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Jacques deLisle

Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary China

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 a professor of political science, director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, co-director of the Center for Asian Law, 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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The Chinese Model of Law, China’s Agenda in International Law, and Implications for Democracy in Asia and Beyond in Democratization, National Identity, and Foreign Policy in Asia 38-59 (Gilbert Rozman, ed., Routledge, 2021)

Taiwan’s Quest for International Space in the Tsai Era: Adapting Old Strategies to New Circumstances in Taiwan in the Era of Tsai Ing-wen: Changes and Challenges 239-283 (June Teufel Dreyer and Jacques deLisle, eds. Routledge, 2021)

When the Fever Breaks?: COVID-19, U.S.-China Relations, and East Asia, Orbis, vol. 65, no. 2, 231-256 (Spring 2021)

Foreign Policy through Other Means: Hard Power, Soft Power, and China’s Turn to Political Warfare to Influence the United States, Orbis, vol. 64, no. 2, 174-206 (Spring 2020)

Authoritarian Legality in East Asia: What, Why, and Whither? in Authoritarian Legality in Asia: Formation, Development and Transition 17-59 (Weitseng Chen and Hualing Fu, eds. Cambridge, 2020)

Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent: Another Battle in the Long War over Autonomy, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, Orbis, vol. 63, no. 3, 473-504 (Fall 2019)

