On November 13, Professor Wang Bin of Nankai University Law School was invited to give a lecture on the theme of "Consequence Thinking in Judicial Rulings". The lecture was presided over by Professor Li Bingshuo, Dean of the Law School of Jiangsu University, Sun Wen, Director of the Political Department of the Jingkou District People's Court, Professor Niu Yubing, Vice Dean of the Law School of Jiangsu University, and Professor Zhang Jian as discussants, and more than 60 teachers and students attended the lecture.

In this lecture, Professor Wang Bin systematically discussed the theoretical basis, practical application and relationship between consequential thinking in judicial adjudication and legal doctrine. The lecture started from the classic case "Dudley case", revealed the tension between deontological thinking and consequential thinking in judicial adjudication, and then pointed out that consequentialist thinking represented by utilitarianism provides judges with tools to consider social effects. However, consequentialist thinking represented by behavioral utilitarianism faces criticism of ignoring individual rights and the simplification of value evaluation scales, and Professor Wang Bin further distinguishes between "behavioral consequentialism" and "rule consequentialism", providing a more refined theoretical framework for the judicial application of consequentialist thinking.

Furthermore, Professor Wang Bin elaborated on the application of consequential thinking in the application of law and the determination of facts. In terms of legal application, consequential thinking can provide verification for legal interpretation conclusions, or assist judges in choosing the optimal interpretation scheme through consequences trade-offs, or resolve value conflicts between norms through consequences when norms conflict. In legal argumentation, it is necessary to fully reason with the comprehensive use of consequence theory and deontology for difficult cases, and transform ethical arguments into internal reasoning through rational argument rules. In terms of fact-finding, Professor Wang Bin analyzed how contingency considerations profoundly affect the presumption of facts and the grasp of the standard of proof.

Finally, Professor Wang Bin delved into the issue of consequence considerations under the framework of legal doctrine, and clarified the misunderstanding that consequence considerations and legal doctrine are mutually exclusive. He pointed out that legal doctrine does not exclude consequential thinking, and that consequence consideration and doctrinal analysis support each other. Legal doctrine is the cornerstone of judicial decisions, and legal rules themselves are often the result of systematic consideration of consequences by legislators. In simple cases, the consideration of consequences can reinforce the argument of legal doctrine; In difficult cases, it can guide the creation of adjudication rules within the framework of doctrinology, helping judges to make "good judgments" that are both in line with norms and reasonable.

During the discussion session, Professor Wang Bin responded to the questions of Director Sun Wen and Professor Zhang Jian, and the academic atmosphere at the lecture site was strong and the interaction was warm.

Wang Bin is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Law of Nankai University, a top 100 talents of Nankai University, the director of the Institute of Law of Nankai University, the director of the Judicial and Artificial Intelligence Research Center, a visiting scholar at the University of Amsterdam, and an executive director of the Chinese Jurisprudence Research Association, an executive director of the Legal Logic Professional Committee of the Chinese Logic Society, and a director of the China Legislative Research Association. He has published four monographs in domestic authoritative publishing houses, edited one textbook, published a paper in the international authoritative journal Argumentation, published more than 80 papers in domestic core journals such as "Law and Business Research", "Legal System and Social Development", "Legal Science", "Global Law Review", "Politics and Law", "Law Forum", etc., and has been reprinted in full by the National People's Congress. He has won the second prize of the Tianjin Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award, the Tianjin Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Jurist Nomination Award and other awards, and has gone to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and other well-known universities and scientific research institutions for academic exchanges.