The Scope of Criminal Law and Criminal Sanctions: An Economic View and Policy Implications

This paper considers why some harm-generating activities are controlled by criminal law and criminal sanctions while others are subject to some other mechanism such as civil law, administrative law, regulation or the tax system. It looks at the question from the perspective of the law and economics approach. We seek to identify the comparative benefits of using the criminal law relative to other enforcement mechanisms and – more broadly – why certain specific behaviours are criminalized. The paper argues that an economic approach emphasizing the relative merits of alternative legal instruments for bringing about harm reduction can provide an explanation for a number of recent legal developments. It argues also that the willingness of legislators to combine the use of sanctions traditionally used in one area of the law with sanctions from other areas is more readily explicable in economic terms than in other terms.     

Mapping the Scope and Opportunities for Public Health Law in Liberal Democracies

The two questions, "What is public health law?" and "How can law improve the public's health?" are perennial ones for public health law scholars. This paper proposes a framework for conceptualizing discussion and debate about the scope and opportunities for public health law within liberal democracies. Part 2 of the paper draws selectively on this framework in order to highlight some areas where law's potential role deserves greater acknowledgment and exploration.     

论一般给付诉讼之适用范围——《行政诉讼法》第73条评释

一般给付诉讼的适用范围须从客体范围及其行政诉讼类型的界分两个维度把握。一般给付诉讼的客体范围包括直接的财产性给付和行政行为之外的非财产性给付。考虑权利救济的完整性,应将颁布规范之诉、预防性不作为以及结果除去请求权纳入《行政诉讼法》第73条的客体范围。一般给付诉讼类型的界分应遵循补充和备位的功能原则,凡不属课予义务之诉(特殊给付诉讼)的客体范畴,均应归入一般给付诉讼。若以行政行为撤销与否为依据的,应提起撤销之诉合并给付请求。财产性给付限于可直接提起一般给付诉讼,如果依法必须先由行政机关核定其请求权者,应先提起课予义务之诉。     

涉外民事诉讼中域外证据的范围和法律适用

域外证据是涉外民事诉讼中特有的证据形式,对域外证据问题的研究具有重要的实践意义。正是由于域外证据的存在, 涉外商事审判中的证据问题呈现出与非涉外商事审判中证据问题的些许不同,需要从证据的范围和法律适用进一步明确。     

论经济法调整对象范围的动态性

经济法的调整对象是在国家协调本国经济运行过程中发生的经济关系 ,具有特定性 ,其调整对象的范围不是恒定不变的 ,呈现动态性特征。不同国家不同时期的经济法 ,由于社会关系、价值目标不同 ,调整对象的范围也不同。以经济法调整对象范围的动态性为基点 ,结合我国的基本国情 ,阐释现阶段建立以宏观调控和市场规制并重为核心的经济法体系的合理性。     

美国宪政理论的渊源与范围

尽管美国关于司法审查的文章汗牛充栋,19世纪著名美国宪法学教授赛尔的这篇文章可以不夸张地说是所有这类文章中的第一篇,也是这个领域中每一个学者的必读文献。在这篇经典论文中,赛尔教授详尽论证了司法审查的依据、范围和方法。他虽然接受了司法审查的合宪性,但认为司法权必须被严格限制于适合其行使的范围内,并只在非同寻常的情况下才行使这项非同寻常的权力。尽管成于19世纪末期,本文提出了许多令人深思的问题和论点。自本文之后,严格解释主义成为美国司法哲学的一个重要流派。尤其是经过联邦第二巡回区的汉德法官(J.LearnedHand)等一批杰出法学家的发扬光大,赛尔教授的学说不仅后继有人,甚至可以说在今天偏向温和保守的联邦最高法院获得了一种主流学派的地位。     

The Changing Status of International Law in English Domestic Law

Netherlands International Law Review -     

The Territorial Scope of Employment Legislation and Choice of Law

Traditionally, the determination of the territorial scope of the statutory rights conferred by employment legislation forming part of English law has been regarded as an issue entirely disconnected from the choice‐of‐law process. Indeed, this view formed the basis of the key decision addressing the problem of territoriality, Lawson v Serco, decided by the House of Lords in 2006. After presenting the current state of the law with regard to the territorial scope of employment legislation, this article takes a critical look at Lawson v Serco. It is argued that the ‘European’ choice‐of‐law rules must have a greater importance for determining the territorial scope of employment legislation and, consequently, that the approach pursued in Lawson v Serco is no longer correct, if it ever was, and should not be followed in the future.     

Law and Social Inquiry: Commentary on a Psychoanalytic Semiotics of Law

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

《中华人民共和国港口法》述评

本文详细阐述了十届全国人大常委会第 3次会议于 2 0 0 3年 6月 2 8日通过的《港口法》的制定背景、起草过程和基本内容。     

信息社会中的公法变迁

计算机、通讯技术的日益发展、融合以及网络的普及应用使人类社会进入一个新的历史阶段——信息社会。适应信息社会的要求,现代公法必然发生重大变迁,主要体现为直接民主制的复兴、信息权利的产生以及公权力结构的多中心化。