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Jerome Cohen: Is There Law in China? Is There Justice?

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NYU School of Law professor and China expert Jerome Cohen examines the legal system of the world's largest nation in the 2008 DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture sponsored by Earl Warren College at UC San Diego. Series: "DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture" [4/2008] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 14256]

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  • I'm sure there are many people asking the same questions about the USA, don't be so quick to point that star spangled finger :)

  • sometimes, i just dont get it, why the hell so many ppl are trying to interfere everything about china. I am chinese, and we know there are a lot of problems in china, but we are trying to improve all the time. we got large population, little more than 1.3 billion, and we are not a rich country. It s way harder to solve these issues than any other countries in the world. plzzzzzzz, do not always talk shit about us. think about some contribution we made. we deserve some respect.

  • Most of the comments here do not take into consideration the context of the lecture. It was not a law school class. It was meant to be a more loosely conversational narrative, in the context of a special event. Jerome Cohen was the only lawyer in China in the early 80's, and his work with the regime was integral not only to the beginning of foreign investment in China, but in the inculcating of a rule of law culture - a process that is nascent and ongoing. Professor Cohen is in his 80's.

  • ...Any definition of a culture of peace must address the problem of achieving justice for communities and individuals who do not have the means to compete or cope without structured assistance and compassionate help.

    -- Mahnaz Afkhami

  • em, nice show

  • @deadbutmoving

    The eminent domain power was laid out in the US Constitution in 1787. It's nothing new.

  • Louise Arbour's last name is pronounced "Ar-boor." (at~9:45)

    Americans have trouble with this French stuff, I notice.

  • @deadbutmoving China has more problems than the USA. I am from the UK and the USA is still in the best position, I am planning to move tot he USA as europe is racing to the bottom.

  • The government decide laws and verdicts in China. There is little that happens in China the government does not decide.

  • Cohen is supposed to be a legal scholar? Everything he talked about in this lecture you can get from spending 2 minutes on the internet. How about talking about the structure of the court system in China and how laws are passed and what the various governmental are involved? This guy just drones on for 45 minutes at a 1st graders level.

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