Towards a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights

The political settlement resulting from the Belfast Agreement recognisedthe fundamental importance of the issue of rights to a stable peace inNorthern Ireland. Indeed, the agreement provided for a Human RightsCommission, one of whose tasks is the drafting of a Bill of Rights thatwill reflect the political reality of the province. This paper arguesthat the proposed document will have to reflect an understanding ofrights and their protection resulting from the particular history ofNorthern Ireland. This specific understanding of rights appeared firstin the Anglo-Irish Agreement and has been gradually developed andconsolidated in the political agreements since. The planned NorthernIreland Bill of Rights will have to reflect this rights thinking. Thearticle also chronicles the recent work of the Northern Ireland HumanRights Commission in drafting the Bill of Rights to be presented to theSecretary of State for Northern Ireland in February 2002. Thereciprocal, if belated, moves in the Republic to set up its own humanrights commission will also be addressed as part of the process to drawup a Charter of Rights for the whole people of Ireland.     

The House of Lords and the Northern Ireland Conflict – A Sequel

This article begins by commenting on an analysis undertaken by the late Stephen Livingstone of 13 cases relating to the troubles in Northern Ireland decided by the House of Lords between 1969 and 1993. It then attempts to repeat the analysis in respect of 12 such cases decided between 1994 and 2005. Areas of law arising for consideration during both periods include the rules on the use of lethal force, aspects of substantive criminal law and criminal procedure and the rights of persons arrested or imprisoned. The more recent cases also raise fundamental questions concerning the status and meaning of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. The article concludes that there has been a sea-change in the way the Law Lords have handled the Northern Irish cases. From treating them in a way which might have suggested a built-in bias in favour of police, army and government perspectives, they have moved to analysing the competing arguments in the light of more modern approaches to statutory interpretation, the rule of law and human rights.     

论作为"制度"的法学院

法律职业为限制性的职业,目前两大法系主要国家都在制度上将法学院教育作为进入法律职业的第一道门槛;法律的技艺性、智识性和一定的神秘性及其规范特征决定了法律职业必须具备共同的职业素养,凭借法学教授、法学图书资科和法学院的社区生活三要件,制度性法学院而非仅仅作为场所的法学院培育这些素养并促使法律职业共同体形成。我国现实呼唤在制度上确立法学院教育的门槛地位,建设胜任于培育法律人的制度性法学院。     

Mapping the effects of Brexit on legal education in Wales: proposals for addressing students’ concerns

ABSTRACT

Whilst the future for UK–EU relations remains to be realised, Brexit will have consequences for legal education. However, to date, neither the UK nor Welsh Governments have sufficiently addressed what those consequences will be for higher education. This paper, which documents the results of 336 student questionnaires received from law students surveyed from every law school in Wales, evidences that learners have already started to decide what they believe Brexit means for them. Amongst the numerous challenges for Welsh law schools is the opinion of current students that Brexit makes Wales a less attractive place for overseas students and lecturers, both EU and other internationals, to study and work. Meanwhile UK students studying in Wales are questioning the relevance of EU law modules, and are viewing aspirational careers within EU institutions as now being “closed doors”. By drawing upon our findings, as well as comparisons with other EU Member States, this paper proposes six areas where urgent collaboration between governments and universities is needed. Failing to address the concerns identified by this research has the potential to further threaten the internationalised education model that UK students benefit from by studying law at Welsh universities.     

我国高等教育管理法律规范体系的内容及完善

我国高等教育管理法律规范体系主要指《中华人民共和国教育法》、《中华人民共和国高等教育法》等法律法规中调整高校与学生之间关系所涉及的高校的法律地位、高校的主要权利和义务、学生的主要权利和义务、学生权利的救济等方面内容的法律规范的总和。本文通过解读并分析其主要内容,探讨了我国高等教育管理法律规范体系在内容和形式方面的立法缺陷,提出了相应的完善对策,以期有利于保障高校依法治校。     

改革开放三十年法学教育的发展及其当前改革

改革开放三十年，中国法学教育成就卓著。目前，法学教育与现实政法工作目标之间存在不和谐之处，因此仍有不断改革现行法学教育之必要。有鉴于此，应建立以法律职业为目标导向的法律教育管理体制和法律人才培养模式，强化政法机关对法律教育的指导管理职能，优化法律人才培养层次结构，实行二阶段国家司法考试和职业培训制度。     

