Jean-Marc Coicaud is Distinguished Professor of Law and Global Affairs, Rutgers School of Law, New Jersey, USA and Fellow, Academia Europaea. He is also Fudan Distinguished Chair Professor at Fudan Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (Shanghai, China). Prior to being at Rutgers, Coicaud served as a senior official with the United Nations, including in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General, New York, US, and the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. He has graduate degrees in philosophy, political science, law, literature and linguistics. He has authored, coauthored and co-edited more than 15 books.