Chinese famous criminal jurist -- Gao Mingxuan

Knowledge is my life education is my career -- research career criminal jurist Gao Mingxuan

Liu Shouzhen Wang Xiumei Du Peng

Since half century, along with the course of the birth and development of new China criminal law, Gao Mingxuan has experienced a hard and tough, ordinary and brilliant life and academic development. Today, when we bathed in the sunshine of the new century, facing the white snow, be of noble character and high prestige jurist Gao Mingxuan, heart can not say there is a move -- and such a have experienced years of wind and frost, profound thinking and mood Ning and scholars talk, like reading a thick book of real life, seemingly indifferent but meaningful infinite.

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In 1928, Gao Mingxuan was born in a small fishing village in the East China sea. He was 9 years old, in Shanghai to do the magistrate's father refused to work in Japanese invaders, abandon an official to return home. Father hoped that Gao Mingxuan will follow in his footsteps, devote ourselves to the cause of the divine law. By this effect, the youth Gao Mingxuan read a number of law books. After graduating from high school, Gao Mingxuan does not lose the hopes of his father, was admitted to the Zhejiang University School of law.

Holding the "rule of law" ideal, Gao Mingxuan, study hard in the University assiduously, soon to become the leader in student, school and deep well appreciated President Mr. Li Haopei. Gao Mingxuan after school is Mr. Li in general provisions of criminal law course teaching, his life also said that a criminal law course. Gao Mingxuan had the pleasure of hearing criminal law course Mr. speaker, which he later became to lay a solid foundation China characters play a decisive role in criminal law.

In 1949, on the eve of the liberation, Zhejiang University law school closed, 21 year old Gao Mingxuan transferred to the Peking University Faculty of law continue to learn. After graduation from the University, he was recommended for admission to the Graduate School of Renmin University of China law school. In 1953 August, after nearly twenty years of studying hard, Ming Xuan Gao student draw to a close. This is the life of the watershed, again selected in front, Gao Mingxuan resolutely choose this occupation law professor at Renmin University of China as a new starting point for his life.

The academic road also means that the choice of hardship, poverty and loneliness. Since then, Gao Mingxuan embarked on a journey on the road, his countless painstaking effort, perseverance and valuable time to the wind rain and snow, behind, left a deep footprint and a distinctive logo. He participated in the initial construction China criminal law textbook system, translation of the former Soviet Union's criminal law book; from 1954 to 1979, Gao Mingxuan participated in the Chinese first criminal law drafting work. "PRC Criminal Law" promulgated after, from first to last only as scholars in criminal law drafting work, Gao Mingxuan will be in the legislative work record sorting out, write "birth of the people's Republic of China criminal law and the birth of" one book, this is the eleven after the Third Plenary Session of China published the first treatises, authority in our criminal law theory.

The joy of success inspired Gao Mingxuan, his writing, climbed to a peak of academic. Become ten years of turmoil after the first movie most authoritative textbook of criminal law he edited the "criminal law", in the history of the development of Chinese criminal law plays a role; he was the chief editor of up to 70 words "new China criminal law review", become the field of law in China's first face systematic literature review work, set a good example for the legal professional research summary writing and publishing; his 36 words of the individual monograph "study of criminal law", for the criminal law of our country construction, perfection of the criminal legislation and criminal judicial practice played a great guide and promote the role; in 1994 October, treatises "Gao Mingxuan editor of the criminal law the principle of" three volumes are published. This set of devoted 10 years of painstaking work, Jina important achievements in the field of our country criminal theory, with its high academic level and the practical value of won the National Book awards.

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"Knowledge is my life, education is my career". On the life of Gao Mingxuan in the academic study at the same time, also diligently strive after, to teach, train a large number of legal talents for our country. 1984 January, approved by the degree committee of the State Council, Ming Xuan Gao became the first professional doctoral tutor in Chinese criminal law, the new Chinese end no developing criminal law's history. Gao Mingxuan to cultivate talent as a sacred duty, own make painstaking efforts, through years of exploration, he summed up the "three strict", "four", "Five Combination" talents cultivation mode. The so-called "three strict", refers to the students of the strict requirements, strict management, strict training; the so-called "four", refers to the cultivation of students' reading ability, translation ability, research ability, writing ability; the so-called "Five Combinations", refers to the students to achieve learning combined with scientific research, combining theory with practice, to fully grasp the deep combination, and focus on China and foreign combination, personal study and group discussion combined. Using this kind of teaching method, the original, Gao Mingxuan developed the new China first criminal law, criminal law first doctoral postdoctoral and the first international criminal law, legal education, by the national attention and appreciation.

Gao Mingxuan thinks, the development of the rule of law cannot do without legal guidance and propulsion, countries need to pay more attention to the law, especially the export-oriented law needs to be strengthened. Early in the last century 80's, the understanding and Research on the world of international criminal law are quite deficient, international exchange and cooperation in criminal law professor Gao Mingxuan advocated, and become the pioneer of Chinese International Criminal law. He has paid for the school master of criminal law special graduate students of international criminal law, due to the impact of data, information and other factors, Professor Gao Mingxuan teaches and the grasp of international criminal law knowledge although thin, but excited some research of international criminal law in student aspirations, thereby fill the blank China no subject of international criminal law, and Professor Zhao Bingzhi joint training doctoral first batch of international criminal law China science.

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In order to promote the development of international criminal law in Chinese, Ming Xuan Gao participated in the international academic conference. In 1987 May, as one of the China delegation, Gao Mingxuan held in Italy International Symposium on the issue of the death penalty, made a speech at the death penalty problem, cause sensation, the world began to realize Chinese laws and Chinese criminal law. Active efforts in all aspects of Chinese law would, in 1988 May, the International Criminal Law Association accepted Chinese scholars become the member, Gao Mingxuan to academic effect become the International Criminal Law Association member, soon, established the International Association of criminal law Chinese branch. In 1989, Gao Mingxuan on behalf of the International Association of criminal law Chinese branch attended school association Fourteenth Congress held in Austria in the international criminal law, this is China scholars attended the first Congress of the association. In 1993 October, Gao Mingxuan founded the Chinese First International Criminal Law Institute, Renmin University of China Institute of international criminal law. Therefore, to carry out extensive research on international criminal law and criminal law in the export-oriented. In view of Gao Mingxuan in criminal law and international criminal law academic status and influence, in 1999 September, the international criminal law held in Hungary Budapest Science Association of the Sixteenth Congress, Gao Mingxuan was elected as the vice president of International Association of criminal law, as Chinese branch chairman.

Gao Mingxuan thinks, China law prosperity and progress, it should be based on national conditions, and to face the world. Therefore, he advocated that must continue to expand exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign law. In recent years, his footprints all over Broome, Britain, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Austria, method, the western countries and Hong Kong and Macao, have extensive exchanges and cooperation with many countries and regions, and thus learn to the world for the Chinese criminal law, and finally to China criminal law and international criminal law of prosperity and development and make the great contribution.

In the criminal law of 2001 annual meeting, Gao Mingxuan made no longer re-election president and affectionate out his voice: "for seventeen years, I have been engaged in the study of criminal law Chinese will work in organizational leadership, I hope the young people learn faster growth and mature, the responsibility undertake to organize and promote the development of the criminal law China. I hope I can have more time to teaching, reading, writing and education, make full use of their own lives to do something beneficial to the development of the criminal law China things." Through the simple words, Gao Mingxuan century scholars, motherland is the soul of the earnest feelings ran in front of law.

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