ABSTRACT

This book is the fruit of the “Reform Plan of High Education Facing the 21st Century on Teaching Content and Curriculum System” by the Ministry of Education，the planned legal textbook of “the ninth five-year-plan” by the Ministry of Education，and the core textbook of law specialty in colleges. Then the book is designated as the national planned legal textbook of higher education of “the eleventh five-year-plan”. The main contents include: concept of criminal procedure law，history，tasks，fundamental rational，basic principals，institutions，participants，evidence system，compulsory measures and criminal proceedings including filing，investigation，prosecution，trial，execution，special procedure，judicial assistance，criminal justice compensation，the relationship between international conventions and Chinese criminal procedure. The characteristics of the book are as follows: （1）based on current criminal procedure law and relevant judicial interpretations，to outline Chinese system of criminal procedure systematically; （2）sticking to combine theory with practice，to elaborate basic theories of criminal procedure and to be closely linked with practice; （3）based on Chinese system of criminal procedure，to learn the experiences of foreign legislation and practical justice，and to coordinate with criminal judicial guidelines of conventions of the United Nations; （4）to be the right length and profoundly explained in simple language.

The book can be used as the textbook for law specialty in colleges，also can be used by other majors and social readers.