Harming America: Corporate Crime in a Context of Deregulation

ABSTRACT

Like many Republican presidential candidates before him, Donald J. Trump campaigned on a pro-business, anti-regulation platform, and since his election in November 2016, he has directed his administration to move forward with deregulation in many arenas, including consumer financial protections, environmental controls, and workplace safety among others. Past efforts to roll back regulations governing certain industries, such as the savings and loan and the mortgage industries, have had harmful consequences for the general public or for specific interest groups. In this study, we review what the Trump administration has accomplished with regard to deregulation to date. Then, based on past deregulatory fiascos, we theorize the harmful collateral consequences that may result from this most recent swing of the regulatory-deregulatory pendulum.     

Beyond royal politics: state transformation and foreign policy in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Saudi politics is commonly portrayed as reflecting a system of centralised personal rule in which decision-making power trickles down from the tightly knit power circles within the House of Saud. In contrast, this paper draws attention to the empowerment of quasi-autonomous state organisations in Saudi Arabia as a result of state transformation and regional integration. At its most extreme, state transformation in Saudi Arabia has created institutional and regulatory enclaves with vested interests and areas of competence that cross Saudi borders. This paper illustrates the foreign policy ramifications of transformed statehood in Saudi attempts to further Gulf regional integration in the context of the Gulf Monetary Union project.     

论国际投资中的国家责任问题

国际投资中的国家责任问题主要涉及国际投资的法律保护问题 ,如对外国投资和投资者的待遇标准、国有化或征收及其补偿问题。另外 ,还涉及特许权协议、拒绝司法、外交保护等问题。就外资待遇而言 ,发展中国家应根据其经济发展的实际情况在双边投资保护条约中慎重承诺。笔者通过对国有化问题的分析 ,认为国家在这个问题上所承担的国家责任不是传统国际法上的国家责任 ,而是一种“合法行为引起的国家责任”。关于特许协议 ,笔者认为它是国内契约。此外 ,在国际投资中 ,还涉及因污染转嫁而产生的国家责任。     

梁启超：以“政体进化”为特色的中国宪政主义活动家

中国社会由君主专制向建立近代民主国家急速变化的大转折时期,作为近代政治家的梁启超与古代改良派划清了界限,即他将政治变革的希望明确地建立在“国民运动”的身上,这与革命派并无二致。然而与后者不同的是:其思想表现为重“政体理化”而抑“国体革命”,即希望通过“国民运动”,建立起以近代政党制度为主导,和向国会负责的责任内阁;而这种内阁又必须执行“保育政策”,便从经济、政治,乃至文化各领域扶助民力、民智以及参政能力的增长,使整个国家在较为稳定的社会环境中,实现向世界强国的发展。梁启超的思想包含着深刻的革命内容,正因为如此,当袁世凯要实行国体复辟的时候,他便旗帜鲜明地发动了倒袁护国战争。     

The effect of board size and composition on European bank performance

Banks are “special” financial institutions generating distinct corporate governance challenges. The present paper examines the relationship between two of the most pertinent corporate governance factors—that is, the size of the Board of Directors and the proportion of non-executive directors—and firm performance on a sample of 58 large European banks over the period 2002–2004. The empirical analysis embraces a number of bank-specific variables. Our results reveal that bank profitability is negatively related to the size of the Board of Directors, while the impact of Board composition, although positive in all models, is, in most cases, insignificant. The results are robust after controlling for firm-specific variables.      

从刑事赔偿与补偿角度论对刑事被害人的权利保护

在刑事诉讼中解决好对被害人的赔偿与补偿问题,可以有效地使被害人获得抚慰,有利于实现诉讼目的,维护社会安定。我国在刑事诉讼中对被害人的赔偿是按照刑事附带民事诉讼程序进行的,但如何通过该程序来保障被害人的赔偿权利,是一个值得进一步探究的问题。     

对刑法中“国家规定”的理解和适用——兼评一宗走私制毒物品案的审理

正确把握“国家规定”的内涵和外延,对于定罪量刑非常重要。当前将国务院各部委制定的规章视为刑法中的“国家规定”没有充足的法律依据。基于国务院的行政管理职责实际是由各部委来具体履行的现实,建议立法机关对“国家规定”作扩张解释,将国务院有关部门依据法律和行政法规制定的规章等纳入“国家规定”的范围,为打击诸如走私盐酸等类的违法行为提供法律依据。     

和谐社会建设视阈中的社会力量培育

党的十六届六中全会首次聚焦"社会建设",这昭示着我国政府职能即将开始一次真正意义的转型,它标志着以个人社会权利为中心的整体性社会建设的开始。从人类社会历史发展过程中国家权力向社会公民权利回归的历程分析,总结浙江的现实经验,可以看出,培育与国家公共权力相对应并能与之进行有效互动、制衡的社会力量,应是和谐社会建设的一个基础要件。     

受教育权的国家义务研究

在国际人权法上 ,国家是促进和保护受教育权的基本义务主体。除承担尊重、保护和实施受教育权的一般性义务以外 ,国家还应承担建立和保护受教育权的具体义务和特别义务。另外 ,国家需承担确保国内教育和国际教育目的相符合以及为每一个人提供初等教育等核心义务。国家所承担的上述义务既是“渐进性”的 ,也是“即刻性”的 ,其实质性义务和程序性义务仍处于不对称性状态     

云南跨境民族问题与国家安全研究

(续上期 )云南跨境民族问题在全国具有典型性和代表性。本部分主要论述维护跨境民族地区国家安全和社会稳定的对策与措施。一是坚持马克思主义民族观 ,反对不正确的、歧视少数民族的民族观 ;二是依据民族平等和民族团结的原则制定合理的民族政策 ,逐步消除各民族发展的不平衡性 ,促进各民族的共同繁荣 ;三是依据国家法律、法规及有关政策的规定 ,打击违法犯罪 ,维护国家安全和社会稳定 ;四是评析对策与措施的实施效用