Professor Dodge Speaks Virtually at Renmin University of China

On April 15, Professor William S. Dodge gave a lecture titled “U.S. Extraterritoriality and China” hosted by Renmin University of China. He discussed issues of international law and international comity surrounding the extraterritorial application of U.S. law, using the examples of U.S. antitrust law, sanctions law, and auditing requirements. The talk was attended by 100 scholars and students from around 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. Professor 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.