- Li Haopei
Li Haopei (zh-cp|c=李浩培|p=Lǐ Hàopéi;
6 July ,1906 ,Shanghai -6 November ,1997 ,The Hague ) was a Chinesejurist ,diplomat andacademic . He was a leading authority oninternational law .Li attended
Soochow University and received his Bachelor and Master's of laws in 1928 and 1930 respectively. In 1936 he won ascholarship and travelled to theUnited Kingdom to pursue advanced studies inpublic international law ,international private law andcomparative law at theLondon School of Economics ,University of London .Returning to China in 1939, Li became
Associate Professor of Law at the National Wuhan University, at the time relocated toLeshan ,Sichuan due to theSecond Sino-Japanese War . Later in 1941, Li was promoted toProfessor of Law and Head of the Faculty of Law. At the end of theWorld War II Li Haopei left forHangzhou , where he became Professor of Law and Dean of the College of Law at the National Chekiang University.Following the end of the
Chinese Civil War in 1949, Li moved toBeijing , where he served the Communist government as an Expert Commissioner to the National Law Commission of China up to 1956. In that year, he was made Professor of International Law at the College of Foreign Relations. From 1963 to 1993, Li was concurrently Professor of International Law atPeking University and Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of thePeople's Republic of China (PRC). In 1979, he completed drafting the first Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and the Law of Criminal Procedure, a key piece of legislation enacted as part of a return to legality under theOpen Door Policy .As the PRC took a large role in international law, Li Haopei became its main representative at international conferences and tribunals. From 1993 to 1997 he served as a Member of the
Permanent Court of Arbitration . In the same period, Li served as Judge at the Appeals Chamber at theInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia . From 1995 to 1997 he also served as judge at theInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda .Li Haopei translated a number of works from English, German, and French, including the
Napoleonic code .His daughter
Ling Yan is also a leading jurist.
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