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1、HeWeifangIntheNameofJusticeStrivingfortheRuleofLawinChinaForewordbyJohnL.ThorntonIntroductionbyChengLifalltheissuespresentedbyChina’son-goingeconomicandsociopoliticaltrans-Oformation,nonemayultimatelyproveasconsequentialasthedevelopmentoftheChinesele
2、galsystem.Evenaspublicdemandfortheruleoflawgrows,theChineseCommunistPartystillinterferesinlegalaffairsandcontinuesinitsharshtreatmentofhumanrightslawyersandactivists.Boththefrequentoccurrencesofsocialunrestinre-centyearsandthegrowingtensionbetweenChin
3、a’svariousinterestgroupsunderlinetheurgencyofdevelopingasoundandsustainablelegalsystem.AsoneofChina’smostinfluentiallawprofes-sors,HeWeifanghasbeenattheforefrontofthecountry’streacherouspathtowardjusticeandjudicialindependenceforoveradecade.Amonghisma
4、nyremarkableendeavorswasasuccessfulpetitionin2003thatabolishedChina’scontroversialregulationspermittingtheinternmentanddeportationofurban“va-grants,”bringingtoanendtwodecadesoflegaldiscriminationagainstmigrantworkers.HisboldremarksatthefamousNewWeste
5、rnHillsSymposiumin2006,includinghisassertionthat“China’sparty-statestructureviolatesthePRCConstitution,”areconsideredawatershedmomentinthecentury-longmovementforaconstitutionalChina.WithIntheNameofJustice,HepresentshiscriticalassessmentofthestateofCh
6、ineselegalreform.Inadditiontoaselectionofhisacademicwritings,thisuniquebookalsoincludesmanyofHeWeifang’spublicspeeches,mediainterviews,andopenletters,providingadditionalinsightintohisdualrolesasthinkerandpractitionerintheChineselegalworld.Amongthetop
7、icscov-eredarejudicialindependence,judicialreview,legaleducation,capitalpunishment,andthele-galprotectionoffreespeechandhumanrights.ThevolumealsooffersahistoricalreviewoftheevolutionofChinesetraditionallegalthought,enhancedbycross-countrycomparisons.A
8、proponentofreformratherthanrevolu-tion,HebelievesonlytrueconstitutionalismcanguaranteesocialjusticeandenduringstabilityforChina.HEWEIFANG,oneofChina’smostinfluentialpublicintellectuals,isaprofes-soroflawatPekingUniversityinBeijing.In2011hewasnamedbyFo