如何理解“附带民事诉讼案件的审理期限,经本院院长批准,可以延长两个月”的含义?

编辑同志：对最高人民法院《关于严格执行案件审理期限制度的若干规定》第１条关于“附带民事诉讼案件的审理期限，经本院院长批准，可以延长两个月”的规定，在实践中存在着认识上的分歧。一种意见认为，凡刑事附带民事诉讼案件，不论是刑事部分还是民事部分，经本院院长批准，都可以延长两个月；另一种意见认为，上述规定仅适用于刑事附带民事诉讼案件中的民事部分。我国刑事诉讼法第七十八条明文规定，刑事附带民事诉讼案件原则上是刑事、民事两个部分一并审判，只是为了防止刑事案件审判的过分迟延，才可以先刑后民。刑事诉讼法第一百八…     

试论附带民事诉讼的赔偿原则及实现方式

附带民事诉讼作为一种特殊的民事诉讼,既有作为民事诉讼的一般特征,如最高人民法院《关于执行（中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法）若干问题的解释》第一百条规定,人民法院审理附带民事诉讼案件,除适用刑法、刑事诉讼法外,还应当适用民法通则、民事诉讼法有关规定;同时,附带民事诉讼又具有依附于刑事诉讼的独立特征,如附带民事诉讼不能先于刑事诉讼提起,又如《中华人民共和国刑法｝）第三十六条规定,由于犯罪行为而使被害人遭受经济损失的,对犯罪分子除依法给予刑事处罚外,并应根据情况判处赔偿经济损失。司法实践中,全国各地法院对附…     

附带民事诉讼几个问题的探讨

刑事附带民事诉讼案件的审判程序,我国刑事诉讼法第五十二条、第五十四条作了规定。但由于附带民事诉讼具有问题复杂、实践性强的特点,加之现行法津规定尚欠具体,因而附带民事诉讼案件的审判实践中遇到了一些认识不一而又法无明文规定的问题。 关于刑事民事分开审理时,是先审理刑事部分还是先审理民事部分的问题。根据刑事诉讼法第五十四     

刑事附带民事诉讼案件庭审初探

FIRSTPROBEINTOTHECOURTTRYINGOFCRIMINALCASEWITHCIVILCASEATTACHED一、习很做法的弊端审理刑事附带民事诉讼案件，对民事部分先行调解．调解不成时应开庭审理。如何开庭审理，刑事诉讼法只在第54条中作了“附带民事诉讼应当同刑事案件一并审判”的原则规定，并未明确具体方法。以往的习惯做法是分别审理，即先由公诉人、被告人及辩护人参与审理刑事部分。休庭后．再组织附带民事诉讼原告人、被告人及代理人审理民事部分。笔者认为，这种做法已不能适应审判实践的需要，主要弊端是：1、与刑事诉讼法立法原意不符…     

刑事附带民事诉讼调解中利益失衡问题的审视与展望

刑事附带民事诉讼是指司法机关在刑事诉讼过程中,在解决被告人刑事责任的同时,附带解决因被告人的犯罪行为所造成的物质损失的赔偿问题而进行的诉讼活动。《刑事诉讼法》第77条规定:"被害人由于被告人的犯罪行为而遭受物质损失的,在刑事诉讼过程中,有权提起附带民事诉讼。"刑事附带民事诉讼的调解对于妥     

附带民事诉讼可要求精神赔偿

《我国刑事诉讼法》第七十七条规定，被害人由于被告人的犯罪行为而遭受物质损失的，在刑事诉讼过程中有权提起附带民事诉讼。《最高人民法院关于执行（中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法）若干问题的解释》第八十九条规定，附带民事诉讼应当在刑事案件立案以后第一审判决宣告以前提起。第一审判决生效后，可另行提起民事诉讼。可见，当事人在刑事案件中遭受侵害，可以在刑事审判中提起附带民事诉讼，也可以另案提起民事诉讼。附带民事诉讼本质上仍然是民事诉讼，既然民事诉讼中允许精神赔偿，附带民事诉讼中也应当允许精神赔偿。     

浅谈检察机关提起刑事附带民事诉讼的几个问题

<正> 检察机关在刑事诉讼中提起附带民事诉讼是法律赋子它的一项权力。我国《刑事诉讼法》第53条规定:“被害人由于被告人的犯罪行为而遭受物质损失的,在刑事诉讼过程中,有权提起附带民事诉讼。如果是国家财产、集体财产遭受损失的,人民检察院在提起公诉的时候,可以提起附带民事诉讼”,应该说检察机关提起刑事附带民事诉讼是有法可依的。然而,《刑事诉讼法》颁布十年多来,对于这类诉讼检察机关提起的很少,基本处于空白状态。以长春市为例,1986年至1989年5月以来,检察机关没有提起一件涉及国家、集体财产遭受损失的刑事附带民事诉讼。是没有发生这类案件吗?回答是否定的。那么,是什么原因妨碍检察机关提起此类案件呢?     

