Chinese Legal History Society (CLHS) was founded in 1976 with the suggestions from some esteemed legal professionals.  The ideas are to promote the Chinese legal traditions along with the Chinese culture and to ensure those traditional spirits can also align with the latest legal thoughts newly introduced.  Hence, in May 4th, friends who devoted themselves in legal profession decided to establish a society that can serve above goals.  In September 9th 1976, Chinese Legal History Society was formally established with agreed charter, research projects and other prominent issues.  Later, CLHS registered itself in Ministry of Interior of ROC system at number 8715101 as the non-profit organization.  Those founders such as professor Yao, Qi-qing; Lin, Ji-dong; Cha, Lian-gjian; Han, Zhong-mo; Gui, Yu; Yang, Ri-ran; Lin, Yong-rong; Jin, Shi-ding; Cheng, Chung-mo; Lin, Mao-song; Pan, Wei-he; Weng, Yueh-sheng; Shi, Qiy-ang; and Lu, Guang were elected as Directors of CLHS.  Besides, Mr. Dai, Yan-hui was nominated as the President and Mr. Tao, Xi-sheng, Chen, Gu-yuan were voted as Board of Supervisors.

As time flies, all members of each term had contributed their dedication and good effort that makes CHLS able to sustain for 50 years.  Prof. Huang, Yuan-Sheng and Prof. Kao, Ming-Shih served as 18th/19th President of CLHS and Prof. Chen, Hwei-Syin served as 22th/21st President, Prof. Chen Den-Wu was the present 22nd/23rd President from April 1, 2019.  Prof. Chan, Chun-Keung is the present 24th/25th President from April 1, 2023.   Here are the photos of CHLS' Presdient for the latest four terms:

  Prof. Kao, Ming-Shih (18/19)     Prof. Chen, Hwei-Syin (20/21)          Prof. Chen, Den-Wu (22/23)         Prof. Chan, Chun-Keung (24/25)