Three cheers for liberal modesty

ABSTRACT

Many liberals have been immodest in postulating that their own progressive, secular liberalism is the only one that can be justified in public reason. In Liberalism’s Religion, I articulate a more modest theory of liberalism and religion. While I personally endorse progressive secular liberalism, I argue that it is only one of the reasonable conceptions of liberal justice. This liberal modesty has profound, hitherto unnoticed implications for (i) the role of religious arguments in the public sphere, (ii) the legitimacy of religious establishment, and (iii) the justifiability of religious exemptions. In this article, I defend these three claims by providing replies to my critics.     

Hybrid Coordination for Coping with the Medical Surge from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Paired Assistance Programs in China

The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to public health care systems and demands intergovernmental coordination to cope with the resulting medical surge. This essay analyzes the operation of Paired Assistance Programs (PAPs) in China, offering a timely comparative case for researchers and practitioners to examine when reflecting on the classic debate over the hierarchical versus network approaches to coordination in emergency management. PAPs highlight the importance of network management and necessity of institutionalizing mechanisms of governance to facilitate coordination within multilevel response systems.     

民商事典型案例的实践指导价值

在中华法系发展的历史长河中,司法案例具有重要地位和独特价值,通过研究典型案例,传承中华法系司法文明,汲取营养,择善而用,是弘扬中华民族优秀法律传统、坚定不移走中国特色社会主义法治道路的必然要求。2010年11月26日,最高人民法院发布《关于案例指导工作的规定》,以规范性文件形式正式确立了中国特色案例指导制度。2018年10月26日,全国人大常委会通过修订的《中华人民共和国人民法院组织法》,在法律层面明确规定,最高人民法院可以对工作中具体应用法律的问题发布指导性案例。     

Bringing the Falklands/Malvinas Home: Young People's Everyday Engagements with Geopolitics in Domestic Space

This paper draws on recent research examining feminist and everyday geopolitics to focus on the relatively neglected domestic sphere as a space where geopolitical events like the Falklands/Malvinas war are learnt, (re)produced, remembered and contested by young people. It presents qualitative data drawn from interviews with young people from Argentina (Río Gallegos) and the Falkland Islands (Stanley), locations with intimate connections to the 1982 war. It argues that research in domestic environments that engages the familial relations, objects and practices that embody geopolitical pasts can help make sense of how young people (are able to) express geopolitical agency.     

浅议《合同法》框架下的智能合约适用问题

智能合约是运行在区块链上能够自动履行合同义务的新型合同,因其具备"自动履行"和"去中心化"等优势,故可降低合同履行成本、提高合同运行效率,但也导致了智能合约难以直接适用现行合同制度的订立规则、生效要件和救济方式等问题。本文从理论角度分析了智能合约的运行过程,通过对合同法理论的解释使智能合约与合同制度相契合;从技术角度分析了智能合约的原理与架构,利用技术手段对其进行修正,使智能合约符合《合同法》的规定。     

产品责任精神损害赔偿探析

关于产品责任的精神损害赔偿问题,学者间争议颇多。本文通过对国外立法与司法实践的分析,指出了我国相关立法中有关产品责任精神损害赔偿的成就与不足,在探讨其精神损害赔偿的范围和数额的基础上,提出了相应的立法建议。     

浅论构建和谐社会的思想出发点

思想是行动的先导,面对构建社会主义和谐社会这样一个崭新课题,我们只有从正确的思想出发点出发进行思考,才能正确应对我国经济社会发展出现的新趋势新特点,妥善处理影响和谐社会建设的各种复杂问题和因素,不断提高构建社会主义和谐社会的能力,推进构建社会主义和谐社会的进程。第一,坚持以实事求是为思想出发点。当前,国际形势复杂多变,我国正处在抓住和用好重要战略机遇期、实现全面建设小康社会宏伟目标的关键时期,我国经济社会发展面临的矛盾和问题更加复杂、突出,我们必须在观察、处理问题和制定路线方针政策时,坚持从社会建设的客观实…     

大治安格局的理念与全新的工作方式

大治安格局是以指挥中心为龙头,以社区警务建设为基础,以强化社会控制为手段,以公安科技建设为保障,各警种和社会力量广泛参与,采取专群结合,打防结合,动静结合,点线面结合,人防、物防、技防等方式方法,形成集预防、发现、打击犯罪等功能于一体的社会治安防控的大治安格局。     

Congressional Vote Options

Numerous accounts reveal that congressional leaders often secure “hip‐pocket votes” or “if you need me” pledges from rank‐and‐file legislators. These are essentially options on votes. Leaders exercise sufficient options—pay legislators to convert to favorable votes—when those options will yield victory. Otherwise, they release the options. A model shows that this optimal strategy for leaders produces many small victories, few small losses, and losses that are, on average, larger than victories. We find precisely these patterns, hence strong evidence for vote options, in Congressional Quarterly key votes from 1975 through 2001 and in non‐key votes from the 106th Congress (1999–2000).     

乡镇政府公共品供给能力及其评估指标体系

构建乡镇政府公共品供给能力的评估指标体系,是科学评估乡镇政府公共品供给能力的前提。本文首先界定乡镇政府公共品供给能力的内涵和构成,然后逐一讨论关于构建我国乡镇政府公共品供给能力评估指标体系的原则、目标、指标体系、评估标准和权重等问题,最后构建一个评估乡镇政府公共品供给能力指标体系的总表。