Abstract
Since its emergence in America, forensic accounting has become an utmost concern of scholars in different countries. Since the introduction of forensic accounting into China in the late 1990s, most scholars have done research on forensic accounting from the perspective of accounting, but few of them have done it from multiple perspectives like legal science. On the basis of localizing forensic accounting in China, creating forensic accounting profession, and promoting the joint development of accounting and legal profession, we should exp lore the basic theory of forensic accounting, such as its values and functions. Forensic accounting is socio-professional activities which blend accounting and law and has its specific values and functions. Its ultimate goal is to safeguard the property of a legal subject. Forensic accounting can implement powerful legal, economic, social, and political functions. This paper explores the legal procedural functions of forensic accounting to provide a basic clew for establishing a forensic accounting function system with Chinese characteristics.