Criminal Law Review (Volume 7)

Author: Zhao Bingzhi
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The Chinese Law Society has conducted four nationwide selections of "Top Ten Outstanding (Young and Middle-aged) Jurists of China" since 1995, 1999, 2002, and 2004, which have had a significant impact on the legal community and have made important contributions to flourishing legal research, mobilizing legal scholars to engage in theoretical and innovative research, and advancing the rule of law. In October 2004, the Chinese Law Society selected the fourth "Top Ten Outstanding Young Jurists of China," and Professor Qiu Xinglong and Professor Lu Jianping, recommended by the Criminal Law Research Society of the Chinese Law Society, were honored with this title. Since 1995, the Chinese Law Society has been selecting outstanding (young and middle-aged) jurists, and a group of talented and knowledgeable young legal scholars have emerged and have become the backbone of the development of China's legal cause. To date, six young and middle-aged scholars in the field of criminal law have been honored with this title: Professor Zhao Bingzhi (1995, first edition, 39 years old at the time), Professor Chen Xingliang (1999, second edition, 42 years old at the time), Professor Zhang Mingkai (2002, third edition, 43 years old at the time), Professor Wu Dahua (2002, third edition, 39 years old at the time), Professor Qiu Xinglong (2004, fourth edition, 41 years old at the time), and Professor Lu Jianping (2004, fourth edition, 41 years old at the time). These six (young and middle-aged) jurists were basically recommended and approved by the Criminal Law Research Society of the Chinese Law Society; at the same time, they are all full-time professors, visiting professors, or expert committee members of the National Key Research Base, the Criminal Law Science Research Center of Renmin University of China. Among them, four have obtained doctoral degrees in criminal law from Renmin University of China. To fully showcase the talents of young and middle-aged criminal law scholars and promote human rights protection research in the field of criminal law, after research and with the approval and support of the Chinese Law Society, the National Key Research Base, the Criminal Law Science Research Center of Renmin University of China, and the Criminal Law Research Society of the Chinese Law Society jointly organized the "Forum on Contemporary Criminal Law and Human Rights Protection — National Outstanding Young Criminal Law Scholars Forum" on January 15, 2005, at Renmin University of China. The forum invited criminal law scholars who have won the title of "Top Ten Outstanding (Young and Middle-aged) Jurists of China" from previous editions to serve as keynote speakers, invited senior criminal law scholars to provide on-site comments, and also invited [them]. This book covers research areas such as Chinese criminal law, foreign criminal law, comparative criminal law, regional criminal law, international criminal law, etc. It mainly establishes columns such as "Hot Topics Discussion," "Academic Debate," "Special Forums," "Criminal Law Dialogue," "Judicial Practice," "International Criminal Law," "Foreign Rule of Law," "Criminal Law Scholars," "News and Information," etc. The articles published in this book are required to closely align with key, difficult, controversial, and hot issues in criminal theory and the practice of the rule of law, to be targeted, well-argued, and clearly explained, avoiding empty rhetoric and mere wordplay. In terms of length, both concise and insightful short essays and substantial and in-depth longer papers are welcome.