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| Staff: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies |
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November 1, 1996 - Present
This ongoing roundtable series examines the many meanings of the "rule of law" and the role of law and legal culture in the economic growth, institution building, and protection of human rights in Asian countries. Participants discuss the relevance of the rule of law to U.S. foreign policy and what measures the public and private sectors in this country might adopt to foster desired developments. Sessions of this series focus on the extent to which China adheres to a broad range of international agreements. The roundtable seeks an overview of the situation, building on what is known about PRC treaty behavior in political, military, diplomatic, commercial and cultural areas. The roundtable also invites government, NGO, and academic experts to analyze the record in each field. The goal is to formulate not only more reliable generalizations about PRC treaty conduct but also better recommendations useful to U.S. negotiators as well as to the Congress, the media and the public.
Meetings
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: When Will China Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
Related Project: Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy
| Speaker: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Commentators: | Daniel Yu, New York University School of Law |
| Philip Alston, New York University School of Law |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Public Interest Lawyering in China
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| Speakers: | Subin Li |
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| Daohe Zhuang, Zhejiang University | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Capital Punishment in Asia
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| Speaker: | Franklin E. Zimring, University of California, Berkeley |
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| Commentator: | James Jacobs, New York University School of Law |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Controversial Role of China's Courts
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| Speakers: | George Q. Fu, Watson & Band Law Firm, Shanghai |
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| Frank Upham, United States-Asia Law Institute, New York University | |
| Xin He, City University of Hong Kong Law School and New York University Law School | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Prospect for a Peaceful Resolution of the Tibet Problem
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| Speaker: | Robert J. Barnett, Columbia University |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Will China Comply with International Labor Law?
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| Speakers: | Aaron Halegua, Harvard Law School |
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| Arnold Zack, Harvard Law School | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Taiwan's Constitutional Court - Precedent for China?
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| Speakers: | Nigel Li, Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law |
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| Eva Pils, The Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
| Thomas Kellogg, Open Society Institute | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: China's National Climate Change Program-Looking Beyond the Façade
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Tseming Yang, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Corruption with Chinese Characteristics - How Should the International Community Respond
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| Speakers: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Matti Joutsen, Visiting Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Role of the Legislative Affairs Commission in China's Lawmaking Process
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Taiyun Huang, Deputy Director, National People's Congress Legislative Affairs Commision, Visiting Scholar, New York University School of Law |
| Benjamin Liebman, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia University School of Law |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: China's New Lawyers Law and the Roles of the Legal Profession
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Chenguang Wang, Dean, Tsinghua University School of Law, Global Visiting Professor, New York University School of Law |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Corporate Governance in China
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Donald C. Clarke, Professor, George Washington University Law School |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Civil Justice in China - An Appraisal Based on Empirical Research
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Yaxin Wang, Professor of Law, Tsinghua University |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: China's State Secrets System - Impact on Rule of Law
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Sharon K. Hom, Executive Director, Human Rights in China |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Building Civil Society in China - The Special Olympics
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | William P. Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School |
| Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman, Special Olympics, Inc. |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Legal Uncertainty in Foreign Investment in China
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Stanley Lubman, Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Center for the Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: Taiwan's Startling Progress Toward the Rule of Law
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Jiunn-rong Yeh, National Taiwan University School of Law |
Winston Lord Roundtable on Asia, the Rule of Law, and U.S. Foreign Policy: China and the United Nations' Human Rights Mechanisms - Cooperation or Confrontation?
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| Speaker: | Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, International Affairs Fellow in Residence, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: China's Environmental Crisis and the Rule of Law
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| Speaker: | Alex Wang, National Resources Defense Council |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations |
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: Growing Rights Consciousness in China? The Significance of Merle Goldman's "From Comrade to Citizen"
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| Speaker: | Bill Alford, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: Legal Development in Vietnam - Twenty Years On
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| Speakers: | Brian Quinn, Teaching Fellow, Corporate Governance & Practice, Stanford Law School |
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| Mark Sidel, Professor of Law, University of Iowa | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: Rural Development in China
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| Speakers: | Roy Prosterman, Director, Rural Development Institute |
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| Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
5:00–7:00 p.m. Meeting
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: Sino-American Cooperation in Building China’s Legal System
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| Speakers: | Paul Gewirtz, Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, The China Law Center, Yale Law School |
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| Randy Edwards, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, George Washington University Law | |
| Jeffrey Lehman, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
4:00–7:00 p.m. Meeting
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: China - Law and Activism
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| Speakers: | Frank Upham, New York University Law School |
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| Ping Jia, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University | |
| Eva Pils, Cornell Law School | |
| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen |
Winston Lord Law Roundtable: International Law and East Asia - Theory in Practice
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| Speaker: | Justice Hisashi Owada, World Court |
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen |
International Cooperation with China's Legal and Political Reform: Progress, Problems, and Prospects
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen |
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| Speaker: | Tom DeLuca, Director of Sino-American Seminar on Politics and Law, Department of Political Science, Fordham University |
Open Government in China
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen |
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| Speakers: | Jamie Horsley, Deputy Director, China Law Center,, Yale University |
| Sam Zhao |
Anti-Terrorism in China: Legal Regimes and Practice
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen |
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| Speaker: | Bingzhi Zhao, Vice-Dean and Professor of Law, Renmin University Law School, Beijing, PRC; and, President of the China Criminal Law Association |
Legal Standards and Autonomy Options for Minority Rights in China: The Tibetan Case
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| Presider: | Jerome A. Cohen |
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| Speakers: | David L. Phillips, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Preventive Action, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP |
| Theodore C. Sorensen |
Prospects for the U.S.-Korea Alliance
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| Panelist: | Donald Gregg, President and Chairman of the Board, The Korea Society |
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