海上保险的告知义务：经济学的思考

探讨海上保险告知义务的经济学基础,分析现行告知义务规范存在的问题,并尝试运用法经济学重塑合理的告知义务法律规则.     

行政法治的经济分析

对行政权力进行制衡是法治建设的重要内容.本文采用成本收益分析法,运用制度经济学的思想,并结合公共选择理论以及博彝论.分析我国如何在法治进程中规制行政权力,平衡行政权与立法权、司法权之间的关系.通过重点研究在行政立法、执法、行政诉讼以及守法过程中,行政主体与相对人之闻、行政主体之间的博弈过程及其结果,表明我国的行政制度正在法治建设的轨道上不断发展和完善.     

On the optimal complexity of law and legal rules harmonization

This paper analyses the determination of the complexity of legal rules in a context of harmonization between different countries. We first assume that there are no harmonization gains. We show that if the optimal complexity levels of legal rules are equal across countries, their common level will stick when legal rules are harmonized. When these levels are different, one nation-state may lose to the determination of a uniform level of complexity. However, when there are harmonization gains we show that if these harmonization gains are large enough, complex legal rules are optimal. Moreover, we show that each nation-state could gain from the determination of a uniform level of complexity, even if this level is not its preferred one.

An economic analysis of the use of citations in the law

This paper examines the use of citations analysis as an empiricaltool for understanding aspects of the legal system and for improvingthe performance of the system. Emphasis is laid on the use ofsuch analysis as a means to evaluate courts and judges (andtherefore as a judicial-management tool), to test hypothesesabout judicial behavior, and to evaluate and improve legal scholarship.It is argued that economic models, particularly of reputationand of human capital, can frame and guide the use of citationsanalysis in law.     

The right to an effective remedy in European law: significance,content and interaction

China-EU Law Journal - One of the basic rights and a general principle of the European Union is the right to an effective remedy. In the paper is presented the basis of the right to an effective...     

Judicial-biotechnological system and the right to life: an approximation from the European and Spanish law]

This work consists in the systemisation of the complex and diversified of the group of normative regulations of life, of all life. This is based on the premises that it is a core value as a principle and a right and overcoming its static and predetermined conception, replacing it with a new, dynamic, individual and creative vision. Life, as a legal fact, is the basic idea in a wide legal regulation, that, notwithstanding the diversity and mobility of the norms relative to human, animal and vegetable life should be redirected at last instance towards a common and unitary legal status.     

现代性与私法文化精神论纲

现代性运动展现了差异性、多样性、自由自主性的私人生活领域和活动空间 ,促进了私法文化精神和法治信仰的形成 ;而现代性的当代困境、危机和重建倾向 ,则促进了私法文化精神的当代转型和反思超越。在现代性追求和重建的复杂背景下推进中国法治进程 ,就要积极培育具有时代诉求的私法文化精神 ,以促进私法秩序和法治国家的建立。     

Licensee estoppel: an overview of the position under English and European law

Legal content: This article intends to raise awareness of the English law doctrineof licensee estoppel and how it may be relevant in practice.The relevant English case law and its relationship with Englishstatute and European legislation are discussed. Key points: Many practitioners are unaware of the nature and significanceof licensee estoppel under English law. The doctrine of licenseeestoppel seems at first sight to run contrary to European competitionlaw: this situation is made more complicated by the fact thatEuropean legislation and case law seems to presume that sucha doctrine does not exist. Once the doctrine itself and itsrelationship with European competition law have been explained,the remedies that are available and commercially relevant tolicensees become clearer. Practical significance: These considerations are relevant to practitioners draftingand negotiating technology transfer agreements under Englishlaw, as well as to those advising licensors and licensees ontheir rights and available remedies.     

私法中的“人格”范畴含义辨析

在私法理论和制度中，“人格”范畴具有“主体资格”、“主体”、“主体特质”、“主体性要素”四种含义。其中，“主体资格”指特定的实体可以成为私法法律关系之主体的法定条件；“主体”指特定的实体获得主体资格后的法律状态；“主体特质”指特定的实体可以据之享有主体资格的其客观上所具备的属性；“主体性要素”则是人格权的客体，指自然入主体得以构成的且应得到尊重和保护的客观要素。这四种含义之间的区别主要体现为：“主体资格”是“主体”得以形成的法定条件，“主体资格”范畴也就是用来描述“（某种）实体”与“私法主体”之间的“转化关系”的概念；而“主体特质”和“主体性要素”都是指“主体”（或拥有主体资格的“实体”）在客观上所具有的属性，这两个范畴都属于描述某种“事物”的概念。     

The color of law: an economic theory of legal boundaries

This paper presents an economic theory of property, tort, and contract law based on the goal of efficiently governing economic exchange relationships. In the theory, legal boundaries emerge endogenously in response to exogenous differences in the nature of the underlying transaction concerning the possible existence of unforeseen or non-contractible contingencies, and/or the desire of one of the parties to make non-salvageable investments prior to trade. The analysis asks whether, in this context, the transaction is best governed by property, tort, or contract principles. The conclusions are illustrated by a discussion of several cases that occupy the “boundaries” between the various areas.     

