Mei Ju-ao

Mei Ju-ao
Personal details
Born	(1904-11-07)7 November 1904 Nanchang, Jiangxi (Qing Dynasty)
Died	23 April 1973(1973-04-23) (aged 68)
Alma mater	Tsinghua University (1924) Stanford University (1926) University of Chicago Law School (1928)
History Republic of China (ROC) Chief of the Ministry of Justice (Dec 1948 - 1949) (ROC) Ministry of the Interior Staff (Dec 1933 - Dec 1935) (ROC) Legislative Yuan Legislator (Jan 12, 1935 - 1948) International Military Tribunal for the Far East Judge (1945 - 1946) People's Republic of China Chinese State Council Special Consultant (1949 -) Institute of Foreign Affairs Executive director National People's Congress Representative Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Representative World Peace Council Member

Mei Ju-ao (Chinese: 梅汝璈; pinyin: Méi Rǔ'áo, 7 November 1904 – 23 April 1973) was a Chinese jurist, legislator and author.

Education

Mei was a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi province. After graduating from Tsinghua University in 1924, Mei Ju-ao went to the United States to study. In 1926, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, and was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society the same year. Mei went on to study law at University of Chicago Law School, where he obtained a Juris Doctor in 1928.

Mei Ruao (center) and Ni Zhengyu

Tokyo Trials

In 1946-48, Mei was the Chinese member of the judges in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East's trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the second World War.

Mei was portrayed by Damian Lau in the Chinese film The Tokyo Trial (2006) and by David Tse in the NHK miniseries Tokyo Trial (2016).

Work

• "China and the Rule of Law." Pacific Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 10. (Oct., 1932), pp. 863–872. (Available through JSTOR)