Julian Ku

Professor of Law and Interim Dean Hofstra University

  • Hempstead NY

The Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor in Constitutional Law and Professor of Law.

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Julian Ku Examines China’s Role in New International Mediation Agreement

Hofstra Law Professor Julian Ku provided legal insights to Newsweek on the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation agreement that was signed by China and 32 other countries. The organization stands as the first of its kind, dedicated solely to facilitating mediation between nations.

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Julian Ku Reviews Book on U.S. Economic Warfare and Separation of Powers

Hofstra Law Professor Julian Ku wrote a book review on Edward Fisherman’s Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare in the National Review. In his review, he provides legal insight on the United States’ use of economic warfare and how it can interfere with the separation of powers in government.

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Julian Ku Writes Article on Logan Act

Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law Julian Ku recently wrote the article, “Governor Newsom’s tariff gambit risks violating federal law,” for The Daily Journal. Ku argues that Governor Gavin Newsom of California risks prosecution for trying to negotiate tariff exemptions for California companies. His efforts could potentially violate the Logan Act, which prohibits any unauthorized American citizens from negotiating with foreign governments on matters of dispute with the United States.

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Biography

Professor Ku's primary research interest is the relationship of international law to constitutional law. He has also conducted academic research on a wide range of topics including international dispute resolution, international criminal law, and China's relationship with international law. He teaches courses such as U.S. constitutional law, U.S. foreign affairs law, transnational law, and international trade and business law. Since 2014, he has served as the faculty director of international programs, overseeing Hofstra Law's study abroad, exchange and LL.M. programs. Professor Ku also teaches Constitutional Law in our online degree programs: Master of Laws in American Law and Master of Arts in American Legal Studies. He has also been selected as the John DeWitt Gregory Research Scholar and as a Hofstra Law Research Fellow. He is a member of the American Law Institute.

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Education/Learning

Areas of Expertise

International Law
International Law in U.S. Courts
Constitutional Law
Corporate Law
Trans Pacific Partnership

Education

Yale University

J.D.

1998

Yale University

B.A.

1994

Affiliations

  • American Law Institute
  • U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, New York State Advisory Committee Member (2016)

Languages

  • Mandarin Chinese

Media Appearances

Trio of Nations May Counter Beijing's Vaccine Offer to India

Voice of America  radio

2021-05-06

Julian Ku, law professor and an expert on foreign policy at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, was interviewed by Voice of America about the challenges of organizing a coordinated effort among nations to help India battle surging COVID-19 cases.

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LIers React to Canceled North Korea Summit

Newsday  online

2018-05-24

Foreign policy expert Julian Ku sees the United States and North Korean taking a step back to a standoff.

The cancellation could be a healthy development overall, though, if the summit is rescheduled, said Ku, a professor at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.

“The two sides are so apart in what they were talking about. The U.S. wants to talk about the denuclearization of North Korea and North Korea wants to talk about a peace treaty,” Ku said. “If the North Koreans come back to the table with something, it’s likely there’ll be a better chance of success.”

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President Trump formally recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Newsday  print

2017-12-06

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday marking the official U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, calling his a “new approach” to resolving the generations of strife between Israel and the Palestinians...

Julian Ku, a professor at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, said Trump’s speech did not include language that dismissed dividing Israel in the future.

“We are definitely taking Israel’s side, but we may not be going to the maximalist position,” Ku said. “The headline is: We recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,” he said. “The detail is: Where is the border of Jerusalem?”

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Perceptions and Reality: The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in China

UCLA PACIFIC BASIN LAW JOURNAL Spring 2016

China is on the cusp of its fourth decade as a party to the New York Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. At the time of China’s accession in 1987, the highest levels of the Chinese government supported entry and implementation of the New York Convention, which creates strict international standards requiring
member states to enforce most private commercial arbitration awards. In the intervening three decades, numerous studies have been conducted to assess whether Chinese courts enforce foreign arbitral awards consistent with the requirements of the New York Convention.

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The Prospects for the Peaceful Co-Existence of Constitutional and International Law

The Yale Law Journal 2009

There is much to admire in Michael Stokes Paulsen’s elegant and bold polemic on the Constitution and international law. Paulsen deserves substantial praise both for offering a clear and accessible theory of the Constitution and international law, and for then bravely taking that theory to its logical though controversial conclusions. He rightly emphasizes that the Constitution is supreme over international law and that the political branches, Congress, and the President, have an independent and dominant role in the interpretation of international law’s effect on the United States. He also properly criticizes those who have used their interpretations of international law to support highly politicized attacks on the Bush Administration’s war on terrorism policies.

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Gubernatorial Foreign Policy

The Yale Law Journal

2006

In a variety of circumstances, state governors exercise independent decision-making power over matters affecting the foreign policy of the United States. This Essay describes and defends this emerging system of gubernatorial foreign policy on both legal and functional grounds. Recent Supreme Court decisions retreating from federal exclusivity in foreign affairs and prohibiting the commandeering of state executive officials leave a small doctrinal space for governors to act independently on matters affecting foreign policy.

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