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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies
Contact Info:
Phone: +1-212-434-9635
E-mail: jcohen@cfr.org
Location:
New York, NY
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Internationally renowned expert on the Chinese legal system and professor at NYU School of Law. Current work examines the role of law in Asian countries.
Expertise:Legal and business transactions in Asia; international relations of East Asia; international law.
Experience:Professor, New York University Law School (current); Senior Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (current); Professor, Director of East Asian Legal Studies, and Associate Dean, Harvard University Law School (1964-81); Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley (1959-64).
Selected Publications:Investment Laws in Vietnam (Longman, 1990); Contract Laws of the People’s Republic of China (coauthor, Longman, 1988); People’s China and International Law (coauthor, Longman, 1974); Taiwan and American Policy: The Dilemma in U.S.-China Relations (Praeger, 1971); The Criminal Process in the People’s Republic of China: 1949-1963 (Harvard University Press, 1968).
Current Research Projects
Past Research Projects
November 27, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
Jerome Cohen writes that "the mainland already has institutions, including the procuracy, people's congresses and Communist Party discipline inspection commissions, to investigate abuses of the criminal process."
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November 13, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
Jerome A. Cohen writes that "recent arrests may simply reflect massive corruption by the DPP, which dominated executive government for the past eight years."
See more in China, Society and Culture
November 1, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
Jerome Cohen writes that "China's record on torture not only violates its international obligations, but also undermines its own criminal justice goals."
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October 18, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
Jerome Cohen writes that "no one was left in doubt that the party would serve as the authoritative voice of the masses."
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October 2, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
Jerome Cohen writes that "Fonterra's China business may not survive the scandal."
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August 21, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
Jerome Cohen writes that the mainland of China is far more open to foreigners today than it was 36 years ago. Yet the Olympics’ spotlight confirmed that the country still has dark corners that the Communist Party wants to keep that way.
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July 26, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
This August, as the media trumpets the triumphs of the Olympic athletes, the world should also recognise a group of more significant Chinese heroes—the human rights activists whose persecution, prosecution and punishment have become the shame of the motherland, writes Jerome Cohen
See more in China, Democracy and Human Rights
July 10, 2008
Op-Ed
South China Morning Post
If all goes well, direct flights between China and Taiwan might just be the start, write Jerome Cohen and Chen Yu-jie. The next step might well be cross-strait oil co-operation.
See more in China, Taiwan, Natural Resources Management
May 15, 2008
Article
Far Eastern Economic Review
Jerome A. Cohen and Eva Pils use the case of Hu Jia, 34—a Chinese commentator and activist convicted of undermining the State’s power—to highlight the serious flaws of the Chinese legal system.
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December 11, 2007
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
Jerome A. Cohen calls for legal reform in China.
See more in China, Democracy Promotion, Rule of Law
June 26, 2007
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
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January 17, 2007
Transcript
Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu discusses the future of Taiwan, the relations between Taiwan and the Mainland, as well as U.S.-Taiwan-Mainland relations.
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January 17, 2007
Video
Watch Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu discuss the future of Taiwan, the relations between Taiwan and the Mainland, and U.S.-Taiwan-Mainland relations.
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January 17, 2007
Audio
Listen to Taiwan's Vice President Annette Lu discuss the future of Taiwan, the relations between Taiwan and the Mainland, and U.S.-Taiwan-Mainland relations.
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September 20, 2006
Testimony
See more in China, Human Rights, International Law
April 15, 2006
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
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March 20, 2006
Transcript
Ma Ying-jeou, Mayor, Taipei City, speaks about the history of Taiwan and the legal status of Taiwan today.
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March 20, 2006
Audio
Listen to Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou talk about the history of Taiwan and the legal status of Taiwan today.
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March 20, 2006
Video
Watch Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou talk about the history of Taiwan and the legal status of Taiwan today.
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March 2006
Article
Far Eastern Economic Review
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In The Closing of the American Border, Edward Alden goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the Bush administration’s struggle to balance security and openness in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.
America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.
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