Understanding China's Criminal Procedure（Tsinghua Chinese Law Series）

　　In the eyes of the majority of westerners， china's criminalprocedure is full of torture，menace， enticement and other types ofinhuman methods. this is understandable because they gotinformation about china's criminal procedure primarily from themedia， the job of which is to attract the public's attention， orfrom scholars' articles， papers and books that focus on china'sancient legal system， or police practice at or before the \greatculture revolution\， and thus gives them an uninformed conceptionof china's criminal procedure that is limited in informal areas orancient times. many times， our focus is distracted by inadequate，and biased information， and thus hampers us from seeking thetruth.this book is to give a concise but comprehensive introduction ofchinese criminal procedure to people who do not know chineselanguage but are interested in learning about chinese law. in orderto make the introduction easily accessible， this book discussesproblems which are commonly examined and debated by westernscholars in a way that western legal scholars are familiar with.since a significant amount of western criminal procedurelawsconcerns citizens' constitutional rights， this book focuses onthe protections of citizens'constitutional rights in the context ofcriminal procedure.In particular， this book seeks to address the following questions：in what extent does the contemporary chinese criminal procedure lawprotects citizens' houses， privacy and personal freedom？ does thesuspect have the right to remain silent when beinginterrogated？shall the defendant be presumed innocent when facing acriminal charge？ in what extent does a defendant have the right toa fair trial？ these questions will be addressed in turn in thisbook， providing detailed analysis and explanations for each of theissues identified.

　　YI Yanyou is an Associate Professor and the Director of theEvidence Law Research Center， School of Law， Tsinghua University.In addition to working in the Law Department， he holds the positionof Deputy Chief Procurator of the People's Procuratorate of YanqingCounty. YI teaches and researches in the area of criminal procedurelaw， evidence law， and judicial system. He is the author of ChineseCriminal Procedure and Chinese Society， Peking University Press，September 2010; The System and Spirit of Evidence Law-With SpecialReference to Anglo- American Law， Peking University Press， June2010; Law of Criminal Procedure， Law Press， third edition 2008，first edition 2003; Jury Trial and the Adversary System， Taibei，Sanming Bookstore， November 2004; On the Right to Remain Silent，China University of Politics and Law Press， AuguSt 200I. Yi'spublications also include more than 30 scholarly articles andessays published in law reviews and journals including TsinghuaChina Law Review， Punishment and Society： The InternationalJournalof Penology， Social Science in China， Chinese Journal of Law，Tribune of Political Science and Law， Journal of Comparative Law，and Peking University Law Journal， etc.