Humanistic Foundation of Criminal Law

Xingliang Chen, Chinese contemporary famous scholar in the science of criminal law, Professor, and doctoral supervisor at Peking University Law School, was the vice-chairman of the Chinese Association of Criminal Law, the Chinese Society of Criminology, and the Chinese trial theory Research Institute. He also severed as a member of the Social Science Commission of the Chinese Ministry of Education, an expert of the National Social Science Foundation Disciplines Review Group. Professor Chen was awarded the International Academic Award of the American Society for Criminal Sociology in 2007 and the Honorary Membership of the Japanese Society of Criminal Law in 2010. He published more than 400 academic papers, and published Criminal Law Series with 31 volumes in China Renmin University Press and “Portfolio” of his works with 10 volumes in Peking University Press. What’s more, the book The Transformation of Criminal Theories: An Intellectual History was translated into Japanese and published in Japan, and the book Philosophy of Criminal Law was translated into English and published in the United States.

Introduction.- Human Nature Foundation Held by the Classical School of Criminology.- Human Nature Foundation Held by the Positivist School of Criminology.- Freedom of Will: A History of Theories.