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John Yoo

ジョン・ユー　/　じょん・ゆー

Lawyer from South Korea

July 10, 1967 (age 58)　・　Seoul, South Korea

lawyer
university teacher
jurist

My Take

John Yoo is one of those figures I find impossible to dismiss, regardless of where one lands on his conclusions. Born in Seoul, Harvard-educated, and now the Heller Professor of Law at Berkeley, he became defined by his Bush-era opinions on executive power, warrantless surveillance, and the Geneva Conventions, work that still ignites fierce debate. My interest isn't endorsement; it's that he pushed a coherent and provocative theory of presidential authority into the center of American constitutional argument and never retreated from it. Whether you see that as principled or alarming, the intellectual stamina to keep defending a position under sustained fire genuinely commands my attention.

Overview

John Choon Yoo (Korean: 유준; born July 10, 1967) is a South Korean-born American legal scholar and former government official who is the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. While serving in the George W. Bush administration, he became known for his legal opinions concerning executive power, warrantless wiretapping, and the Geneva Conventions.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): John Yoo
Name (Japanese): ジョン・ユー
Reading: じょん・ゆー
Born: July 10, 1967 (age 58)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Goat
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: lawyer / university teacher / jurist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Harvard University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Taming Globalization: International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC

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