浦东律师党建实证研究

律师行业党建工作是党的建设的重要组成部分,律师群体是党在新时期改革建设中一支重要的力量。随着经济社会发展和民主法治进程的推进,法律服务已经成为经济建设和人民生产、生活的一项基本需求和重要保障。进一步加强和改进新形势下律师行业党的建设工作,是坚持党对律师工作领导、确保律师工作正确方向的必然要求,是充分发挥律师工作职能、更好地服务党和国家工作大局的必然要求,是加强律师队伍建设、巩固党的执政基础的必然要求。我们结合上海浦东司法行政工作实际,对律师职业特点进行了深入调查,对律师党建工作的实践做法进行了分析研究,对存在问题进行了剖析,力求进一步加强律师党建工作的针对性和有效性。     

强化内部治理 有效解决“执行难”

执行难是长期困扰人民法院工作的重大问题,社会高度关注,群众反映强烈。执行难问题的产生和长期存在,是各种因素相互交织、各种矛盾相互作用的集中体现。既有法治环境欠佳、社会信用体系不健全、立法相对滞后等外部因素,也有执行队伍素质不高、机制不畅、力度不够等内部因     

Self-Help, Policing, and Procedural Justice: Ghanaian Vigilantism and the Rule of Law

Public recourse to vigilante self-help has often been attributed to a lack of effective state intervention; less attention has been given to the character of this intervention. Using the Tylerian procedural justice perspective, I argue in this article that perceived procedural injustice contributes to increased public support for violent self-help mechanisms such as vigilante violence. The current study tests this theoretical argument using survey data of 374 residents of Accra, Ghana. The results show that age, education, and police trustworthiness were the most significant predictors of support for vigilante self-help. The impacts of procedural fairness were found to be embraced within police trustworthiness, but perceptions of police effectiveness and experience of police corruption were not statistically significant predictors of vigilante support.     

WILL WOMEN JUDGES REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

This article details the experience of Canada's first woman Supreme Court Justice, now retired and teaching law at the University of Ottawa. Like many by virtue of their unique perspective, she casts light on the central core of being a judge and examines the human side of this important, albeit, lonely task. The article specifically considers the issue of gender in the judiciary.     

South Glamorgan County Council v. W and B

A Family Division English court held that a minor can be admitted to a psychiatric care facility against her wishes if it is in the best interest of the minor. The affected minor had been previously assessed by various psychiatrists and social workers after she had refused to attend school and begun to lead a reclusive life. Their recommendation had been that she be removed from her present home with her father and be admitted into an adolescent unit where she could receive psychological therapy. Following the divorce of her parents, the minor's temperament and mental health had seriously deteriorated. Although her father opposed these proceedings, her mother and her court appointed guardian both thought that psychiatric care was most appropriate for the minor. The court agreed, stating that the best interests of the child override any other considerations.