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Articles

Articles

Borderline Sovereignty Disorder: China and the Law and Politics of the Sino-Indian Border Dispute, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law (forthcoming)
Taking Hong Kong's Constitutional Journey to the World: Some Reflections on the works of Johannes Chan, Hong Kong Law Journal (2023)
Deterrence Dilemmas and Alliance Dynamics: United States Policy on Cross-Strait Issues and the Implications of the War in Ukraine, American Journal of Chinese Studies (2022)
China's Russia/Ukraine Problem, and Why It's Bad for Almost Everyone Else Too, Orbis (2022)
When the Fever Breaks?: COVID-19, U.S.-China Relations, and East Asia, Orbis (2021)
When Rivalry Goes Viral: COVID-19, U.S.-China Relations, and East Asia, Orbis (2021)
China’s Response to COVID-19 (Co-authored), Administrative Law Review (2021)
Editor’s Corner: Political Warfare, Sharp Power, the U.S., and East Asia, Orbis (2020)
Foreign Policy through Other Means: Hard Power, Soft Power, and China’s Turn to Political Warfare to Influence the United States, Orbis (2020)
Introduction--Chinese Law in a Time of Crises: Regulatory Challenges at Home, Ideological Contests Abroad . . . and More, University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review (2020)
Lessons from China's Response to COVID-19: Shortcomings, Successes, and Prospects for Reform in China's Regulatory State (Co-authored), University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review (2020)
The Taiwan Relations Act at 40: A Troubled but Durable Legal Framework for U.S. Policy, Asia Policy (2019)
Hong Kong’s Summer of Discontent: Another Battle in the Long War over Autonomy, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, Orbis (2019)
The Chinese Model of Law, China’s Agenda in International Law, and Implications for Democracy in Asia and Beyond, ASAN Forum (2018)
International Law in US-China Relations: Trade Wars and Maritime Rights in the Era of Xi and Trump, ASAN Forum (2018)
China's Rise, the U.S., and the WTO: Perspectives from International Relations Theory, University of Illinois Law Review Online (2018)
United States-Taiwan Relations: Tsai’s Presidency and Washington’s Policy, The China Review (2018)
Washington-Taipei Relations at a Crossroads: Introduction (Co-authored), The China Review (2018)
How International is International Law? (Remarks on Implications of a Rising China), ASIL Proceedings (2017)
Taiwan in the Tsai Era (Co-authored), Orbis (2016)
International Law in the Obama Administration's Pivot to Asia: The China Seas Disputes, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Rivalry with the PRC, and Status Quo Legal Norms in U.S. Foreign Policy, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law (2016)
Taiwan’s Quest for International Space: Ma’s Legacy, Tsai’s Options, China’s Choices, and U.S. Policy, Orbis (2016)
Law in the China Model 2.0: Legality, Developmentalism and Leninism under Xi Jinping, Journal of Contemporary China (2016)
Political Implications of the July 2016 Arbitration Decision in the Philippines-PRC Case Concerning the South China Sea: The United States, China, and International Law, Asian Yearbook of International Law (2015)
Damages Remedies for Infringement of Human Rights under U.S. Law, American Journal of Comparative Law (2014)
Troubled Waters: China’s Claims and the South China Sea, Orbis (2012)
Security First?: Patterns and Lessons from China’s Use of Law to Address National Security Threats, Journal of National Security Law & Policy (2010)
Consumer Protection in Transnational Contexts (U.S. Law), American Journal of Comparative Law (2010)
Soft Power in a Hard Place: China, Taiwan, Cross-Strait Competition and U.S. Policy, Orbis (2010)
After the Gold Rush: The Beijing Olympics and China’s Evolving International Roles, Orbis (2009)
Navigating a Dangerous Strait: Assessing Responsibility, Defining Interests and Prescribing Tactics in Relations among Taiwan, China and the International Community, Taiwan Journal of Democracy (2006)
Asia’s Shifting Strategic Landscape: SARS, Greater China, and the Pathologies of Globalization and Transition, Orbis (2004)
Democratization and Its Limits in Greater China, Orbis (2004)
Atypical Pneumonia and Ambivalent Law and Politics: SARS and the Response to SARS in China, Temple Law Review (2004)
The Common Law of Causation in Tort and Questions of Policy and Institutions in the Development of Chinese Tort Law, Legal Materials Journal (2004)
Legality, Morality, and the Good Samaritan, Orbis (2002)
The China-Taiwan Relationship: Law’s Spectral Answers to the Cross-Strait Sovereignty Question , Orbis (2002)
The Roles of Law in the War on Terrorism, Orbis (2002)
Human Rights, Civil Wrongs and Foreign Relations: A "Sinical" Look at the Use of U.S. Litigation to Address Human Rights Abuses Abroad, DePaul Law Review (2002)
The Chinese Puzzle of Taiwan’s Status, Orbis (2000)
China's Approach to International Law: A Historical Perspective, American Society of International Law Proceedings (2000)
The Taiwan Question, Sino-American Relations (1999)
Lex Americana?: United States Legal Assistance, American Legal Models, and Legal Change in the Post-Communist World and Beyond, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (1999)
China's Conception of Law for Hong Kong, and Its Implications for the SAR and US-PRC Relations, Harvard Asia Quarterly (1998)
Hong Kong's Endgame and the Rule of Law (II): The Battle of "the People" and the Business Community in the Transition to Chinese Rule (Co-authored), University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (1997)
Political Alchemy, The Long Transition, and Law's Promised Empire: How July 1, 1997 Matters - and Doesn't Matter - In Hong Kong's Return to China, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (1997)
Hong Kong's Endgame and the Rule of Law (I): The Struggle over Institutions and Values in the Transition to Chinese Rule (Co-authored), University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (1997)
Of Chinese Walls, Battering Rams, and Building Permits: Five Lessons about International Economic Law from Sino-U.S. Trade and Investment Relations, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law (1996)
Disquiet on the Eastern Front: Liberal Agendas, Domestic Legal Orders, and the Role of International Law After the Cold War and Amid Resurgent Cultural Identities, Fordham International Law Journal (1995)
Foreign Investment: Foreign Economic Contract Law, Harvard International Law Journal (1986)
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Chapters

