Criminal Law Review (Volume 5)

Author: Chen Xingliang
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Volume 5 of Criminal Law Review focuses on the fundamental theoretical issues of criminal procedure law. In the past, "emphasizing substance over procedure" became a common saying. With the development of criminal rule of law, procedural issues have garnered increasing societal attention. Personally, given my background in studying criminal law, I once held a dismissive attitude toward criminal procedure. After serving as a judicial officer, I witnessed the handling of criminal cases, which significantly changed my perspective on the proposition that procedure holds priority over substance. This volume explores the fundamental theoretical issues of criminal procedure law. In the theoretical debate section, we published three papers that reflect and question current theories; in the academic prefaces and postfaces section, we featured Dr. Zhou Guangquan's article "Institutional Choice, Normative Trust, and Order Formation," which serves as the preface to the book Institutional Choice and Normative Trust: New Expressions of Criminal Law Issues. The article introduces new approaches relevant to the development of criminal philosophy research. The special research section of this volume contains a rich collection of substantial papers from various fields of criminal law, including criminal law, criminal procedure law, prison law, and criminology.