浅析不动产登记的法定公证前置

不动产变动法律制度涉及到每个公民的切身利益,保障交易安全和效率是立法者矢志不渝的追求。本文分析法定公证制度的可行性和必要性,提出构建我国的公证前置审查模式,包括法定公证的适用范围、责任保障机制、公证核实权重新定位、部分法定公证事项收费的调整以及其他配套措施,将公证前置实质审查与登记机关的窗口审查相契合,实现审查业务的分流,确保合同的效力,贯彻公示公信原则。法定公证以实体法为依托,通过限制形式自由,实现实质上的真正自由。     

荷兰的分区规划、土地征收与房地产管理

分区规划是荷兰空间规划中最为重要的规划之一,也是政府行使土地征收权和房屋管理权的基础。在分区规划的制定和修改过程中,规划的专业性、有效的公共参与和完善的司法救济制度不但确保了民众利益不受行政权肆意侵犯,也促进了人与自然、经济与社会的和谐发展。这种以分区规划为基础的土地管理模式,对中国土地管理制度的变革和房地产市场的健康发展具有一定借鉴意义。     

抑制房地产泡沫的法律对策探索

房地产泡沫是房地产价格在人为因素的作用下严重脱离其实际价值而持续上涨的不正常状态。房地产泡沫与开发商的非法炒作、过度投机、人们的非理性价格预期以及结构性失调有着直接的关系,但其产生根源在于法律制度的缺失与不完善。本文通过借鉴我国香港地区和新加坡的有关法律,在土地管理制度、房地产开发资金的使用方式、房地产金融体制、房地产市场交易、房地产税收改革以及住房结构性问题等方面,探讨我国防治房地产泡沫的法律完善问题。     

房地产按揭权法律性质探析

房地产按揭权的法律性质表现为物权性、价值权性、担保性、特定性和从属性。在此基础上 ,深入分析房地产按揭权与房地产抵押权的区别 ,进一步论证了按揭有别于抵押     

Ameron International: Expanding Insurance Recovery for Administrative Environmental Proceedings

In Ameron Int'l Corp. v. Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited reconsideration of Foster-Gardner v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. which adopted the minority position that administrative notice letters are not “suits” that trigger a CGL insurer's duty to defend. In an important development for insurers and policyholders alike, Ameron limited Foster-Gardner, holding that an administrative process that resembles a court proceeding is a “suit” insurers must defend. This article surveys the majority rule, Ameron, and Ameron's possible impact in minority rule jurisdictions with Foster-Gardner-like precedent.     

Promoting Urban Agriculture: Insurance as an Important Tool

As population density and climate change affect food supplies, urban agriculture becomes increasingly important. Insurance is just one component of managing the risks associated with these changes and of helping the agriculture sector adapt to them. Research to date indicates that insurance, public policy, and land use law must effectively be combined in order for urban agricultural initiatives to flourish. However, financial support is another crucial element that too often is overlooked. This article discusses the deployment of various insurance products as a means to facilitate and create incentives to encourage urban agriculture. This promising business may be promoted by adjusting existing insurance coverage, establishing local urban agriculture insurance programs, and incorporating risk analysis into urban land use planning.     

房地产泡沫：理论分析与长三角实证检验

房地产泡沫是一种与人的心理预期有关的价格现象,对房地产泡沫的测度应综合考虑经济基本面和心理预期因素.以上海、南京和杭州为样本,对1999-2007年长三角的房地产价格泡沫程度和发展趋势进行实证分析,发现2002年之前长三角房地产价格泡沫在5%以内,属于合理范围;从2003年起房地产泡沫开始加速膨胀,2006年达到顶点,2007年有所回调.应当密切注意其房地产价格波动,并进行正确的引导,这对房地产市场的建康发展至关重要.     

Environmental Insurance for Contractors: More Possibilities Than May Be Expected

Pollution events are often thought of as uninsurable. A more realistic view is that loss or claim from a pollution incident is an insured event in many insurance standard property and liability policies. While coverage may be narrow and limits less than may be desired, it does exist. In this article we look at insurance policies typical of the construction industry to determine the extent of coverage for damages from an incident of pollution.     

Old Habits Are Hard to Change: A Case Study of Israeli Real Estate Contracts

This article presents a case study on the persistent dollarization norm in the Israeli real estate market. For many years Israeli real estate contracts have been denominated in American dollars. This contracting norm has remained surprisingly stable despite tremendous changes in the structure of the Israeli foreign currency market that severed the connection between the dollar and local inflation and added significant risks to exchange rates. Using an array of theoretical tools, I explain this puzzling phenomenon and demonstrate the centrality of social norms to the design of high‐stakes contracts. Finally, I explore the interaction between social norms and the law and highlight the potential obstacles to regulating contracting norms.     

Predicting the Risk of Intimate Partner Violence: The Chinese Risk Assessment Tool for Victims

The present study reports the development and validation of the Chinese Risk Assessment Tool for Victims (CRAT-V), an actuarial instrument for the prediction of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in a Chinese population. Data were collected from a representative sample of 2,708 Chinese women who were married or cohabiting in Hong Kong. All participants were interviewed with a questionnaire assessing their experience of IPV victimization and personal or family factors related to IPV. As measured by the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS 2), the base rates of preceding-year physical and sexual IPV victimization were 4.6 % and 3.6 %, respectively. Using a cross-validation procedure, the present study developed a 5-factor instrument with one half of the randomly split sample and validated the resulting tool with the other half. The CRAT-V had a sensitivity of 74.0 %, a specificity of 68.3 %, an overall accuracy of 68.7 %, and an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.75 when administered on the second half of sample. Overall, the CRAT-V may serve as a straightforward, systematic, and easy-to-administer instrument tailor-made for Chinese populations for the assessment of risk of IPV victimization against women.     

“小产权房”面临的法律难题及其破解

“小产权房”是我国近年来出现的社会现象,然而其在建设及交易过程中面一临着诸多法律上的难题。这些难题表明我国集体土地所有权被虚置,建设用地使用权流转机制亦不健全。要破解这些法律难题,应当赋予农村集体建设用地使用权以完全用益物权效力,构建城乡平等的建设用地使用权流转制度;创新集体土地所有权和使用权主体制度,确保所有权权能的实现;完善土地征收制度,禁止为“商业利益”而征收：构建科学的城乡土地利用规划制度,同时政府应当让利于民。     

房地产企业破产重整案件审理实务初探

新<企业破产法>确立了重整这一破产预防制度.重整制度有助于挽救那些虽已陷入债务困境但仍具有挽救价值与希望的企业,并可以更好地维护各方当事人权益.目前在司法实践中,破产重整程序被广泛适用并呈增加态势.