Recuperative memory in Romanian post-Communist society

This paper explores the idea of “recuperative memory” with respect to the process of coming to terms with the past after the fall of the Romanian Communist regime in 1989. Its method is to examine the mechanisms used by recuperative memory in order to re-appropriate the past and emphasize the inherently mediated and multifaceted nature of this process. Using various examples from oral testimonies, autobiographical writings, literary works, and cinema, the paper argues that the role of recuperative memory is not only to facilitate the process of coming to terms with the past, but also to offer the material necessary to sustain a viable politics of memory. This entails providing a platform for the intergenerational transmission of memory and knowledge for those who did not live under the Communist regime, filling in this way the intergenerational gap, despite the lack of political class engagement.     

无证、醉酒驾车肇事保险公司交强险拒赔的法律分析——兼谈交强险条例第22条的理解与适用

社会上对于司机无证、醉酒驾车肇事,承保该肇事车的保险公司是否要在机动车强制保险责任限额范围内承担赔偿责任有不同的看法,但各家保险公司对此类保险事故一概拒赔却是不争的事实。各方对此现象有不同的看法,缘于大家对交强险条例第22条和道交法第76条有不同的理解,对它们之间的关系也有不同的解读。运用法理、法意及逻辑原理,对无证、醉酒驾车肇事保险公司交强险拒赔进行分析,解决此问题需要立法上的完善。     

Toward an integration of economic and sociological approaches?

This article answers the question whether sociology of law and law and economics can be unificd into one integrated science. First, it is argued that an integration process inside law and economics has taken place, integrating most schools and partial analyses into one mainstream law and economics. Second, it is argued that there are no natural barriers against an integration of sociology and economics. Purely economic theories cannot and do not exist. What is calledeconomic analysis of law is basically a mixture of, for instance, 70 percent economics, 10 percent sociology, 10 percent psychology, and 10 percent other sciences. In addition, there is no such a thing as a purely sociological concept; concepts are sociological only in the sense that they are invented by people who call themselves sociologists.Nevertheless one should not expect that such a richer social science will lead to fundamentally different predictions and policy recommendations than those derived from the current simplistic economic analysis of law. The aspects studied by sociologists but assumed away by legal economists to date have in most cases no influence on the determination of (optimal) legal rules or on the long-run effects of legal rules.     

对新《刑法》第18条的理解与运用

本文就我国新刑法第18条中精神病的涵义,精神病患者刑事责任能力评定,精神病的医学鉴定以及对精神病人的监护治疗问题谈个人看法。供执法者和鉴定工作者在处理有关精神疾病案件时参考。     

同案被告人口供的证据价值研究

传统观点认为,同案被告人与案件结果存在利害关系,因此其不具有证人资格。随着世界范围内证人资格的扩张,案件的利害关系逐渐与证人资格脱离开来,同案被告人开始取得了作证的资格,其供述可以作为证人证言使用。当然,同案被告人与案件利害关系的强弱影响到其证言的证明力。具体来说,同案共犯之间由于存在直接利害关系,其口供在一般情况下需要补强;而同案非共犯以及非同案共犯与案件不存在利害关系,因此其口供证明力较强,无需补强即可作为定案依据。     

论记者拒证特权与消息来源保密义务

很多国家的法律及新闻职业伦理规范普遍规定了记者的消息来源保密义务和司法上的消息来源拒证特权,而在我国并没有规定,基于表达自由这一国际社会公认的基本价值,对该问题立法上应予以充分重视。     

民诉法修改与证据制度的完善

民事诉讼证据制度是民事诉讼中一个十分重要的制度,修改民事诉讼法过程中,应注意证据收集制度、证人制度、鉴定制度与勘验制度的完善.在协同主义诉讼模式指导下,必须建立强有力的证据收集制度,法院应充分起到当事人的保障者与辅助者的角色.在证人制度上,应采取灵活的证人询问方式,强化证人出庭义务、增补证人拒证权、证人宣誓的规定.鉴定与勘验制度应借鉴德、日两国的相关理论,尽快弥补立法上的缺失.     

证人拒绝出庭作证不应犯罪化

在解决证人出庭率低下的种种改革方案中,将证人拒绝出庭作证行为犯罪化的立法思路极其有害。这不但不能有效促使证人出庭,而且还会导致理论和实践上的种种恶果。应提倡一种以“激励”而非“强迫”为指导思想的促使证人出庭作证的整体思路。     

The case of two trials: Father-son incest

Although efforts for investigating and prosecuting child abuse cases have increased little attention has been paid to juror response to child testimony. This paper, developed as part of a pilot study to test a questionnaire for polling jurors' opinions in child sexual abuse cases, analyzes a case in which there was a reversal of outcome at retrial. Poll results of the jurors' opinions suggest the need for testimony from law enforcement and child sexual abuse experts to explain children's perception, memory, and recall of a reported experience.     

证人保护制度刍议--对《最高人民法院关于民事诉讼证据的若干规定》之再思考

证人出庭作证关系列实体与程序正义的实现,也关系列我国民事审判方式的改革,意义重大,但目前我国的证人出庭作证现状却不容乐观.造成这种现状的原因之一是缺乏完善的证人保护制度.因此,制定完善的证人保护措施、提高证人出庭作证率的工作已迫在眉睫.要提高证人出庭作证率就必须为证人的人身、财产提供有力的安全保障,同时从经济上予以适当的补偿.