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2216 WATKINS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Cioffi, John W

Associate Professor of Political Science

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Political Science


Biography

John W. Cioffi (Assistant Professor) received his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley and joined the UCR faculty in 2001. Professor Cioffi’s research interests include: law and political economy (American and comparative); comparative corporate governance; comparative public law and regulation; comparative political economy; and legal and regulatory reform. His dissertation is entitled, Public Law and Private Power: The Political Economy of Corporate Governance in the United States and Germany. He has taught American constitutional law (federal structure and powers, civil liberties, and criminal procedure), regulation and regulatory politics (American and comparative), comparative political economy, and law and policy in the digital economy. Professor Cioffi has received numerous grants in support of his research including a National Science Foundation Dissertation Grant. His research has appeared in the Law & Policy, the Journal of Law and Society, and the American Journal of Comparative Law. Prior to his academic career, Professor Cioffi was a law clerk to United States District Judge Dickinson Debevoise and practiced law with the New York law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton.

Former Institution

University of California, Berkeley

Degrees

PhD Political Science 2002

University of California, Berkeley

MA Political Science 1995

University of California, Berkeley

JD Civil Litigation; Securities 1990

Rutgers School of Law

BA Political Science and English 1986

Rtugers University

Awards

2003-2002 Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California, Riverside
2002-2001 Academic Senate Research Grant, University of California, Riverside
2002-2001 Departmental Research Grant, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside
2001-2000 Continuing Student Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
2001-1999 National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant, Public Law Program, Grant No. SES-9906158, for "Dissertation Research: Public Law and Private Power: The Comparative Political Economy of Corporate Governance in the U.S. and Germany"


Research Area

Law and Political Economy (American and Comparative); Comparative Corporate Governance; Legal and Regulatory Reform; Public Law and Comparative Regulation; Comparative Political Economy

Publications

John W. Coffi, "Governing Globalization? The State, Law, and Structural Change in Corporate Governance," Journal of Law and Society, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 572-600 (December 2000)

John W. Cioffi, "State of the Art: A Review Essay on Comparative Corporate Governance:
The State of the Art and Emerging Research," American Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 501-534 (Summer 2000)

John W. Cioffi and Steven S. Cohen, "The Advantages of Forwardness: The State, Law, and Corporate Governance in an Age of Globalization," Chapter 10 in Steven Cohen and Gavin Boyd, eds., Globalization and Corporate Governance: Strategic and Long Range Planning Issues (Cheltenham, UK and Northhampton, MA: Matthew Elgar, 2000), pp. 307-349

Kazumasu Aoki and John W. Cioffi, "Poles Apart: Industrial Waste Management Regulation and Enforcement in the United States and Japan" Chapter 2 (lead chapter) in Robert A. Kagan and Lee Axelrad, Regulatory Encounters: The Regulatory Experiences of Multinational Corporations under Different Legal Regimes (University of California Press, 2000), pp. 33-63

Kazumasu Aoki and John W. Cioffi, "Poles Apart: A Comparative Study of Waste Management Regulation and Enforcement in the United States and Japan," Law and Policy, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 213-245 (July 1999)

John W. Cioffi, Robert A. Kagan and Kazumasu Aoki, "A Matter of Style: Environmental Regulation in Japan and the United States," in Wieger Bakker and Frans van Waarden, eds., Dutch Journal of Regulation, 1999-2000 Yearbook (Amsterdam: Uitgeverji Boom, 1999), pp. 171-199, published in Dutch as "Een Kwestie van Stijl: Milieuwetgeving in Japan en de Verenigde Staten," in Wieger Bakker and Frans van Waarden, red., Ruimte Rond Regels: Stijl van Regulering en Beleidsuitvoering Vergeleken, Beleid en Maatscappij Jaarboek 1999-2000