Hui-Wen Chen
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S.J.D. Candidate
Graduate Fellow, Teaching Assistant, "Perspectives of American Law"
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, Department of Government, "Genocide"
| Office: | LILC 439 |
| Status: | In Residence |
| Email: | chen1@law.harvard.edu |
Dissertation
In the Name of Justice: The Tangle of Transitional Justice and Nation-Building in Taiwan’s Democratization
My dissertation aims to explore the relationship between democratization, justice and nation-building in times of political transition. I especially examine the dilemmas of seeking transitional justice and pursuing nation-building, both of which are pushed forward in the name of justice, in the context of Taiwan’s democratic transition. By offering Taiwan as a case study in comparative perspective, I would argue that nation-building should be a significant factor in analyzing the issues of transitional justice. I would claim that there exists a tri-dimensional interrelationship among democratization, justice-seeking, and nation-building. While pursuing transitional justice contributes to de-legitimatizing the former repressive regime and opening up the ground for the reconstruction of a political identity, nation-building is the driving force for reckoning transitional justice. The ultimate goal of this research is to devise a theoretical framework of the tripartite interplay of nation-building, democratization, and justice in transitional societies.
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- Transitional Justice, with Professor Martha L. Minow, Harvard Law School, Overall Faculty Supervisor
- Democratization and Human Rights in East Asia, with Professor William P. Alford, Harvard Law School
- Constitutionalism and Democracy, with Professor Richard H. Fallon, Harvard Law School
Additional Research Interests
- International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
- National Identity, Collective Memory and the Law
- Law and Social Change
Education
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate 2002-Present
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. 2001
- National Taiwan University, LL.M. 1999
- National Taiwan University, LL.B. 1996
Appointments and Fellowships
- Harvard Law School, 2005-2006, Graduate Program Fellow, Teaching Assistant
- Harvard University, Department of Government, 2005, Teaching Fellow
- Harvard Law School, 2004, Chayes International Public Service Fellow
- Harvard Law School, 2003-2004, Graduate Program Fellow, Co-Coordinator of the Visiting Scholars/Visiting Researchers Colloquium
- Harvard Law School, 2001-2002, Graduate Program Fellow, LL.M. Advisor
Additional Information
- Languages: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese