Cory A. Evans

Professor C. Alexander Evans is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. His research focuses on Japanese law, trade law, the philosophical foundations of private law and on comparative commercial law. His most recent research project studies the use of emergency powers to modify trade and national security policy. In addition to his legal research, Evans has published first translations of major Japanese legal cases as well as of significant texts in Japanese intellectual history. Prior to attending law school, Evans worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for more than a decade, focusing on U.S.-Japan diplomacy. Evans is also a National Master of Chess and has published academic articles on chess theory and on the mathematics of infinite chess.