On May 28th and 29th, 2016, the “2011 Plan”-Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization and East China Normal University Department of Philosophy and School of Law cohosted the International Conference on Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Law, in Shanghai. The goal of the ICFE is to promote academic exchanges on the evidence law concept of “facts and evidence” between legal scholars and philosophical scholars. About 40 scholars, who are from China, the U.S., Norway, Australia, Italy, Singapore, and Sweden, delivered speeches and joined panel discussions at the conference. The ICFE not only sets up a stage that allows Chinese scholars spreading their ideas to the international academic community, but also starts a innovative research methodology by inviting the philosophical perspective in furthering the study of law. The distinguished speakers delivered their speeches in ten panels at the conference. Scholars at the conference expect future opportunities to engage more interdisciplinary discussions on evidence law.
Panel I -- Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Law Moderator: Professor Michele Taruffo, University of Pavia, Italy |
Evidence and Facts: Dialogue Between Law and Philosophy |
Professor Gunnar Skirbekk University of Bergen, Norway |
Law and Philosophy in China and Elsewhere |
Professor Ronald J. Allen John Henry Wigmore Professor of Law Northwestern University, U.S.A. |
Panel II -- Facts and Evidence: Perspectives from Philosophy and Law Moderator: Senior Fellow Lei Zhao（赵磊）, Social Sciences in China, China |
Fact and Evidence |
Professor Bo Chen（陈波） Peking University, China |
Fact, “Mirror of Evidence” and Fact-Finding |
Professor Baosheng Zhang（张保生） China University of Political Science and Law, China |
Rethink the theory of mutual corroboration |
Professor Zongzhi Long（龙宗智） Sichuan University, China |
Truth and Facts in the Judicial Process: A Philosophical Perspective |
Professor Guoying Shu（舒国滢） China University of Political Science and Law, China |
Panel III -- Facts and Evidence in the Context of Philosophical Epistemology Moderator: Professor H. Otto Sibum, Uppsala University, Sweden |
Yin/yang Epistemology |
Professor Michael A. Slote UST Professor of Ethics University of Miami, U.S.A. |
Knowing as Simply Being Correct |
Professor Stephen Hetherington University of New South Wales, Australia |
Panel IV – Facts and Evidence in the Context of Legal Epistemology Moderator: Professor ChienKuo Mi（米建国）, Soochow University, Taiwan |
Truth, Justification, and Knowledge in the Epistemology of Adjudication |
Professor Dale A. Nance John Homer Kapp Professor of Law Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A. |
Fact Argumentation in Argumentation-based Litigation Games |
Professor Minghui Xiong（熊明辉） Sun Yat-sen University, China |
Panel V – Rules Governing the Fact Finding in Judicial Process Moderator: Professor Ruihua Chen（陈瑞华）, Peking University, China |
Towards Evidence and Fact in the Criminal Investigation |
Professor Ming Liu（刘铭） National Police University of China, China |
The Multidimensional Studies of The Theory of The Standard of Criminal Proof Under The Principle of Trial Centered Criminal Procedure |
Associate Professor Bo Yang（杨波） Jilin University, China |
Res Ipsa Loquitur: Another Way to Solve the Proof Difficulties in Medical Disputes |
Associate Professor Gefei Ji（纪格非） China University of Political Science and Law, China |
Panel VI – The Nature of Fact Finding in Judicial Process Moderator: Professor Ronald J. Allen, Northwestern University, U.S.A. |
Facts, Evidence and Truth in Judicial Decisions |
Professor Michele Taruffo University of Pavia, Italy |
Two Modes of Adjudicative Fact Identified |
Professor Ruihua Chen（陈瑞华） Peking University, China |
Truth in Trial: the Dimensions of Truth and the Unification of Reason |
Dr. Xi Chen（陈曦） Shenzhen University, China |
Panel VII – Judicial Proof: In and Beyond the Context of Epistemology Moderator: Dale A. Nance, Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A. |
Law and Epistemology: An Account of Judgment |
Professor ChienKuo Mi（米建国） Soochow University, China, Taiwan |
Confession and the Criminal Process |
Professor Ho Hock Lai National University of Singapore, Singapore |
Panel VIII – Wrongful Conviction and Evidence Law Moderator: Professor Jingbin Wang（王景斌）, East China Normal University, China |
Reflections on the Miscarriage of Justice in Criminal Cases: Revisit and Reconstruction of the “Corroborative” Mode of Proof in China |
Professor Weimin Zuo（左卫民） Sichuan University, China |
Miscarriage of Justice and Reform of Evidence Law in China |
Associate Professor Hongqi Wu（吴洪淇） China University of Political Science and Law, China |
Panel IX –Probability and Proof Moderator: Professor Guoying Shu（舒国滢）, China University of Political Science and Law, China |
Probability in the Law: A Case Study |
Associate Professor Brad Weslake New York University, U.S.A. |
A Philosophical Analysis of Different Types of Standards of Criminal Proof |
Associate Professor Hongbo Zhou（周洪波） Southwest University for Nationalities, China |
Epistemological Limitations on Probabilistic Evidence Theory |
Dr. Candidate Hanbing Gong（巩寒冰） China University of Political Science and Law, China |
Panel X – Evidence and Proof in Diverse Contexts Moderator: Professor Zongzhi Long（龙宗智）, Sichuan University, China |
Providing Evidence: C.A. Coulomb’s ‘Balance Électrique’ and the Culture of French Enlightened Rationality |
Hans Rausing Professor H. Otto Sibum Uppsala University, Sweden |
Facts as Evidence in Analytic Philosophy |
Professor Yi Jiang（江怡） Beijing Normal University, China |
How to Transform Evidence into Fact? Analysis on the Evidence of Cui Yingjie Case |
Associate Professor Luping Zhang（张鲁平） China University of Political Science and Law, China |