公务员诚信建设：意旨、现状与对策

公务员诚信建设是政府诚信建设的核心和关键。当前,我国公务员的诚信建设取得了一定的成绩,但是公务员的非诚信行政理念、行为时而浮出水面。究其根源,既有文化上的和法治上的原因,也有个人人文素质上的原因。解决公务员的诚信建设问题,提高政府效能,要从加强思想教育,完善公务员选拔、考核、评估制度,建立健全监督机制以及完善诚信信息监控机制等方面入手。     

政府公务员隐私权的二重性及财产公示制度的限度

财产公示制度是防腐倡廉的有效路径,由于政府公务员隐私权的二重性,财产公示制度具有正当性与合法性。在建立与完善财产公示制度的同时,要妥善处理好财产公示制度与公务员隐私权的关系。明确财产公示制度的公示主体与公示范围,厘清制度安排的边界与限度。通过财政共识制度的确立为廉洁政府建设奠定制度基石,进而为建构公务员法治思维与法治精神,推动公民尚法教育以构筑法治政府、法治国家、法治社会等提供保障。     

法治政府建设与公民社会培育——以四川汶川大地震为例

现代法治政府蕴含了有限政府、透明政府、服务政府、诚信政府和责任政府的基本理念,公民社会是以行业协会等中介组织为主体的非强制性的行动团体。本文指出建设法治政府是公民社会形成必备条件,而公民社会的有效培育是建设法治政府的必然归宿。在我国当今社会转型期,有必要厘清二者的职能定位和目标追求,从而形成法治政府与公民社会的良性互动。     

论我国法治政府之构建

法治政府建设是法治的核心,体现了法律对行政权的控制。法治政府是体现了政府执法理念、执法方式的根本转变。法治政府的理论前提是法律对行政权的防控和监督,体现了权力制约的思想。法治政府建设的目标是有限政府、诚信政府、透明政府和责任政府。本文指出为了实现建设法治政府的目的,必须通过规范行政执法制度、完善行政监督体制、加强公务员队伍建设等具体途径来实现。     

北京构建世界城市的政府治理研究

法治是世界城市的一个不可或缺的特征或者要素。完善的法治是北京建设世界城市的重要内容,也是实现世界城市目标的城市治理途径。北京创建世界城市应该在重视国际市场规律的基础上,采取政府主导、多方参与型的治理模式。在重视培育成熟的公民社会同时,应重点加强政府与公务员队伍建设,加强政府信息公开制度、法律制度、决策制度的建设。     

遏制集体腐败 湖南耒阳“最肥”科级单位腐败案--对职务犯罪集体化趋势的思考--解读耒阳矿征办55人集体依法受贿案

与单个人犯罪相比,集体性的腐败不仅容易引起公民对职务犯罪的憎恶感,也会弱化乃至虚置业已建立的制度资源。改革开放以来,制度建设一直被作为法治建设的重中之重。基于法治资源的匮乏,各行各业内开展的法治建设也始终围绕着如何建立、完善各项制度资源展开的。集体性腐败的案例表明,制度虽然是法治建设的根本,但却不是法治建设的核心要素。法治建设中,如何充分、科学的发挥人的作用仍是我国社会面临的重大问题。对法治制度资源祛魅,并不是否定制度资源的积极意义,毋宁说在法治背景下需对制度资源的价值重新认识,因为法治意味着对任何事情的探讨又不得不在制度的框架内进行。良好的制度仍需要每一个公民的践行才能真正实现,＂徒法不足以自行＂仍是伴随我国法治建设的治世箴言。在法治建设的过程中,不能盲目的信赖制度资源,应科学的发挥人的作用、提升公民对法治的信仰,让法治成为一种生活、工作习惯。     

遏制集体腐败 湖南耒阳“最肥”科级单位腐败案

与单个人犯罪相比,集体性的腐败不仅容易引起公民对职务犯罪的憎恶感,也会弱化乃至虚置业已建立的制度资源。改革开放以来,制度建设一直被作为法治建设的重中之重。基于法治资源的匮乏,各行各业内开展的法治建设也始终围绕着如何建立、完善各项制度资源展开的。集体性腐败的案例表明,制度虽然是法治建设的根本,但却不是法治建设的核心要素。法治建设中,如何充分、科学的发挥人的作用仍是我国社会面临的重大问题。对法治制度资源祛魅,并不是否定制度资源的积极意义,毋宁说在法治背景下需对制度资源的价值重新认识,因为法治意味着对任何事情的探讨又不得不在制度的框架内进行。良好的制度仍需要每一个公民的践行才能真正实现,"徒法不足以自行"仍是伴随我国法治建设的治世箴言。在法治建设的过程中,不能盲目的信赖制度资源,应科学的发挥人的作用、提升公民对法治的信仰,让法治成为一种生活、工作习惯。     

WTO对中国行政法治建设的影响

WTO的规则和原则体系确立了国际贸易的管理框架和一整套法律和纪律。WTO的绝大部分规则是以政府的行为为内容并以政府的管理活动为对象。由此 ,WTO与我国的行政法治建设密切相关。文章分析了WTO与我国的宪法性制度 ,行政权作用方式的转变 ,行政行为的公开 ,政府对公民、法人和其他组织合法权益的保障 ,行政行为的司法审查以及行政法学研究的创新和公务员制度改革等七方面的关系 ,初步揭示了WTO对我国行政法治建设的影响。     

