Criminal Policy and Criminal Law

Author: Lu Jianping
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Gao Mingxuan and Lu Jianping were admitted to the Law Department of Renmin University of China in 1979. He was the youngest in his class. In 1983, he achieved excellent results and was selected as a national government scholarship student for overseas study in criminal law under my supervision. This left a deep impression on me. During his time studying in France, we maintained close correspondence. In 1988, upon returning with a Ph.D. in law from France, I suggested he return to his alma mater, Renmin University of China, but due to family reasons, he joined my alma mater, Zhejiang University, where he engaged in teaching and research. At that time, Zhejiang University was an engineering-focused university with weak foundations in law and humanities and social sciences. Through his efforts, the law department, which had been interrupted for 45 years, was finally rebuilt in 1994. As an old alumnus of the Law School of Zhejiang University, I am truly delighted about this. His work at Zhejiang University was outstanding and received praise from all sides. He held important positions such as Vice Dean of the School of International Economics and Trade, Director of the Department of International Economic Law, Director of the Institute of Foreign Economic and Legal Studies, and Director of the Department of Public Administration. Of course, as one of the few master's and Ph.D. holders in French criminal law and criminal science in China, I have always hoped he would return to the field of criminal law research to contribute to its reform and development.
By the end of 1999, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, the Center for Criminal Law Science Research at Renmin University of China was officially established as one of the first national key humanities and social science research bases. Lu Jianping was invited back to his alma mater to serve as the Executive Director, assisting me and Professor Zhao Bingzhi in his work and overseeing international exchanges and cooperation.
In France, he had the privilege of studying under renowned scholars such as Marc Ancel, Michel Delfort-Ma?tre, and Christine Lassègue. Upon returning to China, he has been dedicated to teaching, research, and the translation and introduction of works in criminal law, criminology, and criminal policy. He has published works such as New Criminal Law Theory (Hong Kong, 1989), Comparative Criminology (Beijing, 1992; Taipei, 1997), Major Systems of Criminal Policy (Beijing, 2000), and Cybercrime (Beijing, 2002). He also served as a deputy editor and project coordinator for the Sino-French collaborative research project on criminal law, International Criminal Law Principles, jointly supervised by me and Professor Delfort-Ma?tre, contributing significantly to its success.
At the same time, he has leveraged his extensive connections in the international criminal law community to actively assist me and the Chinese Branch of the International Society of Criminal Law in successfully securing the bid for the 17th International Criminal Law Conference. He also holds positions such as Deputy Secretary-General and Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Criminal Law, Standing Council Member and Executive Secretary-General of the Criminal Law Research Society of the Chinese Law Society, and Vice President of the Chinese Criminology Society.
Lu Jianping is quick-witted, has broad interests, and is fluent in French and English, making him a very active scholar in the field of international criminal law both in China and abroad. His focus in criminal policy studies has long been a weak area in China's criminal law field. He has done many pioneering works in this discipline. In addition to translating and introducing the works of renowned foreign scholars, he has deeply reflected on some fundamental issues of criminal policy in light of China's realities and applied the basic methods of criminal policy to research and explore major issues in criminal law. His innovative methods and insightful perspectives have been praised by his academic peers.
In this book, he has compiled and organized his reflections over the past decade on criminal policy and criminal law for public dissemination. This is both a summary of his personal academic research, which will help him further mature and develop in academia, and a contribution to the flourishing and prosperity of criminal policy studies in China.
As a teacher, seeing the growth and progress of my students brings immense joy that words cannot express. I have added a few words to encourage him. This is the preface.