Jerome A. Cohen

Jerome Alan Cohen is a professor of law at New York University School of Law and an expert in Chinese law. His Chinese name is Kong Jierong (孔傑榮).

Biography

Cohen received his B.A. degree from Yale University in 1951 and J.D. from Yale Law School in 1955.

Cohen joined the faculty of University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1959, then moved to Harvard Law School in 1964. He became a Professor of Law at New York University School of Law in 1990.He currently serves as Of Counsel for Paul Weiss.

Cohen was influential in securing the release of John T. Downey in the early 1970s. Downey had been held in a Chinese prison since the Korean War.

Cohen also enjoys fame in Taiwan for been the mentor of incumbent president Ma Ying-Jeou during the latter's study at Harvard Law School.

Works

* "Investment Law and Practice in Vietnam" (Longman, 1990)
* "Contract Law of the People's Republic of China" (Longman, 1988) (with Yvonne Y.F. Chan and Ho Yuk Ming)
* "People's China and International Law" (Princeton University Press, 1974) (with H.D. Chiu)
* "The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949-63: An Introduction" (Harvard University Press, 1968)

ee also

* Derk Bodde (1909-2003): U.S. scholar of ancient Chinese law and society
* William P. Alford: current Harvard University scholar of Chinese law

External links

* [http://its.law.nyu.edu/faculty/profiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=cv.main&personID=19840 Cohen's profile at NYU Law school]
* [http://www.cfr.org/content/bios/cohen_cv.pdf Bibiliography of Cohen's work]