Chapters

Rethinking a Liberal International Order for Asia?: The United States and the Impact of the Ukraine War in Rethinking the Liberal International Order in Asia Under Impact of the Ukraine War (2023)
Not Quite Déjà Vu All Over Again: CPTPP Accession and Taiwan–China–US Relations in China, Taiwan, the UK and the CPTPP: Global Partnership or Regional Standoff? (2023)
Authoritarian Police and Policing in East Asia: Scope, Patterns, and Paradoxes in Regime Type and Beyond (2023)
China and COVID-19: An Archetypal Legal and Governmental Response to an Exceptional Challenge (Co-authored) in Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Assessing the Chinese Communist Party and its Many, Changing Roles in The Party Leads All: The Evolving Roles of the Chinese Communist Party (2022)
Rivalry and Security in a New Era for US-China Relations (Co-authored) in After Engagement: Dilemmas in US-China Security Relations (2021)
The Institutum Iurisprudentiae: Multifaceted Perspectives on Law in China, Law and Cross-Strait Issues, and China and International Law in The Way to Law: In Commemoration of IIAS’s 10th Anniversary (2021)
Introduction: Change, Continuity, and Challenges for Taiwan in the Tsai Era (Co-authored) in Taiwan in the Era of Tsai Ing-wen: Changes and Challenges (2021)
Taiwan’s Quest for International Space in the Tsai Era: Adapting Old Strategies to New Circumstances in Taiwan in the Era of Tsai Ing-wen: Changes and Challenges (2021)
The Chinese Model of Law, China’s Agenda in International Law, and Implications for Democracy in Asia and Beyond in Democratization, National Identity, and Foreign Policy in Asia (2021)
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific: A View from the United States in Questioning the Pandemic’s Impact on the Indo-Pacific (2021)
U.S.-Taiwan Relations: Continuity and Change in a Triangular Dynamic (Co-authored) in Taiwan in the Era of Tsai Ing-wen: Changes and Challenges (2021)
The Rule of Law and Chinese Characteristics in Rule of Law: Cases, Strategies, and Interpretations (2021)
Authoritarian Legality in East Asia: What, Why, and Whither in Authoritarian Legality in Asia: Formation, Development and Transition (2020)
China’s Economic Reform and Opening at Forty: Past Accomplishments and Emerging Challenges (Co-authored) in To Get Rich is Glorious: Challenges Facing China’s Economic Reform and Opening at Forty (2019)
“All the World’s a Stage”: Taiwan’s Human Rights Performance and Playing to International Norms in Taiwan and International Human Rights: A Story of Transformation (2019)
China’s Legal System in Politics in China: An Introduction (2019)
International Law and Institutions in Taiwan: The Development of an Asian Tiger (2019)
China’s Territorial and Maritime Disputes in the South and East China Seas: What Role for International Law? in China's Global Engagement: Cooperation, Competition, and Influence in the 21st Century (2017)
Democracy and Constitutionalism in China’s Shadow: Sunflowers in Taiwan and Umbrellas in Hong Kong in Law and Politics of the Taiwan Sunflower and Hong Kong Umbrella Movements (2017)
From Accepting to Challenging the Law of the Sea: China and the South China Sea Disputes in Legal Thoughts Between the East and the West in the Multilevel Legal Order: A Liber Amicorum in Honour of Professor Herbert Han-Pao Ma (2016)
Introduction: The Internet, Social Media and a Changing China (Co-authored) in The Internet, Social Media and a Changing China (2016)
Comment on Shi Hexing, “The People’s Congress System and China’s Constitutional Development" in China's Political Development: Chinese and American Perspectives (2014)
Introduction: Taiwan at the Crossroads (Co-authored) in Political Changes in Taiwan under Ma Ying-Jeou: Partisan Conflict, Policy Choices, External Constraints and Security Challenges (2014)
Law and the Economy in China in Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Economy (2014)
Taiwan and Soft Power: Contending with China and Seeking Security in Political Changes in Taiwan under Ma Ying-Jeou: Partisan Conflict, Policy Choices, External Constraints and Security Challenges (2014)
China’s Challenges: Reform Era Legacies and the Road Ahead (Co-authored) in China's Challenges (2014)
Law and Democracy in China: A Complex Relationship in Democratization in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia? Local and National Perspectives (2014)
