Review essay / justice,mercy, and forgiveness

Jeffrie G Murphy & Jean Hampton, Forgiveness and Mercy Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988, 194 pp. Kathleen Dean Moore, Pardons: Justice, Mercy, and the Public Interest New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989, 271 pp.     

Getting Even: Forgiveness and its Limits,by Jeffrie G. Murphy

Staking out new territory in utopian thought and analysis, George Klosko's Jacobins and Utopians examines neither utopian theory nor the actual practice of political reform but what might rather be termed the “theory of practice.” Despite this innovation, the book remains underdeveloped, relying on some weak arguments and unexamined assumptions to support its central claim: that persuasion models of political reform are ineffective and that only state‐centered inculcation of virtue in the citizenry—which Klosko labels “educational realism”—is sufficient for radical change. By failing to consider the performative and the possibility that theory might be a form of practice, Klosko misrepresents the effectiveness of persuasion models in order to champion his preferred alternative. Nevertheless, the book offers much that is of value beyond its initial distinction: there are fascinating accounts of major, and not‐so‐major, figures in the Jacobin and utopian traditions.     

Book Review: Divorced From Reality: Rethinking Family Dispute Resolution by Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer

This essay summarizes key points from the book and observes the very different players and processes involved when families in poverty enter the family court system.     

Reflections on Habermas on Democracy

Jürgen Habermas is a radical democrat. The source of that self-designation is that his conception of democracy—what he calls “discursive democracy”—is founded on the ideal of “a self-organizing community of free and equal citizens,” coordinating their collective affairs through their common reason. The author discusses three large challenges to this radical-democratic ideal of collective self-regulation: 1) What is the role of private autonomy in a radical-democratic view? 2) What role does reason play in collective self-regulation? 3) What relevance might a radical-democratic outlook have for contemporary democracies? The author addresses these questions by considering Habermas' answers, and then presenting alternative responses to them. The alternatives are also radical-democratic in inspiration, but they draw on a richer set of normative-political ideas than Habermas wants to rely on, and are more ambitious in their hopes for democratic practice.     

裁定不予假释案件成因分析及对策建议 —— 以L市近年假释案件为样本

假释是我国刑罚执行中的一项重要制度,在激励改造,帮助罪犯实现再社会化方面起到积极有效的作用。纵观近年来刑事立法及司法新规,均不同程度提出要扩大假释适用范围。但随着司法实务运行,目前假释的适用率仍然低下,①裁定不予假释的比例却呈增高趋势。造成上述困境主因是缺乏科学假释评估机制、可操作性法律监督和明确办案责任豁免机制。围绕上述三大主因,选取L市近年假释案件为样本进行分析,并进一步提出相应对策建议。     

关于传统法研究的几点思考

在当今法学界实用主义如火如荼的时代,《法学家》编辑部组织"认真对待传统法"问题的讨论,不啻空谷足音.     

列宁党的全面领导思想研究

列宁的无产阶级政党学说是马克思主义政党理论的重要组成部分,是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的主要理论来源之一。列宁作为世界上第一个社会主义国家的缔造者,世界上第一个社会主义国家执政党的领袖,他关于党的全面领导思想做过许多重要论述,较为系统地阐述了无产阶级政党的全面领导思想,包括对党的全面领导地位和重要性的认知、对党的全面领导的内涵阐释及坚持和加强党的全面领导的实践路径等几个方面。深入研究列宁党的全面领导思想,对新时代中国共产党坚持和加强党的全面领导具有重要的理论意义和借鉴价值。     

票据信用交易制度比较研究——以中国大陆、台湾地区及日本的票据法为考察对象

票据是以支付金钱为目的的一种有价证券.在当今的票据交易中,几乎所有的票据都是由银行或者其他的金融机构来实行付款的.即持票人通常将票据交给往来银行(或称开户银行),接受委托的银行通过票据交换中心实现票据的支付结算.票据作为有价证券,具有提示和回收两个特性.     

联合国《竞争法示范法》述评

《竞争法示范法》是联合国贸易与发展会议下属的政府间竞争法与竞争政策专家组研究国际竞争法的最主要的成果,它及时因应了国际竞争法的发展趋势和要求,具有高度的灵活性和前瞻性,为促进发展中国家立法、协调各国竞争立法进行了有益尝试。