论西方法治政府的理念逻辑及其借鉴价值

西方法治政府理念具有人类普遍的进步性,它保护人权以申张个人自由,实行民主政制以维护公民政治权利,实行法治以匡正政府权力界限。西方法治政府理念历经共和主义、民主主义、自由主义、法治主义到服务主义的演进过程。其中,共和主义确立政府形式,民主主义解决主权归属和政府合法性,自由主义表征政府目的,法治主义护佑公民权利,服务主义标明政府行为理性。这些理念对我国的法治政府建设具有重要的借鉴价值。     

政府信息公开与推进公民政治参与

随着我国信息公开制度的不断完善,尤其是《中华人民共和国政府信息公开条例》的施行,标志着我国的政府信息公开制度建设发展到一个新的阶段,是我国民主法治建设中的一件大事。新的政府信息公开条例的实施为我国公民的政治参与提供了制度环境,保障了公民知情权的实现,使公民政治参与制度化、法律化,并且有助于塑造参与型公民的形成。     

Can a hyphen substitute a space in a domain name?

A recent decision of the Danish Complaints Board for DomainNames addressed the issue of hyphenating words in domain namesto get around the word spacing problem, where the domain namein question conflicted with rights in a personal name.     

律师何以成讼棍

律师向法官行贿并非新闻,暗地里向审判官行贿是讼棍们祖传秘术。让人拍案惊奇的是,这位律师竟然将历来暗地里进行的潜规则公开化,合了一句成语——贿赂公行。讼棍并非是我们时代的新产品,它是专制权力的“传家宝”。宋人在《戒讼录》中曾以歌谣的形式唱道:“些小言辞莫若休,不须经县与经州,衙头府底陪茶酒,赢得猫儿卖了牛。”为何赢了猫儿卖了牛?因为牛被松棍和贪官污吏们合伙吃了去。讼棍们是如何工作的?曹雪芹在其名著《红楼梦》一书中介绍了天下第一能干、漂亮的讼棍王熙凤的入道过程。做托的是馒头庵的老尼。案情是这样的:一个大财主的…     

Why a Jury Trial is More Like a Movie Than a Novel

This essay is concerned to note the way in which successful trial advocacy seems to stem from the ability to convert legal discourse into a story form. These stories need to be ones with which a jury is familiar. These increasingly come from visual media, particularly film. It looks in detail at one trial where this process of relating a defence to the jury employed the structure of a Mafia film. The essay concludes by examining the reasons why the nature of the novel differs significantly from that of the film and how in the novel-to-film adaptation process a certain simplification is bound to occur.     

From a Civil Libertarian to a Sanitarian

This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with a major book that influenced the author. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André-Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, and Michael Adler.     

Wind-drag estimation in a traffic accident involving a motor scooter and a tractor-trailer

This case report describes a noncontact traffic accident involving a motor scooter and a tractor-trailer with a focus on the wind-drag effect. We used load cells to measure the drag force acting on a substantially similar motor scooter when a substantially similar tractor-trailer passes by it, taking into consideration various speeds of the tractor-trailer and distances between the two vehicles. A three-dimensional steady-state flow analysis was also performed by using the CFX program for computational fluid dynamics to examine the streamlines and the pressure distribution around the tractor-trailer at various speeds. From the experiment, for a separation distance of 1.0 m (3.28 ft) and a speed of 90 km/h (55.9 mph), the maximum resultant drag force is 124.5 N (28 lb); this constitutes a degree of force that could abruptly disrupt the stability in maneuvering by an operator who is unaware of the approaching tractor-trailer. In addition, a single equation that relates the tractor-trailer speed to the drag force that acts on the motor scooter was derived on the basis of the Reynolds number (Re) and the wind-drag coefficient (C(d)): C(d) = 1.298 × 10(-7) Re.     

Toolmark Identification of a Mattock to a Clod of Soil from a Grave

Abstract: At a recent bushland gravesite that contained a deceased male, a clod of soil displaying a striated toolmark was collected during the excavation of the grave. This clod was preserved, and the mark was cast using Mikrosil?. Shovels and a mattock, which had been discarded by the suspects, were subsequently found at another location. A toolmark comparison identified the hoe end of the mattock head as having produced the striated toolmark.     

Calculating likelihood ratios for a mixed DNA profile when a contribution from a genetic relative of a suspect is proposed

This technical note describes a practical method for evaluating evidence in the case of a two person conditioned DNA mixture where the defence proposition is that the unknown contributor is genetically related to the suspect. A conditioned mixture is one where the presence of DNA from one of two individuals is accepted by both prosecution and defence. A typical example would be a vaginal swab in an alleged rape case, where the presence of the complainant's DNA would be expected and samples have been taken from the complainant and a suspect. Much has been written about the interpretation of such mixtures and the calculation of the conditional genotype probabilities that must be carried out. In general, such treatments assume that the unknown contributor, under the defence proposition, is unrelated to the known individuals. In this paper, we consider the case where the defence proposition is that the unknown contributor is genetically related to the suspect. We describe a method, incorporating a flow chart and reference tables that facilitate manual calculations of the likelihood ratio for several postulated genetic relationships.