试论刑事自诉案件的法院调解

我国刑事诉讼法第一百二十七条规定,人民法院审理刑事自诉案件可以进行调解。关于法院调解问题,刑事诉讼理论上研究得比较少,许多著述在论及刑事自诉案件的法院调解时,基本上是将民事诉讼中有关法院调解的理论照搬过来,认为人民法院审理刑事自诉案件可以用调解方式结案,法院调解是一种独立的结案方式。因而,调解达成的协议就发生法律效力,附带有民事执行内容的,     

附带民事诉讼案件经批准延长的审理期限,是否适用于刑事案件的审理?

编辑同志:2000年9月28日起施行的最高人民法院《关于严格执行案件审理期限制度的若干规定》第一条规定:“附带民事诉讼案件的审理期限,经本院院长批准,可以延长两个月。”有的同志认为,根据这一规定,凡是有附带民事诉讼的第一审刑事公诉案件,全案的审理期限,都可以经本院院长批准后延长两个月。有人认为,根据《刑事诉讼法》第一百六十八条、第七十八条的规定,最高人民法院上述《规定》中的“附带民事诉讼案件”,仅指附带民事诉讼部分,而不是指有附带民事诉讼的整个刑事案件,其经本院院长批准后延长的两个月审理期限不适用于刑事案件的审理,…     

浅论刑事附带民事诉讼请求中的死亡赔偿金

《刑事诉讼法》第七十七条规定,被害人由于被告人的犯罪行为而遭受物质损失的,可以提起刑事附带民事诉讼。但是,由于有关司法解释对附带民事诉讼和独立民事诉讼的法律适用作了限制性区分,对物质损失的范围认识不统一,以至于不少人在司法实践中对于刑事附带民事诉讼的赔偿范围是否包括死亡赔偿金有了分歧。     

Fatal poisoning in drug addicts in the Nordic countries in 2007

The frequency of medico-legally examined fatal poisonings in 2007 among drug addicts was investigated in five Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The number of deaths, age, sex, place of death, main intoxicant, and other drugs present in blood samples were recorded to obtain national and comparable Nordic data, as well as data to compare with earlier studies in 2002, 1997, and 1991. Norway had the highest incidence of drug addict deaths by poisoning followed by Denmark, with 8.24 and 6.92 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. The death rates in Finland (4.02), Iceland (4.56), and Sweden (3.53) were about half that of Norway and Denmark. Compared with earlier studies, the death rates were unchanged in Denmark and Norway, but increased in Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. In all countries, fewer deaths (29-35%) were recorded in the capital area compared with earlier studies. Females accounted for 11-19% of the fatal poisonings. Iceland deviates with a more equal distribution between men and women (40%). Deaths from methadone overdoses increased in all Nordic countries, and methadone was the main intoxicant in Denmark in 2007, accounting for 51% of the poisonings. In Norway and Sweden, heroin/morphine was still the main intoxicant with a frequency of 68% and 48%, respectively. In Iceland, 3 deaths each were due to heroin/morphine and methadone, respectively. Finland differs from other Nordic countries in having a high number of poisonings caused by buprenorphine and very few caused by heroin/morphine. The total number of buprenorphine deaths in Finland doubled from 16 in 2002 to 32 in 2007, where it constituted 25% of deaths. The general toxicological screening program showed widespread multi-drug use in all countries. The median number of drugs per case varied from 3 to 5. The most frequently detected substances were heroin/morphine, methadone, buprenorphine, tramadol, amphetamine, cocaine, tetrahydrocannabinol, benzodiazepines and ethanol.     