Extra Unionem nulla salus? Teaching and researching EU law in Norway and Switzerland

ABSTRACT

Brexit is creating great uncertainty in the UK, including as concerns the future of EU law as an academic discipline. This article tries to shed some light on the issue by describing the situation in two countries whose relations to the EU might provide a blueprint for future UK–EU relations: Norway and Switzerland. After outlining the current state of relations between these states and the EU, the authors describe the (rather flourishing) state of EU law in Swiss and Norwegian academia. The conclusion is that for EU law as a discipline, there is indeed salvation outside the EU. However, a precondition for success is a high level of economic and legal integration.     

试论我国高等法学教育与法律援助之整合

高等法学教育与法律援助的有机整合,是法律援助自身发展的要求,又是法学教育改革之必然.西方国家所采用的诊所式法学教育为我国高等法学教育与法律援助的整合提供了有益借鉴.然而,在我国的制度整合实践中还存在着难点,应从以下四个方面予以完善:通过相关立法完善法学学生参与法律援助的权利保障、各地法律援助机构应给予相应的经费支持、法学教育管理体制的相应改革、完善法学学生提供法律援助的服务质量监控机制.     

The EU law “core” module: surviving the perfect storm of Brexit and the SQE

This article seeks to examine the potential impact of the vote to leave the European Union (EU) in the UK referendum in June 2016, together with changes to professional training, notably the imposition of a new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) from 2019/20, on the teaching of EU law in law degrees in England and Wales. The history of the qualifying law degree (QLD) and the place of the EU law core module within it are explained. The likely continuing effect of EU law in the English Legal System is summarised, and the reduction in EU law content in the requirements for professional training as compared with that customary on a QLD is noted. In the light of these apparent threats to the EU law module, possibilities are explored for rethinking approaches to teaching law which would reinvigorate the significance of EU law in law degrees which may well undergo redesign in the light of the changes considered here.     

诊所法律教育在卫生法学教学中的应用研究

发源于美国的诊所法律教育借鉴了医学院学生在医疗诊所临床实习的做法,倡导在实践和经验中学习法律和律师的执业技能。法律诊所教育不仅在美国,在全球其他国家也产生了深远的影响。法律诊所教育发展到今天,它的价值不仅体现于课程本身,更体现为一种教学方法的变革。诊所法律在我国移植和推广的过程中,如何根据我国教学的实际情况,结合具体课程展开富有实效的应用研究,改革课程的教学方法,提高教学效果具有现实价值。     

我国法律方法教育的反思

在法学教育中,法律方法即把法律规范运用到裁判案件中所采用的方法具有双重属性,即知识的属性和能力的属性。就法律方法的知识属性而言,它应成为法学教学中的知识传授对象,就法律方法的能力属性而言,它又是法律人才必备的素养。目前,我国法学教育既没有重视法律方法知识在法律人才培养中的作用,也没建立起较完善的训练法律技能的有效机制。法律方法教育是我国目前法学教育的薄弱环节,因而应当成为当下法学教育必须重视并着力解决的根本性问题之一。     

法学院教育的地方化与国家化

正规的法学院教育在培养德才兼备的法律家,实现法律家之治的进程中意义重大,因此颇受各国重视。但是,我国由于多层次办学等诸多原因,造成法学院教育的地方化:学生招收、培养、就业地方化及法学教授的地方化,从而不利于法学综合素质和学术精神的培养,甚至会影响司法公正和依法治国的实现。应当统一法律教育,实行法学院教育的国家化,将法学院教育的管理权收归国家,并采取所有的法学院在全国招生、全国就业和某些特殊限制的相关制度。     

如何打造优秀的法学教育

朗戴尔法学教育理论和教学法是美国法学院占主导地位的教育模式,备受推崇。然而在理论上,它具有明显的缺陷;在实践中,则造成了学生与法律实践相脱节的后果。它认为法律学科的全部资料都储存在出版物之中。封闭性、复古性、考据性成为构建朗戴尔方法的基石,形成了一个建立在书本资料上的伪科学体系。法学院应当完全抛弃朗戴尔教学法,直接面对社会问题,在更高层次上回归学徒制度,以律师事务所模式为法学教育的核心,以执业者为教师,以现实社会中的法律问题为教学内容,刻不容缓地推行法学教育实验。