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China’s Legal Lion
By Pamela Kruger
It is one of the iconic images of the 20th century: President Richard Nixon steps off a plane in Beijing and shakes hands with China’s Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in 1972, ending decades of hostility and signaling the beginning of a U.S. rapprochement with China. But less known is the role that Jerome A. Cohen, a China law scholar, played in this diplomatic coup.
Almost four years earlier, just days after Nixon had won the presidential election, a small group of China experts from Harvard and MIT, including Cohen, delivered a confidential memorandum to a Nixon foreign policy adviser named Henry Kissinger.
Recent Posts
- Tue 3/16/2010: Hawaii Event: FIFTY YEARS IN CHINESE LAW: CONSIDERING THE PAST AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
- Tue 3/23/2010: Public lecture: A Change of Heart: Early Neo-Confucian Rethinking of the Problem of xin, and its reflection in Tang and Song Poetry
- Fri 4/2/2010: Deadline for Abstracts: OYCF-University of Chicago Conference
- Wed 4/21/2010: Public Lecture: Post-Song Philosophy of Mind as the Intellectual Ground for Fictional Exploration of the Workings of the Human Heart: Xiyouji and Honglou meng
Institute News
Internship- Natural Resources Defense Council (Summer ‘10)
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the world’s most effective
environmental organizations, is seeking 1-2 China Summer Legal Interns to work in
its Beijing office.
Spotlight
羁押制度的改革与台湾经验
许多研究指出，中国大陆的审前羁押措施（拘留、逮捕）当前存在许多问题，包括羁押率高、超期羁押、变相羁押、违法羁押等。其中影响层面最广、改革难度最高的，或许要属居高不下的羁押率。
The Legal System of the PRC: Recent Developments, Current Assessment, Future Prognosis
VIDEO: On November 16, Oklahoma City University School of Law and the Federal Bar Association hosted a presentation by Jerome A. Cohen of New York University School of Law and Judge John M. Walker, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jerome A. Cohen's Blog
POLITICS, “GUANXI” AND THE RULE OF LAW The most formidable challenge to China’s establishment of a credible “rule of law” is neither the quality of its legislation nor the professional competence of its judges, prosecutors, lawyers and police. Laws and the skills of those who apply them have both witnessed substantial progress in the People’s Republic during the past three decades.
Multimedia
Video: Half a Century of Asian Law: A Celebration of Prof. Jerome Cohen Video of all panels and speakers from the George Washington University and Georgetown University program honoring Prof. Jerome Cohen is now available online.
Jobs, Internships and Opportunities
Pili Public Interest Law Fellowship Opportunity Public Interest Law Fellows Program Seeks Candidates from China, Indonesia, Nepal, Russia, Serbia, and West Africa