职场性骚扰雇主责任的法经济学分析

职场性骚扰雇主责任就是雇主要为其雇员的性骚扰行为负责任。通过法经济学的分析,对于监督管理者雇员实施的交换型性骚扰雇主承担严格责任;对于敌意环境型性骚扰雇主承担过错责任。这对预防与抑制职场性骚扰更有效率,同时,可以使社会成本降到最低。     

私法责任正当性刍论--在违约责任和侵权责任中求证

私法责任制度设定的直接原因是违反了法定或约定的义务 ,直接目的是要归结出一种法律上的否定性评价。从这个角度来说 ,私法责任制度是为了维护在先的制度权威而产生的后续制度保障。这种后续制度在理性表现和价值体现方面依赖于在先制度 ,但又不完全依托在先制度 ,也表现出本身的制度理性。     

An attempt to incorporate fairness into an economic model of tort law

This paper incorporates fairness into a simple economic model of tort law and discusses the difficulties of doing so. People are assumed to adhere to either the negligence or the strict norm and to incur a cost if liability is not imposed in accordance with their norm. The optimal standard of negligence is determined in a trade-off between fairness and efficiency. Conditions are derived under which preferences for fairness do not affect the optimal negligence standard. The modeling difficulties concern the ad hoc nature of the fairness norms. They are argued to be inherent to the subject.     

Hospital mergers and antitrust: an economic analysis

The hospital industry has recently experienced substantial merger activity. This paper examines several actual and proposed hospital mergers to determine the extent of competition in the affected markets and the effect these mergers may have on competition. Our focus is on mergers between hospitals in the same market. We define the relevant product and geographic market for hospitals, then develop criteria for evaluating hospital mergers and analyze several merger cases using these criteria. We conclude that these mergers threaten the competition that exists in most of the markets discussed, and that the claimed efficiency justification for mergers is not convincing.     

How damages recovery actions can improve the fight against corruption: the crisis of criminal law policies and the role of private enforcement in an Italian case of judicial corruption

In many countries corruption is rife, despite the fact that there is a criminal-law legislative framework for corruption. Italy is one of these countries. The commitment of judges and prosecutors to combating instances of corruption is often frustrated by the consequences of the excessive length of the proceedings. The fight against corruption has been carried out mainly in the field of criminal law. The criminalisation of corruption both in domestic and in international contexts is not enough to reduce corrupt practices. In the last decade another front in the fight against corruption has been explored: the private law approach as a complement to criminal law policies. Indeed, the same corrupt practise may be subject both to criminal proceedings by public authority and to civil proceedings by the victims of corruption. The argument that private law instruments may be used in order to achieve a public policy goal is not new and goes beyond the definition of "private enforcement" in the context of competition law. The idea of creating a favourable social and legal background to encourage the victims of anti-competitive practices can also be transposed to the fight against corruption. In fact, in many cases of corruption the low percentage of successful criminal persecution and the class of punishment associated with corruption offences do not represent a deterrent, considering the benefits deriving from bribe. This paper aims to address the question as to whether private law remedies under national legal systems could constitute an effective disincentive against corrupt practices, alongside criminal prosecutions. The case CIR vs. Fininvest, Lodo Mondadori is one of the first cases involving damages actions resulting from corrupt practices, and addresses two of the main obstacles to civil actions in this field: evidence and the quantification of damages.     

Applications of economic analysis to marital law: concerning a proposal to reform the discretionary approach to the division of marital assets in England and Wales

In this paper, I apply the economic analysis of law to examine recent proposals in England and Wales for the reform of the law affecting financial settlement after divorce. The starting point is an examination of the wide discretion currently afforded to the courts and the impact this has on incentives for divorcing parties and their legal representatives. Two specific reforming measures have been proposed to reduce this judicial discretion. First, a mathematical formula, such as a rebuttable presumption to divide equally the whole pool of assets upon divorce—a form of community property—could be used. It would be applied in the absence of agreement between the parties dividing assets, as in many countries in continental Europe. Second, legal enforceability could be accorded to prenuptial agreements, again after a continental pattern. Broadly, I conclude that changing to community property and enforceable agreements should be welfare improving but would need to be forward looking and applied to marriages, rather than divorces.     

海运、空运与陆运：规则的割据与统一

过去数十年来,运输法一直处于支离破碎的状态,充斥着过分多样化的条文,各种特殊规范和国际公约、法律、法规、一般交易条款构成一个十分模糊、可预见性差的规范体系。这种情况对于保障交易安全尤为不利,而且也造成了竞争的扭曲,由于规则的不统一,使得不同运输方式的承担者之间不能够展开公平竞争。在分析运输法整合之必要性和紧迫性的基础上,指出适度的统一立法有助于消除物流行业中的不公平竞争,适应经济发展对于高效、有序、安全的运输物流的需求。