString Johannes Chan

rdf:langString Johannes Chan Man-mun

rdf:langString Johannes Chan Man-mun

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rdf:langString Professor of Law

rdf:langString Barrister-at-law in HK

rdf:langString Johannes Chan Man-mun (陳文敏) SC (Hon) is an Adjunct Professor, former Chair Professor of Law (–2021) and former Dean of the Faculty of Law (2002–2014) at the University of Hong Kong. He specialises in human rights, constitutional and administrative law, and is the first and only academic silk ever appointed in Hong Kong. He is credited with transforming the University's Faculty of Law into one of the leading law schools in the world during his tenure as Dean. In February 2009, he was banned from entering Macau to give a public lecture, which raised strong responses from both pan-democracy and pro-Beijing parties. In 2015, he was unanimously recommended by a search committee to become the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, but the recommendation was, exceptionally, not accepted by the University Council; the decision was widely criticised as being an interference with academic freedom, as it was believed to be prompted by Chan's outspoken and liberal political stance.