Background
Cheng Yang, Vincent was born on February 18, 1957 in Nanjing, China.
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Vincent Cheng Yang
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Shanghai Teachers" University, China (Diploma, 1980). East China Institute of Political Science and Law, China (Master of Laws, 1984). Simon Fraser University, Canada (Doctor of Philosophy, 1996).
Spoken languages: Mandarin.
Career
Worked at Gainer, Rient and Hotis (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Prevention and Resolution of Criminal Justice Problems Relating to International and National Commercial Activities. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Shanghai, China (Not admitted District of Columbia). Wolfson College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom (Visiting Scholar, 1986-1987).
Street Johns College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom (Visiting Scholar, 1990).
Editor, Democracy and Law, Shanghai, China, 1988-1990. Associate Editor, International Bulletin of Law and Mental Health, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 1994-1995.
Author: "Criminal Procedure in China: Some Comparison with the English System," 37 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 190, Spring 1988. "Twenty-two Comments on the Courts Decisions in the Libel Case of Shen Yafu & Mu Chunling," Democracy and Law 34, February 1989.
"Public Security Offenses and Their Impact on Crime Rates in China," 34 British Journal of Criminology 54, Winter, 1994.
"Punishing for Environmental Protection," 44 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 671, Summer 1995. "Corporate Crime: State-Owned Enterprises in China," 6 Criminal Law Forum 1, Autumn 1995. University Lecturer and Director, Comparative Legal Studies, East China Institute of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China, 1984-1991.
Associate, International Center for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver, Canada, 1994-1995.
Instructor, Chinese Business Law, David Lam Centre, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, 1995. Member: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
British Society of Public Teachers of Law. European Association for Chinese Law.
The China Law Society.
The Shanghai Law Society. The firm assists corporate and governmental clients in overcoming criminal justice problems encountered in international and national commercial activities. In particular, it provides policy guidance, legal advice, strategic planning, and practical assistance to clients facing difficulties involving economic crime or other criminal activity, in the United States or in foreign jurisdictions.
Through an affiliated joint venture in Moscow, the firm has a special capacity for addressing crime-related problems in Russia.
The primary focus of the firm"s services is upon avoiding or quickly resolving problems posed by criminal activities, rather than on litigation.
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Membership
Member: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. British Society of Public Teachers of Law. European Association for Chinese Law.
The China Law Society.
The Shanghai Law Society.
