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Tel: 215.898.5781
Fax: 215.573.2025
Email: jdelisle@law.upenn.edu
Expertise
- Chinese Law and Politics
- Comparative Law
- International Law
Bio
Jacques deLisle’s research and teaching focus on contemporary Chinese law and politics, including: legal reform and its relationship to economic reform and political change in China, the international status of Taiwan and cross-Strait relations, China’s engagement with the international order, legal and political issues in Hong Kong under Chinese rule, and U.S.-China relations.
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Jacques deLisle’s research and teaching focus on contemporary Chinese law and politics, including: legal reform and its relationship to economic reform and political change in China, the international status of Taiwan and cross-Strait relations, China’s engagement with the international order, legal and political issues in Hong Kong under Chinese rule, and U.S.-China relations. His writings on these subjects appear in a variety of fora, including international relations journals, edited volumes of multidisciplinary scholarship, and Asian studies journals, as well as law reviews. DeLisle is also professor of political science and director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Penn and director of the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He has served frequently as an expert witness on issues of P.R.C. law and government policies and is a consultant, lecturer and advisor to legal reform, development and education programs, primarily in China.
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Representative Professional Positions
Penn Law - Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law (2006- ); Professor (1999-2006); Assistant Professor (1994-99)
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1991-92)
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice - Attorney-Advisor (1992-94)
University of Pennsylvania, Center for East Asian Studies - Faculty (1996- ); Professor of Political Science (2010- )
Director, Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute (2002- )
Vice Chair, Pacific Rim Interest Group, American Society of International Law (2003- )
Representative Publications
The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation, 7 TAIWAN J. DEMOCRACY 153 (2011) (book review).
Security First?: Lessons from the Roles of Law in Addressing Crises(?) in China, 4 J. NAT. SECURITY L. & POL'Y 397 (2010).
Consumer Protection in Transnational Contexts (U.S. Law), 58 AM. J. COMP. L. (SUPP.) 135-164 (with E. Trujillo) (2010).
Soft Power in a Hard Place: China, Taiwan, Cross-Strait Competition and U.S. Policy, 54 ORBIS 493 (2010).
Exceptional Powers in an Exceptional State: Emergency Powers Law in China, in EMERGENCY POWERS LAW IN ASIA 342 (Victor V. Ramraj and Arun K. Thiruvengadam, eds. 2010).
The Other China Trade Deficit: Export Safety Problems and Responses, in IMPORT SAFETY: REGULATORY GOVERNANCE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 22 (Cary Coglianese, David Zaring, and Adam Finkel, eds. 2009).
After the Gold Rush: The Beijing Olympics and China’s Evolving International Roles, 52:3 ORBIS 179 (2009).
Development without Democratization? China, Law and the East Asian Model, in DEMOCRATIZATIONS: COMPARISONS, CONFRONTATIONS AND CONTRASTS 197 (Jose V. Ciprut, ed. 2009).
Vicious Cycles and Virtuous Circles: International Contexts, Taiwanese Democracy and Cross-Strait Relations, in CROSS-STRAIT AT THE TURNING POINT 373 (I Yuan, ed. 2009).
International Contexts and Domestic Pushback, in DEMOCRATIZATION IN GREATER CHINA 185 (Larry Diamond & Bruce Gilley eds., 2008).
Legalization without Democratization in China under Hu Jintao, in CHINA’S CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE 185 (Cheng Li ed., 2008).
“One World, Different Dreams”: The Contest to Define the Beijing Olympics, in OWNING THE OLYMPICS 17 (Monroe Price & Daniel Dayan eds., 2008).
Development without Democratization? China, Law and the East Asian Model, in DEMOCRATIZATIONS: COMPARISONS, CONFRONTATIONS AND CONTRASTS (Jose V. Ciprut ed., 2008).
Legalization without Democratization in China under Hu Jintao, in CHINA'S CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY 185 (Cheng Li, ed., 2008).
Taiwan’s Constitutional Reform: Implications for Cross-Strait Relations and International Status, ORBIS (2007) (with Vincent Wang).
Traps, Gaps and Law in China’s Transition, in IS CHINA TRAPPED IN TRANSITION? IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE REFORMS (Oxford Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, 2007).
Eroding the “One China” Policy: A Tripartite Legal-Political Strategy for Taiwan, in RESHAPING THE TAIWAN STRAIT (John Tkacik ed., 2007).
Legislating the Cross-Strait Status Quo?: China’s Anti-Secession Law, Taiwan’s Constitutional Reform, and the United States’ Taiwan Relations Act, in ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, DEMOCRATIZATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN EAST ASIA: SHIFTING PARADIGMS IN US, CHINA AND TAIWAN RELATIONS (Peter C. Y. Chow ed., Edward Elgar Publishing 2007).
CHINA UNDER HU JINTAO: OPPORTUNITIES, DANGERS, AND DILEMMAS (with Tun-jen Cheng and Deborah Brown eds., World Scientific Publishing 2006).
China under Hu Jintao: Introduction (co-author) and China and the WTO: Evolving Agendas of Economic Openness, Domestic Reform and Challenges of the Post-Accession Era, in CHINA UNDER HU JINTAO: OPPORTUNITIES, DANGERS, AND DILEMMAS 1-25, 229-292 (co-edited with T.J. Cheng and Deborah Brown, 2006).
Atypical Pneumonia and Ambivalent Law and Politics: SARS and the Response to SARS in China, 77 TEMP. L. REV. 193 (2004).
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A Chinese Solution?: Development without Democracy and the Turn to Law, in the P.R.C., in DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOCRACY: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AN OLD DEBATE 252 (Sunder Ramaswamy & Jeffrey W. Cason eds., University Press of New England 2003).
Human Rights, Civil Wrongs and Foreign Relations: A 'Sinical' Look at the Use of U.S. Litigation to Address Human Rights Abuses Abroad, 52 DEPAUL L. REV. 473 (2003).
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China's Approach to International Law: A Historical Perspective, 94 AM. SOC'Y INT'L L. PROC. 267 (2000).
Lex Americana?: United States Legal Assistance, American Legal Models, and Legal Change in the Post-Communist World and Beyond, 20 U. PA. J. INTL ECON. L. 179 (1999).
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Current & Recent Research
Current Working Papers
Law and China’s Development Model, in IN SEARCH OF CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT MODEL: BEYOND THE BEIJING CONSENSUS (Philip Hsu, Yushan Wu and Suisheng Zhao, eds.) (forthcoming May 30, 2011)
Lex Americana in Reverse?—How Chinese Law is Beginning to Enter U.S. Law (forthcoming in conference volume—work in progress) (forthcoming 2011)
A Common Law-like Civil Law and a Public Face for Private Law: China’s Tort Law in Comparative Perspective (forthcoming in conference volume 2011) (forthcoming 2011)
Representative Professional Activities
Consultant, expert witness on issues of P.R.C. and Hong Kong law and government policies,
in litigation in federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings, and proceedings before
federal agencies, 1996-
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1999-; Director of the Asia Program, 2002-
Member, National Committee on United States-China Relations, 2001-
American Society of Comparative Law, Board of Directors, 1996-
Associate Member, International Academy of Comparative Law, 2006-
Board of Editors, ORBIS, 2004-
Editorial Advisory Board, JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA, 2007-
Editorial Board, FRONTIERS OF LAW IN CHINA, 2010-
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