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"The Rule of Law in Asia:Trends and Policy Implications"

October 26, 2000
Co-sponsored by The Woodrow Wilson Center and
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Robert Hathaway, WWC
L. Gordon Flake, The Mansfield Foundation

9:15 – 12:30 p.m.
Session I: " Regional Status Report on the Rule of Law in Asia"

Chair:
Barry M. Hager
Hager Associates

Presentation
Jerome A. Cohen
Professor, NYU Law School/Council on Foreign Relations

Presentation
Truong Trong Nghia (Vietnam)
Vice President
Foreign Trade and Investment Development Center

Presentation
Tsung-fu Chen (Taiwan)
Associate Professor of Law, National Taiwan University

Presentation
Joon-Hyung Hong (Korea)
Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration
Seoul National University

Presentation
Xixin Wang (Beijing)
Professor, Constitutional and Administrative Law Section
Peking University

Presentation
George Fu (Shanghai)
Managing Partner, Fu & Xu Law Office

 

Presentation Albert Chen (Hong Kong)
Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

Open Discussion
All participants

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center

Keynote Speaker
Joseph Onek
Senior Coordinator for the Rule of Law
U.S. Department of State

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Session II: "Lessons Learned in the Process"

Chair:

James Feinerman
James M. Morita Professor of Asian Legal Studies
Georgetown University Law Center

Presentation
Yasuaki Onuma (Japan)
Professor of International Law, University of Tokyo

Presentation
Sang-Hyun Song (Korea)
Former Dean and Professor
Seoul National University Law School

Open Discussion
All Participants

 

3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Session III: "The Role of the U.S. Government and the International Community in Advancing the Rule of Law in Asia"

Chair:
Eric Bjornlund
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center

Presentation
Amy Young
Director of the Office of Democracy Promotion, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor — U.S. Department of State

Presentation
Erik Jensen
Director of Research, International Program, Stanford Law School and Law Advisor, The Asia Foundation

Presentation
Richard Messick
Senior Public Policy Specialist, Public Sector Group
The World Bank

Open Discussion
All Participants

 

 

 

 

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