From Economic Development to What-and Why? China's Evolving Legal and Political Engagement with International Human Rights Norms in Rethinking Law and Development: The Chinese Experience (2013)
A Common Law-like Civil Law and a Public Face for Private Law: China’s Tort Law in Comparative Perspective in Towards a Chinese Civil Code: Comparative and Historical Perspectives (2012)
The Internationalization of Law and its Implications for Legal Education: Lessons from Interactions between the United States and China in Cross Strait / Four Region: Law Developments in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Macau (2011)
Law and the Beijing Consensus in In Search of China's Development Model: Beyond the Beijing Consensus (2011)
States of Exception in an Exceptional state: Emergency Powers Law in China in Emergency Powers in Asia: Exploring the Limits of Legality (2010)
The Other China Trade Deficit: Export Safety Problems and Responses in Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy (2010)
Development without Democratization? China, Law and the East Asian Model in Democratizations: Comparisons, Confrontations and Contrasts (2009)
Vicious Cycles and Virtuous Circles: International Contexts, Taiwanese Democracy and Cross-Strait Relations in Cross-Straight at the Turning Point: Institution, Identity and Democracy (2009)
“One World, Different Dreams”: The Contest to Define the Beijing Olympics in Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China (2008)
International Pressures and Domestic Pushback in Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan (2008)
Legalization without Democratization in China under Hu Jintao in China's Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy (2008)
Traps, Gaps and Law: Prospects and Challenges for China’s Reforms in Is China Trapped in Transition? Implications for Future Reforms (2007)
Legislating the Cross-Strait Status Quo?: China’s Anti-Secession Law, Taiwan’s Constitutional Reform, and the U.S.’s Taiwan Relations Act in Economic Integration, Democratization and National Security in East Asia: Shifting Paradigms in US, China and Taiwan Relations (2007)
Free Trade Areas in East Asia: Legal and Economic Liberalism and the Interest-Based Politics of U.S., PRC and Taiwan Participation in Free Trade and East Asia (2007)
Eroding, Not Attacking, the “One China Policy”: Participating in International Regimes without State Membership, Choosing Symbolic Struggles with Substantive Content, and Getting Help from U.S. Law in Reshaping the Taiwan Strait (2007)
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 (2006)
China under Hu Jintao: Introduction (Co-authored) in China under Hu Jintao: Opportunities, Dangers and Dilemmas (2006)
Chasing the God of Wealth while Evading the Goddess of Democracy: Development, Democracy and Law in Reform-Era China in Development and Democracy: New Perspectives on an Old Debate (2003)
Cooking the Rice without Cooking the Goose: The Rule of Law, the Battle over Business, and the Quest for Prosperity in Hong Kong After 1997 (Co-authored) in Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule: The Economic and Political Implications of Reversion (1997)
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Other

Interview, How China is Moving on Taiwan and Philippines - Kelly Craft, Jacques deLisle, TaiwanPlus (2024)
Interview, iGCU's Exclusive Interview with Prof. Jacque deLisle (UPenn) on China's rise & #chinausrelations , iGCU (2024)
Article, Tsai's Visit, China's Response, and the Troubled State of US-China Relations, Foreign Policy Research Institute (2023)
Comments, As Macron Arrives in Beijing, What's Next for Europe and China?, ChinaFile (2023)
Article, The Enduring—If Troubled—Genius of the Taiwan Relations Act, 45 Years On, Global Taiwan Brief (2023)
Article, Xi's Gotta Have It: China's 20th Party Congress Was as Expected, Only More So, Foreign Policy Research Institute (2022)
Article, Pelosi's Taiwan Visit: More Symptom than Cause of the Trouble in US-China Relations, Taiwan Insight (2022)
Article, From WTO to CPTPP: What Makes the Consideration of China and Taiwan’s Accessions Different?, Taiwan Insight (2022)
Comments, Europe’s China Policy Has Taken a Sharp Turn. Where Will It Go Next?, ChinaFile (2022)