In the name of the law: scholar He Weifang argues his case for remembering China’s past

Yuanyue Dang

He Weifang is a retired professor from Peking University Law School. Named one of Foreign Policy’s top 100 global thinkers in 2011, He has long advocated for judicial independence. 

You retired last July, bidding farewell to your fruitful career as a legal scholar. How is life after retirement and do you still have some work to do?

It’s quite good. I still have three PhD students under my supervision who have not yet graduated.