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Professor José E. Alvarez
Professor Frank Upham

FALL 2025
Thursdays 4:45PM-6:45PM

LAW-LW.12761.001
2 credits

This two credit colloquium will meet weekly during the fall semester of 2025. Background readings and invited guests will address select issues concerning international and comparative law involving some of the countries, societies, and regional organizations in East Asia. As indicated in the tentative syllabus below, it will include discussion of contemporary developments with respect to human rights (including gender discrimination), comparative constitutional and corporate law, same sex marriage, and US-China economic or national security tensions

Fall 2025 Schedule of Presenters

September 11: Class 3 
Guest #1: Carl Minzer
“Demographic Change in East Asia”

September 18: Class 4 
Guest #2: Harlan Cohen
“Outbound Investment Restrictions and International Law's Challenge on U.S. Restrictions on Outbound Investment in to Chinese Tech”

September 25/October 2: Class 5/6
Guest #3 Ke LI
“Impact Litigation Aimed at Combating Workplace Discrimination in Chinese Society”
 

October 16 : Class 8
Guest #4: Bruce Aronson
“Who can Monitor Management in Japanese Companies?”

October 23: Class 9 
Guest #5: Masanori Wakita
"M&A Law Making in Japan"

November 6: Class 11 
Guest #6: Matthew Erie
“Stories of Chinese Law in the World”

November 20: Class 12 
Guest #7: Adele Carrai
"China's New Push for a Foreign-Related Rule of Law"

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Anyone wishing to attend any particular session of the Colloquium (IN PERSON) above should email August Kahn (ak12380@nyu.edu) to see about space availability.