Professor Dodge Files Amicus Brief in China Judgments Case

On Nov. 4, Professor William S. Dodge filed an amicus brief with New York’s Appellate Division arguing for reversal of the trial court’s decision to deny recognition and enforcement of a Chinese judgment on the ground that China lacks impartial tribunals and procedures compatible with due process. The brief argues that the decision below would effectively end the enforcement of Chinese judgments in the United States and U.S. judgments in China.

Professor Dodge is Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and John D. Ayer Chair in Business Law at UC Davis School of Law. He is a leading expert on international law, international transactions, and international dispute resolution, who served as Counselor on International Law to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State from 2011-12 and as a reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Fourth) of Foreign Relations Law from 2012-18.  Dodge is a co-author of Transnational Business Problems and Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell, and a co-editor of International Law in the U.S. Supreme Court: Continuity and Change, which won the American Society of International Law’s 2012 certificate of merit. He has authored more than 60 other publications in books and law reviews.