Here’s the info if you are anywhere near Russell Sq on the 19th
He Jiahong
Date: 19 October 2016Time: 5:00 PM
Finishes: 19 October 2016Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: 116
Type of Event: Book Launch
Abstract
China’s party-run courts have one of the highest conviction rates in the world, with forced confessions remaining a central feature. Despite recent prohibitions on evidence obtained through coercion or torture, forced confessions continue to undermine the Chinese judicial system. Recounting some harrowing cases of wrongful conviction, acclaimed legal scholar and novelist He Jiahong analyses many problems in China’s justice system. The book surveys the organisation and procedure of criminal investigation, the lawyering system for criminal defense, the public prosecution system, trial proceedings, as well as criminal punishments and appeals. It Highlights the frequent causes of wrongful convictions and provides updated information about recent changes and reforms as well as the many challenges of the criminal justice system in China.
Biography
He Jiahong is a professor of law at People’s University in Beijing, director of law at the Evidence Research Institute and Director of the Research Center for Wrongful Convictions (established in March 2012) and director, Centre for Common Law working in cooperation with the Great Britain-China Centre and the University of Oxford Faculty of Law, in order to promote the value and principles of common law in China by supporting research and study and to support legal practitioners in both countries.
He is one of China’s leading experts on criminal evidence, evidential investigation and criminal procedure, and gained his doctorate of law at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has been a visiting scholar, professor and researcher at other prestigious universities and institutions around the world including New York University and the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Often referred to as ‘the John Grisham of China’, Professor He is also a successful writer of crime thrillers.
Organiser: SOAS China Institute
Contact email: [email protected]
Contact Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4823
