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"Contributors" [2013] ELECD 385; in McConville, Mike; Pils, Eva (eds), "Comparative Perspectives on Criminal Justice in China" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013) viii

Book Title: Comparative Perspectives on Criminal Justice in China

Editor(s): McConville, Mike; Pils, Eva

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781955857

Section Title: Contributors

Number of pages: 8

Extract:

Contributors
Ira Belkin is Executive Officer at the US-Asia Law Institute, School of
Law. Prior to joining NYU's US-Asia Law Institute in September 2012,
he worked on law and rights issues from the Foundation's Beijing office
where his grant making supported Chinese institutions working to build
the Chinese legal system, to strengthen the rule of law and to enhance the
protection of citizens' rights. Before coming to the Foundation in 2007, Ira
combined a career as an American lawyer and federal prosecutor with a
deep interest in China, and spent seven years working to promote the rule
of law in China. His appointments included two tours at the US Embassy
in Beijing and a year as a fellow at the Yale Law School China Law
Center. Previously, he was a federal prosecutor in Providence, RI, where
he was chief of the criminal division, and in Brooklyn, NY, where he was
deputy chief of the general crimes unit. Before attending law school, Ira
taught Chinese language at Middlebury College. He has lectured exten-
sively in Chinese to Chinese audiences on the US criminal justice system
and to American audiences on the Chinese legal reform movement. He
has a JD from New York University School of Law, a master's degree in
Chinese studies from Seton Hall University and a bachelor's degree from
SUNY Albany.
Sarah Biddulph is Associate Professor and Reader in the Law School,
University of Melbourne, Australia where she teaches and researches
in the ...