Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My article, "The Possibilities of Constitutional Education," was published today in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. The paper develops a theory of what constitutional education can teach us about constitutional order, focusing on China and the United States. Link in comments! 1115
Reposted by Mark JiaSSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026#Law Power The Article demonstrates the potential of law power as a lens for analyzing geopolitics, highlighting where rising powers are building law power. Author: Mark Jia Read More: spkl.io/633247BbAE @markjia.bsky.social 011
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Sharing here a forthcoming paper of mine entitled, "Law Power." It proposes a theory of national legal power similar to existing theories of military and economic power. Link here and abstract below. Comments highly welcome! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 032
Reposted by Mark JiaMark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Sharing here a few working papers! First, "The Possibilities of Constitutional Education," an account of what constitutional education can teach us about constitutional order papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Possibilities of Constitutional EducationConstitutional scholarship has traditionally focused on formal constitutional actors: courts, legislatures, and executives. These actors are often regarded as p 231
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 14/03/2025From @jeromeacohen’s fabulous and long awaited memoirs, a funny anecdote concerning his decision at 30 to study Chinese law 020
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Sharing here a few working papers! First, "The Possibilities of Constitutional Education," an account of what constitutional education can teach us about constitutional order papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Possibilities of Constitutional EducationConstitutional scholarship has traditionally focused on formal constitutional actors: courts, legislatures, and executives. These actors are often regarded as p 231
Reposted by Mark JiaJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter: 845195945438
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This talk of how a Ukraine peace deal will usher in a new Sino-Russian split, the counter-argument that the actual split is now between the US and the EU, and so on, is mostly just evidence that geopolitical dynamics in a new age of multipolarity are more complex than last 140
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Here is my latest, High Theory in Chinese Law, just published in the Texas Law Review 291
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 30/10/2023This is really good. In breadth, depth, and rigor, LPE Blog is one of the best legal blogs out there today 2132
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 17/10/2023Thank you to @chinafile.bsky.social for publishing my interview with Samm Sacks about my forthcoming article on China's turn to privacy law. I was glad to have a chance to talk more about the paper. www.chinafile.com/reporting-op... 141
Mark Jia @markjia.bsky.social · 26/09/2023My first article for @lawfare.bsky.social on how U.S.-China conflict is changing American law. I document familiar patterns involving civil rights, civil liberties, and constitutional structure. 141
Reposted by Mark JiaLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 21/09/2023In the first of a 3-part series, @saraphin.bsky.social looks at the erosion of judicial independence and democratic values in Modi’s India. The first piece out today explains the judicial system and when it started to lose its independence: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/indi...lawfaremedia.orgIndia’s Justice System Is No Longer Independent: Part IPart I outlines the constitutional framework of India’s justice system and how the Modi government has sought to exploit the system’s weaknesses. 1108
