20th Century Theories and Practices of Foreign Criminal Law

Author: He Qinhua
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: From August 21 to 24, 2005, the 18th Annual Conference of the National Society for the Study of the History of Foreign Legal Systems was grandly held at the Military District Guest House in Xining City, Qinghai Province, co-hosted by East China University of Political Science and Law and the Xining Municipal Government. In the theoretical development of law and the practice of legal operations after modern times, criminal law has always been an important field. Based on this, developed countries in the West have regarded the improvement of criminal law systems as a fundamental component of building modern rule-of-law states. Particularly in the dissemination and promotion of the four basic principles that embody the core concepts and value orientations of Western criminal law—presumption of innocence, nullification of criminal liability, proportionality of punishment, and the humanitarianism of criminal punishment—significant efforts have been made and numerous achievements have been achieved. The 28 thematic papers and 9 special papers collected in this book are a preliminary introduction and review of these achievements. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the legal community in China has also strengthened the reform of the criminal law system. Currently, the amendment of the criminal law is also in full swing in response to the new situations and problems emerging in Chinese society.