Protestant Hermeneutics and the Rule of Law: Gadamer and Dworkin

Abstract. The rule of law demands that the state's coercive power be used only according to settled general laws, applied impersonally. But an individualist theory of legal inter pretation cannot provide the shared understanding required. Gadamer appeals to the practical wisdom of judges and lawyers, who will agree on how to apply law to new cases. But this account is adequate only for very cohesive societies. Dworkin's account rests on propositional knowledge of a supposed best interpretation of an entire legal system. But even if such a best interpretation is possible in theory, this possibility does not provide shared understandings in the social world.     

法治与社会主义法治

社会主义法治是法治发展到现代以后产生的一种历史形态。它除了法治所具有的共性之外,还有着自己的定性特征,两者并不完全等同。     

Law against the Rule of Law: Assaulting Democracy

This article examines how authoritarian contenders use law to advance an agenda geared to exclusive state power in light of a paradigmatic case: the National Socialists’ takeover of the German state apparatus in spring 1933. This case highlights two ways in which an office holder is able to expand his power in an authoritarian fashion through legal dispositions. A conjunctural use of law for authoritarian purposes draws on legal statutes to undercut the political capacity of opponents and competitors, hollow out institutional checks, and crucially hamper civil freedoms. Taking advantage of constitutional provisions that make institutional subversion from within possible (‘constitutional Trojan horses’), a structural use of legal statutes reorders the power structure by reallocating decisional rights. In both cases, law serves as a weapon against the rule of law. These considerations raise the question of the standards by which we are to judge the legality of such acts. Contemporary instances of democratic backsliding are cases in point.     

法律原则与法律规则的界限——以德沃金与阿列克西的原则理论为主线

德沃金基于规则的"一般一例外"结构及原则具有分量的特性对规则与原则所作的区分,经过阿列克西的修正被精确地表述为两者在最佳化命令、初步性特征及碰撞法则三个方面的不同.碰撞法则的构建使得原则与规则在区分的基础之上紧密地联系起来,通过对五个分量公式的具体展开,衡量法则得以具体化、量化,原则的逻辑结构也得以较清晰地显现,从而也为与衡量法则相配套的法学论证理论的适用创造了条件.     

宪政·法治·行政法治

中国共产党十六届四中全会把加强党的执政能力建设作为主要议题进行讨论,通过了《中共中央关于加强党的执政能力建设的决定》。文件深刻阐明了党的执政地位,是历史的选择、人民的选择;加强党的执政能力建设,是时代的要求、人民的要求。文件特别告诫全党,中国共产党的执政地位不是与生俱来的,也不是一劳永逸的,从而把党的执政地位同人民的选择联系在一起,把执政党地位同宪法和法律联系在一起。执政党提高执政能力首先要依靠宪法,在宪法的框架内活动,自觉改变传统执政方式,尤其是要彻底摒弃人治习惯而采用法治方式,坚持立党为公、执政为民,真…     

良宪治国:依法治国的核心

作者认为“依法治国,建设社会主义法治国家”是中国法制建设史上的伟大创举。而依法治国的核心就是依宪治国,良性宪法则是依宪治国的基础。行文中作者提出了衡定良性宪法的标准：价值中立、权力制约、结构合理、程序正当。最后作者根据良性宪法的上述标准,具体讨论了中国宪法良性化的途径和方式,     

德治与法治简论

道德与法律同为上层建筑 ,虽范畴不同 ,但相辅相成 ,联系紧密。道德是法律的基础 ,法律是道德的具体化。人类历史发展的经验证明 ,在国家治理过程中 ,必须德治与法治交相为用 ,相互补充、相互促进 ;并做到法制建设与道德建设并重、法制教育与道德教育并重。     

Autonomy and the Rule of Law

Abstract. In this paper I am concerned with the belief that the moral value of the rule of law is based upon some kind of connection between the rule of law and the respect and promotion of personal autonomy. I identify and analyse two possible connections: the rule of law as a sufficient condition for the respect and promotion of personal autonomy, and the rule of law as a necessary condition for personal autonomy. My conclusion is that neither of these two connections grants the moral value of the rule of law.     

论我国法治建设的成就与法治变革的友好型环境

从＂权力＂与＂权利＂之间的关系来看法治演进的轨迹,法治建设主要有三个阶段：＂以权力制约权利＂的法治阶段、＂以权力制约权力＂的法治阶段、＂以权利制约权力＂的法治阶段。作为社会主义国家,我国人民享有广泛的、真实的民主,法治建设适宜＂以权利制约权力＂,以实现人民监督政府与政府服务人民的有机统一。改革开放30多年来,我国法治建设虽然取得了巨大成就,但也存在着诸多不足,而推进法治建设的步伐,必须营造法治变革所需要的友好型环境。     

论法治与德治的相辅相成

本文认为当我们认识到法治的重要性的时候 ,不能片面地认为法律本身是万能的 ,也要注意加强德治建设 ,以达到法治与德治相辅相成、互相促进的目标。     

邓小平法治思想与我国政府法治的实现路径

邓小平法治理论论述了社会主义法制建设的基本方针、基本要求、民主与法制的辩证关系和立法、执法、司法、法制宣传教育以及一系列法治理论,对推进我国政府法治化进程具有重要的指导意义,也为我国政府法治的实现路径指明了方向。     

Justifying Exceptions to Proof of Causation in Tort Law

This article defends a set of exceptions to the general rule in tort law that a claimant must prove that a particular defendant's wrongful conduct was a cause of its injury on the balance of probabilities in order to be entitled to compensatory damages in respect of that injury. The basic rationale for each exception is that it provides a means of enforcing the defendant's secondary moral duty to its victim. The article further demonstrates that the acceptance of this set of exceptions does not undermine the general rule.     

Grounding the Rule of Law

Abstract. Although the concept of Rule of Law has been revived and developed vigorously by mid-twentieth century conservative political theorists, contemporary legal positivists have not been impressed. The author reviews this confrontation, outlines the logic for a strong theory of Rule of Law, and surveys the leading attempts to provide compelling grounds for such a theory.     

Interpreting the Rule of Law

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique -     

宪政:依法治国的核心

依法治国并不必然实现法治国家 ,必须对其予以限定。宪法的限制是第一层次的限定 ,宪政是第二层次的限定。宪政是依法治国的核心 ,实行宪政是实现法治国家的保证。实行宪政必须对权力进行三个层次的制约 ,即规范制约、权力制约和权利制约 ,进而要求有高度权威的宪法 ,实行政府权力分立和大力发展市场经济