HE, Weifang (Mr.)

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. He is professor of law at Peking University Faculty of Law since 1995.

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(Legal Education in Modern 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(The Detailed 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; Xiaoyao Fawai (Essays Beyond Law), China CITIC Press, 2013.

His most recent book in English is In the Name of Justice: Striving for the Rule of Law in China, published by Brookings Institution Press, 2012. About information in details of the book, See http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2012/inthenameofjustice

The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers, 2011.

See: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers, and Handelsblatt (Germany) 25 Thinkers, 2014.

Email: hewf@pku.edu.cn