A Conversation on Taiwan with Professor Yeh
About the Event
Join the U.S.-Asia Law Institute for a discussion of the constitutional law and democratic transition in Taiwan with Professor Jiunn-Rong Yeh.
Doors Open: 12:15 pm
Event Begins: 12:30 pm
About the Speaker
Professor Jiunn-rong Yeh is a National Taiwan University Chair Professor of law. He holds a JSD degree from Yale Law School and has researched and taught intensively on the process of constitutional change, globalization and regulatory theories, and environmental sustainability with rich contextual underpinnings. Professor Yeh served as Minister of Education and the Interior in the cabinet of Taiwan. He was a primary designer of several fundamental legislative bills and was involved heavily in constitutional revisions in the context of Taiwan’s government reform and democratic transition. He received the Award of Excellence in Research from National Science Council and was appointed as a university chair professor. Professor Yeh has held teaching positions in many major universities, including Duke, Columbia, Toronto, Harvard, and Melbourne. His recent publications include The Constitution of Taiwan: A Contextual Analysis (Hart Publishing, 2016) and Asian Courts in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2015).