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Prof. He Weifang
Professor of Law
Peking University

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He Weifang, was born in 1960 in Shandong Province, China. Professor He received his LL.B. from Southwest University of Political Science and Law in 1982, and Master of Law from China University of Political Science and Law in 1985. Now he is professor of law at Peking University Faculty of Law and Editor-in-Chief, Peking University Law Journal.

Professor He's publications including Waiguo fazhi shi (Foreign Legal History) , with You Rong and Gao Hongjun, Peking University Press, 1992 (Taiwan edition: Wu Nan Publishing Co, 1993 ); .Meiguo xuezhe lun zhongguo falu chuantong (Recent American Academic Writings on Traditional Chinese Law), co-edited with Karen Turner and Gao Hongjun, China University of Politics and Law Press, 1994; Zouxiang quanli de shidai ( Toward a Time of Rights: A Perspective of the Civil Rights Development in China), one of the co-editors, China University of Politics and Law Press,1995; Zhongguo falujiaoyu zhilu(The Development of Legal Education in China), editor, China University of Politics and Law Press, 1998; Fabian yumo (Marginal Notes on Law), Publishing House of Law, 1998; Selected Papers on Judiciary, China University of Politics and Law Press, 1998 ; Juti Fazhi(Some Detailed Observations on Rule of Law), Publishing House of Law, 2002; Yunsong zhengyi de Fangshi( The Way of Distributing Justice), Shanghai Joint Publisher, 2002; Chaoyue Biliniusishan(Surmounting the Pyrenees), Publishing House of Law, 2003.

• "The Catholic Matrimonial Institutions and the Influence of Canon Law on Secular Law," Shijie Zongjiao Yanjiu (Studies on World Religions), No. 1, 1986, 73-89; "The Style and Spirit of Traditional Chinese Judicial Decisions: Based Mainly on the Song Dynasty and Comparing with that of England," Zhongguo Shehui Kexue (CASS Journal of Social Sciences), No. 6, 1990, 203-19; for the English version see Social Sciences in China, No. 3, 1991, 74-95; "On the Methodology of Comparative Legal Cultures," Zhongwai Faxue (Peking University Journal of Law ), No. 1, 1992, 30-35; for the English version see Asia Pacific Law Review,Special Issue, No.1,1994,37-44; " Adversary System and the Chinese Judges," Faxue Yanjiu(Studies in Law) ,No. 4, 1995, 85-92; "Achieving Justice Through the Performance of Judges: A Survey of the Present State of Chinese Judiciary," in Toward a Time of Rights , China University of Politics and Law Press, 1995, 209-284; “Two Problems of Judicial Administration Reform in China,” Social Sciences in China, No. 6, 1997, 117-130 ; “Reflections on the Legal Reform in Past Twenty Years,” Peking University Journal of Law, No. 5, 1998; “Some Comments on Judicature Committee of the Court,” Peking University Law Review, No.1, 1999; “Reinterpretation on the Chinese Judicial Tradition,” Nanjing University Law Review, Fall Issue, 2000; “The Transformation of Judicial System in Modern China,” in Su Li and He Weifang (eds.), Academics and Society of 20 th Century China: Law, Shandong People’s Press, 2001; “Three Key Issues in the Reform of the Judicial System in China,” Social Sciences in China, Vol. XXIII, No.2, Summer 2002, pp116-122 .