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21 Int'l J. Evidence & Proof 3 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/intjevp21 and id is 1 raw text is: £ ID ENCF ' ROOF The International Journal of Evidence & Proof Preface 2017, Vol. 21(1-2) 3- ©K The Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uldjournalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1365712716677108 journals.sagepub.com/home/ep OSAGE On behalf of the hosts and sponsors, it was a privilege to administer the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic Science ('ICELFS 2015'), which was held in July 2015 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The ICELFS Programme has its origins in the efforts of Professor Zhang Baosheng to introduce rules of evidence in Chinese courts. Professor Zhang is a former Vice-President of the Chinese University of Political Science and Law ('CUPL'). He studied under Professor Ronald J Allen, the John Henry Wigmore Chair of Law at Northwestern University. By 2006, Professor Zhang established the Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science within CUPL. The Institute, in turn, welcomed and invited Professor Allen to teach evidence law and to advise on the development of uniform evidence laws for Chinese courts. Professor Allen and Professor Zhang then worked together to welcome other interna- tional scholars of evidence law and forensic science to share their knowledge through teaching at the Institute. These scholars were drawn from Australia, Switzerland, Italy, the United Kingdom and United States and were experts in the fields of evidence law, jurisprudence and forensic science and practice. In conjunction with this work, a biennial conference on evidence law and forensic science was conceived, to foster, develop and promote the work of the Institute. The first ICELFS was held at CUPL in Beijing in 2007. It was supported by the Key Laboratory of Evidence Science of the Chinese Ministry of Education and co-sponsored by Northwestern University. The first ICELFS was attended by a number of international delegates. They joined their Chinese colleagues to discuss and debate the content of the Draft Uniform Provisions of Evidence of the People's Court (Proposals for Judicial Interpretation) which had been developed. Since 2007, these laws have been trialled in selected courts of China for empirical assessment. Some of these trials are the subject of discourse in the articles comprised in this edition of the International Journal of Evidence and Proof The success of the first ICELFS led to its continuation and expansion. It was biennially convened, with conferences in 2009, 2011 and 2013. ICELFS attracted the support of the Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization ('CICJC'), created through the Chinese Ministries of Education and Finance. At the 2011 ICELFS, the International Association of Evidence Science ('IAES') was estab- lished. The IAES formalised the relationships and work being undertaken to foster international colla- boration between Eastern and Western evidence scholars and forensic scientists and also took responsibility for the biennial ICELFS. The officers and members of IAES include scholars and practi- tioners of law and science from Asia, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australasia. At the Council Meeting of IAES at the 2013 ICELFS, I submitted to the Council that the ICELFS Programmes were of such merit and value to the international community of evidence law and forensic science, that ICELFS should further its ambitions by convening beyond the borders of China. The IAES Council agreed. The University of Adelaide strongly supported the convention of the 5th ICELFS in the City of Adelaide. The Litigation Law Unit, the Adelaide Law School, the Faculty of Professions and the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University all supported hosting ICELFS 2015 in Adelaide, and the head of each School, Faculty and Office were involved in the Conference Proceedings. In addition to the University of Adelaide, ICELFS 2015 enjoyed the financial support of the Law Foundation of South Australia; Fisher Jeffries Barristers and Solicitors (a major Adelaide Law Firm); the

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