William P. Alford
William Philip Alford | |
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JD) | |
Known for | law professor, educator, author, academic, Chinese law specialist |
Spouse | Yuanyuan Shen (1991-present) [1] |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Hyman Alford Rose Alford [2] |
William P. Alford (Chinese name: 安守廉; An Shoulian) (born November 26, 1948) is an American legal scholar. He is currently Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law and Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law, and is regarded as an expert in the field of Chinese law.
He is an honorary professor of
Biography
William Alford was born on November 26, 1948, in Massachusetts to the physician Dr. Hyman Alford and Rose Alford.[2] He has a sister, Nancy Ruth Alford Wine, a corporate banker.
Alford received his
Alford was a law professor at UCLA before taking a position at Harvard Law School.
He has been involved for decades in China's legal reform. Almost 25 years ago, with Professor Randle Edwards, then of Columbia, he founded the first academic program in the PRC on American law and the first national exchange program to bring Chinese students to the U.S. for legal education—including many who are in the forefront of legal change in China today. In the years since, he has been called on by both the US government and China's—as well as multilateral organizations, foundations, civic groups and NGOs, law firms and businesses—to offer advice on a range of issues from trade to human rights to intellectual property to the legal profession and legal education and beyond. In recent years, he has focused on the pro bono work with the Special Olympics in issues of disability in China.
Personal life
Professor Alford is married to Dr. Yuanyuan Shen, a lawyer, and an Associate in Research at the
Alford and his wife Dr. Shen have two children, Daniel Alford, a lawyer, and Benjamin Alford, a teacher and educator.
Professor William Alford and his family reside in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Selected publications
Books
- Alford, William P., The Changing international legal order : a Chinese perspective, Los Angeles, Calif. : Academic Pub. Service, 1984
- Alford, William P.,To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization, Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8047-2270-6
- Alford, William P., (editor), Raising the bar : the emerging legal profession in East Asia, Cambridge, Mass. : East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, 2006. ISBN 0-674-01452-9
Articles
- Alford, William P.; Liebman, Benjamin. "Clean Air, Clean Processes? The Struggle Over Air Pollution Law in the People's Republic of China," 52 Hastings Law Journal 703 (2001).
- Alford, William P., "Exporting the 'Pursuit of Happiness'," 113 Harvard Law Review 1677 (2000)
- Alford, William P., "Have You Eaten, Have You Divorced? Debating the Meaning of Freedom in Marriage in China" in Realms of Freedom in Modern China (William C. Kirby ed., Stanford University Press, 2004).
- Alford, William P., "Of Lawyers Lost and Found: Searching for Legal Professionalism in the People's Republic of China" in Raising the Bar: The Emerging Legal Profession in East Asia (East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School, 2007).
See also
- J. Mark Ramseyer: Professor of Japanese legal studies at HLS; member of East Asian Legal Studies advisory committee
- Jerome A. Cohen: New York University scholar (emeritus) of Chinese law
- Donald C. Clarke: George Washington University Law School expert on Chinese law
- Nicholas C. Howson: U.S. scholar of Chinese law at University of Michigan Law School
- sinologistand scholar of pre-modern Chinese law and society
- William C. Jones: former U.S. scholar of pre-modern Chinese law
- Institutes studying Chinese Law
References
- ^ a b "Ms. Shen Marries William Alford", The New York Times, August 26, 1991.
- ^ a b "Hyman Alford, at 91; Newton pediatrician pushed new approaches to medicine", The Boston Globe, May 25, 2008.
- ^ "Professor profile: Shen Yuanyuan", Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School. Accessed 20 May 2023.
External links
- Profile at Harvard Law School
- "Special Section: Asian Journeys Why China?", Harvard Law School Bulletin, Summer 2006. Interview with William Alford.