2008年中国法治亮点巡礼

2008年，是中国法治进程稳步推进和稳健发展的一年，也是法治亮点频频闪现的一年。2008年的立法景观依然多姿多彩，科学立法、民主立法继续推进，公民对立法工作的有序参与进一步扩大，已出台的十一届全国人大常委会立法规划值得人们期待。此外，实施不久的《政府信息公开条例》、全面开展的监狱体制改革，以及此起彼伏的问责风暴等都是值得我们关注的法治亮点。     

Trends in Non-Muslim Divorces in Singapore

This article examines the trends and patterns in the way thesecular divorce law has been utilized by couples in Singaporeseeking to end their marriage. Social and demographic featuresof the divorcing couples, as well as the ‘fact’relied on in support of their divorce petitions, are studiedand compared to earlier analyses. It is found that while somepatterns observed by earlier researchers have remained intact,others have changed. This article suggests explanations forthese observed patterns and contributes to the discussion onwhether and how the divorce law can be improved in Singaporeand elsewhere.     

Drugs in injured drivers in Denmark

As part of the project Impaired Motorists, Methods of Roadside Testing and Assessment for Licensing (IMMORTAL) under the European Commission's Transport RTD Programme of the 5th Framework Programme [I.M. Bernhoft, Drugs in accidents involved drivers in Denmark, D-R4.3 of the project Impaired Motorists, Methods Of Roadside Testing and Assessment for Licensing (IMMORTAL), www.immortal.or.at, 2005], a study regarding drugs in accident-involved drivers was carried out in Denmark. The main objectives of this study were: (1) to collect and analyse samples from injured drivers for the presence of drugs; (2) to give an indication whether drugs may have contributed to traffic accidents; and (3) to get information on the drug-positive drivers and their drug use. This paper focuses on objective 1. Injured drivers who were treated in hospital were asked to give a saliva sample, a blood sample or both. The samples were screened for the following substances: opiates, amphetamines, methamphetamines, incl. MDMA (ecstasy), cannabinoids and metabolites, cocaine and metabolites and benzodiazepines. Screenings were carried out by means of Cozart Microplate EIA kit. Positive screenings were confirmation analysed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) or liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). In total, 26 out of 330 patients were confirmed positive for one or more of the six drug groups. However, three patients were excluded from the survey for various reasons. Of the remaining 23 drug-positive patients 15 were found positive for one drug group, and in five of these cases alcohol was present in a concentration over the legal limit in Denmark (0.05%). The other eight patients were found positive for two drug groups, and in four of these cases, alcohol was also present in a concentration over the legal limit. Alcohol was found both in combinations with medicinal drugs, with illegal drugs and with both. Based on the saliva or blood concentrations, we estimate that there is a strong suspicion of impairment in 9 out of 23 cases, and in another six cases it was likely that the drivers were impaired.     

Competence in caring in legal practice

This article is concerned with the stories of female solicitors working in Queensland, Australia, and their account of ethics in practice. These narratives were sought and made in the context of our project investigating complaints received against practitioners in this jurisdiction. Our interviews with female lawyers were intended to provide more insight into complaints matters. Yet this discussion revealed broader insights into ethical questions about the nature of lawyer–client relationships and legal professionalism. This article considers these accounts by reflecting on the concept of ‘care’ and its fit with legal practice requirements today. In doing so, we consider the difficult gendered question of the relationship between caring and ‘women's’ practice. We do not assert a true woman's working style; we seek to contextualise our empirical research by tracing the complex effect of gender on lawyering roles. Finally, we suggest that the adoption of caring practice is a valid approach to lawyering and call for a caring approach to be re-valued in the legal professional context as an ethical proposition.     

Differences in female and male involvement in lethal violence in Russia

Relatively little is known of the distributions of homicide event characteristics in non-Western nations in which women relative to men are involved. This article utilizes unique homicide narratives drawn from Russian court and police records to compare homicide victim, offender, and event characteristics by sex of victim and separately by sex of offender. Results from logistic regression show that homicides in which a female was the victim or offender were more likely to occur between intimates and to occur in the home, whereas homicides involving males were more likely to occur in a public place, to be alcohol-related, to involve a firearm, and to involve a victim and offender who did not know each other well. These results not only present an important first glimpse at women as homicide victims and offenders in Russia specifically, but also provide a point of comparison with findings from similar analyses undertaken in the West, and present further initial observations upon which to construct a cohesive theory about female involvement in serious violent events.     

Trustees in Cyprus regulated in 2007

Trust and company service providers in Cyprus are followingin the footsteps of their European counterparts and will toobe regulated at the beginning of 2007.