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Is America's View of China Fogged by Liberal Ideas?
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents a talk "Is America's View of China Fogged by Liberal Ideas?" by Jerome Cohen on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 12:30pm to 1:50pm
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Jerome A. Cohen, a professor at New York University School of Law since 1990 and co-director of the US-Asia Law Institute, is a leading American expert on Asian law. A pioneer in the field, Professor Cohen began studying Chinese criminal law in the early 1960s and from 1964 to 1979 introduced the teaching of Asian law into the curriculum of Harvard Law School, where he served as Jeremiah Smith Professor and Associate Dean. In addition to his responsibilities at NYU, Cohen served for several years as C.V. Starr senior fellow and director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he currently is an adjunct senior fellow. He retired from the partnership of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP at the end of 2000. In his law practice, Cohen represented many companies and individuals in contract negotiations as well as in dispute resolution in various Asian countries. He also continues to serve as an arbitrator in many Asian legal disputes.
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