Legendary China scholar, Jerome Cohen, dies at 95

Jerome Cohen, a pioneering scholar of Chinese law who shaped global debates on the country’s legal system, trade, and human rights for over six decades, has died at 95.

Cohen, who died on Monday, was professor emeritus at New York University’s School of Law and the founder of its US-Asia Law Institute, as well as a senior fellow for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank.

The author and editor of over a dozen books and dozens of journal articles, Cohen began his career in...

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