Chen Xiaofeng-武汉大学法学院

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Chen Xiaofeng

Background

Chen Xiaofeng, male, Han ethnic, is a native in Wangdu, Hebei, who was born in October, 1955 and is the member of Communist Party of China. After retiring from the army in 1980, he worked in the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court, Hubei Province. In the same year, he went to the junior college at the Law Department of Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics; During the period between 1982 and 1985, he proceeded to receive his Master's Degree in Chinese Legal History at the Law Department of Wuhan University, meanwhile he acknowledged the famous scholar Mr. Yang Hongnian as his master; After graduation, he started his professional career at the university as a teaching assistant and lecturer from 1985 to 1992; During the period between 1992 and 1993, he served as the deputy director and associate professor at the Law Department of Wuhan University School of Law; During the period between 1993 and 1994, he went to Japan as a visiting research fellow at Doshisha University; After returning back to China, he served as the assistant to the dean of Wuhan University School of Law. In the same year, he proceeded to receive his PhD in Constitutional Jurisprudence at Wuhan University School of Law. Under the guidance of the professors He Huahui and Li Long, he received the PhD in 1998; In 1997, he was appointed as a professor at Wuhan University, and in 2001 he was appointed as a doctoral adviser in constitutional and administrative jurisprudence at Wuhan University.

Education

From 1980 to 1982, Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics, Major in Law, The Special Training Program for Legal Cadres (Junior College);

From 1982 to 1985, Wuhan University School of Law , Master’s Degree in Law;

From 1994 to 1998, Wuhan University School of Law , PhD in Law.

Field of Research

Chinese Legal History; Chinese Legal Culture; Chinese Constitutional History

Adjunct Research Positions

1. Executive Director of the Chinese Legal History Society;

2. Director of Dong Biwu Jurisprudence Research Association of the China Law Society;

3. Director of the Wuhan University Research Center for the Legal Culture;

4. Researcher of Wuhan University National Research Center for Constitutional and Legal Sciences; Researcher of the Innovation Team of the “Research Suggestions on the Empirical Study of the Judicial Operation Process with Chinese Characteristics” in the National Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization.

Selected Publications

1. Interpretation of “Retrial Procedure” in Han Dynasty, Law Review, the 5th Issue, 1987;

2. A Critical Study on Judicial Procedure in Han Dynasty, Law Review, the 3rd Issue, 1989;

3. Viewing the Construction of Ancient Chinese Slavery State from the Perspective of Historical Myths, Law Review, the 6th Issue, 1992;

4. A Cultural Perspective of the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China, Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy and Social Science Edition), the 6th Issue, 1999;

5. A Brief Discussion on Yi-Image and Chinese Legal Culture, Law Review, the 6th Issue, 2003;

6. “Twisted” from “Original Intention”: Analysis of the Cultural Causes of Chinese Legal Changes, Law Review, the 6th Issue, 2004;

7. The Notion of Legal Culture: The View of Achievement and the View of Rules, The Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute, the 1st Issue, 2006;

8. The Unified Order and the Judge Who is Good and Respectful, Law Review, the 6th Issue, 2009;

9. Legal Culture: Analysis of Phenotype, Cryptotype and Structure, Journal of Henan University of Economics and Law, the 6th Issue, 2013;

10. The Characteristics of Chinese Fundamental Legal Culture and the Contemporary Changes, China Legal Science, the 1st Issue, 2015;

11. The Freedom of Expression Culturally Relies on the Types of Civilization, Law Review, the 2nd Issue, 2017;

12. The Analysis of the Legal Culture of the Legitimacy of Traditional Supervision Power and Its Modern Transformation, The Journal of Jiangsu Administration Institute, the 6th Issue, 2018;

13. History of Usury Governance, Law Review, the 4th Issue, 2019.

Representative Works

1. The Study of Chinese Legal Culture, Henan People's Press, 1993 edition;

2. The History of Chinese Legal System (Volume 1 and 2), Wuhan University Press, 2012 edition;

3. The Study of Chinese Constitutional Culture, Wuhan University Press, 2014 edition;

4. Ninety Two Deadly Sins: The reason and paradox for why Yongzheng killed Nian Gengyao, Wuhan University Press, 2014 edition.

Achievements and Rewards

1. He edited the textbook The Newly edited Chinese Legal History won the third Legal Textbook and Scientific Research Achievement Award (Excellence Award) of the Ministry of Justice in 2009;

2. His paper “Twisted” from “Original Intention”: Analysis of the Cultural Causes of Chinese Legal Changes won the second China Legal Culture Research Achievement Award in 2012;

3. In 2016, his monograph The Study of Chinese Constitutional Culture won the second prize of the 10th Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (Books) in Hubei Province.

4. The English version of The Study of Chinese Constitutional Culture was officially published in March 2018 by the United States W.S Hein-Wells Press and Wells Information Services Inc.