警察行政处罚权与人权的博弈

随着法治现代化的不断推进,人权保护逐渐成为当今社会发展的主题之一,警察行政执法领域中的人权保护更是受到社会的普遍关注。警察行政处罚权是“限制”还是“扩大”是正在审议中的《治安管理处罚法》讨论的焦点。在现代社会,警察作为管理者的强大权威,在其执法过程中不断暴露出来的对公民人权的侵犯。这个问题越来越成为社会关注的焦点,人们对警察行政处罚权的“扩”还是“限”的问题展开了广泛的博弈。从某一个层面上讲,博弈的目的就是为了在扩权和限权之间寻找合理的平衡。     

联合国国际公约对死刑的规定及中国的应对

联合国自成立以来一直关注死刑的问题，先后通过了一系列国际公约与会议决议，尤其2007年“暂停死刑执行”决议的通过，对世界死刑废止进程产生了实质性的影响。中国作为联合国常任理事国之一，仍然在法律中保留着死刑以及实际执行死刑。如何应对死刑废止全球化的趋势，是刑法学界与司法界共同面临的问题。应从联合国公约决议关于死刑规定的流变入手，在解读相关条约决议的内容基础上，结合中国实际提出刑事立法与司法上应对策略。     

死刑执行时间的古今比较与反思

我国具有漫长的死刑执行传统,对死刑执行的时间也有十分严格的规定,现代死刑执行时间的规定借鉴并发展了古代的传统。通过总结分析我国死刑执行时间的历史渊源,区别古今死刑执行时间的异同,可以为我国当前死刑制度改革提供一定的制度借鉴。     

Taking Capital Punishment Seriously

Although Asia is the most important region of the world when it comes to capital punishment, it is also one of the most understudied. This article identifies four research questions that deserve attention from students and scholars who believe taking capital punishment seriously requires studying Asia seriously too. What are the empirical contours of capital punishment in contemporary Asia? What are the histories of capital punishment in Asia? Can Western theories of capital punishment explain patterns and changes in Asia? And what is the future of capital punishment in Asia? If researchers take the trouble to explore these questions, the death penalty will not only become an interesting window into law and society in Asia, but Asia will prove to be an instructive window into the death penalty—the gravest real-life problem in the law.     

死刑复核权归位之程序构想

随着10月26日,最高人民法院正式发布《人民法院第二个五年改革纲要》,决定收回死刑复核权。法学理论界与司法实务界一直以来关于死刑复核权的争议与质疑似乎尘埃落定。然则,收回是一句话,如何收回, 复核程序又将如何完善,又是学界与司法界不得不直面的复杂问题。本文拟针对当前死刑复核程序之弊端提出完善死刑复核程序之构想。     

IMAGES OF GOD AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: DOES A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOVING GOD MATTER?*

This study argues that the nature and intensity of a person's relationship with God creates a transposable cognitive schema that shapes people's views toward public policies such as executing convicted murderers. In this context, we investigate whether Americans who report having a close personal relationship with a loving God are less likely to support the death penalty. We hypothesize that such a relationship tempers the tendency to see punitiveness as an appropriate response to human failings. Individuals who hold a loving God image are more likely to believe that God responds to those who have “failed” or “sinned” by demonstrating unconditional love, forgiveness, and mercy. Accordingly, support for capital punishment is problematic because it contradicts the image of a merciful, forgiving deity; God's purpose—and admonition to believers—is to demonstrate compassion toward those who have trespassed against others. We test these possibilities using the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS). Controlling for a range of religious factors and other known predictors of death penalty attitudes, the results show that Americans with a personal relationship with a loving God are less likely to support capital punishment for convicted murderers.     

死刑:一种残酷的刑罚

残酷刑罚是不尊重罪犯尊严和人格,或者剥夺或限制罪犯不应剥夺或限制的权利,或者无助于实现使罪犯成为新人要求的,或者造成罪犯肉体或精神上极度痛苦的不必要的刑罚。残酷刑罚的认定有绝对性和相对性两个标准。无论从绝对性还是相对性标准看,死刑都是一种残酷的刑罚。     

论检察官的刑事裁量权

传统理论认为,量刑是人民法院行使刑事案件审判权的表现,只有法官才有刑事裁量权.根据现行法律和检察工作的实际需要,检察官也应当充分行使刑事裁量权.检察官刑事裁量权具有特殊表现和特性.     

刑罚本质的哲学思考

刑罚的本质是决定刑罚之所以为刑罚的内在规定性,是刑罚内部诸要素相互作用的所产生的有机联系,本质是一个综合性的系统,它有层级划分。这是刑罚本质的综合性所决定的,也是运用哲学的方法对刑罚本质进行思考所得出的结论。     

论行刑个别化原则之确立

监狱的行刑运作必须遵循一定的活动原则.行刑个别化原则是特定行刑目的的派生物,是刑罚目的之于行刑的个别化要求,是一定时期刑罚制度及其理论在行刑观念上的折射.对分娩于国外监狱并为现代西方刑罚综合理论所极力主张的行刑个别化原则,我们应取其合理成份,弃其虚伪内容,坚持自己的发展方向.