維護内地舆香港當事人合法權益的有效制度

中國實行改革開放以來,内地舆香港的經濟往來日益频繁,涉及兩地的民商事爭議也越來越多。如何公正地處理這些爭議,切實維護内地舆香港當事人的合法權益是人民法院的重要職责。由於内地舆香港實行不同的法律制度,訴訟過程中的诸多問题都缺乏统一的程序和標凖,给爭議解決带來了许多困難。1981年,司法部經中央有關主管部門同意,     

合规管理：中国内地外资企业的法律工作新动向

近年来,接连爆出一些大公司因商业贿赂问题被管理当局处罚的消息,其中不乏一些国际着名的跨国企业,如西门子因行贿被美国和德国行政当局处罚16亿美元;UT斯达康因行贿被处罚300万美元;美国首屈一指的不干胶标签材料生产商艾利．丹尼森公司因向中国地方官员行贿而被有关机构处以20万美元的民事罚款;     

Moral authority in law and criminal justice: Some reflections on Wilson's The Moral Sense

William H. Simon, The Practice of Justice: A Theory of Lawyers’ Ethics Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998, viii + 253 pp.     

关于刑事和解的几点看法

刑事犯罪多发背景下,被害人利益难以通过传统刑事诉讼程序获得有效救济,甚至存在被害人在刑事诉讼过程中二次受害的情形,从而引发一系列不稳定社会因素,与建设和谐社会的要求背道而驰。刑事和解正是在被害人保护思想的发展与犯罪人复归思想的兴起基础上产生的以恢复性司法为基本理念以构建和谐社会为终极目标的新型刑事案件解决制度。     

The Party of Democratic Socialism in the new Germany

The Party of Democratic Socialism's electoral prowess reflects the success other reformed communist parties are having with voters disillusioned with the changes since 1989. This article seeks to explain why it is doing so well, what kind of people are drawn to it, and what its success tells us about the new eastern political culture and the consequences of unification. Its future prospects depend on how quickly the two parts of Germany become integrated and how effectively the other parties respond to eastern Germans' feelings. PDS success is a product of eastern German attitudes and conditions. It thrives on the tensions between east and west and on east Germans asserting their determination to be different from west Germans. But it will experience difficulty in continuing to derive its identity from a mixture of nostalgia for certain aspects of the GDR and animosity toward western Germans. With its path to western voters blocked, with growing intraparty disunity, and with a leader absorbed by charges that he had been a Stasi collaborator, the PDS faces a serious struggle to survive in the 21st century as a long-term significant political force.     

新老法律现实主义:“今非昔比”

追溯从1920—1930年代的法律现实主义流派到“法与社会研究”40年的学术发展史,可以看到今天的法律、政治或社会环境与早期法学现实主义所处的环境已全然不同,在“法与社会研究学会”成立40年之后,新法律现实主义作为社会环境和法律界观念变革的结果应运而生,预示着一种法学研究的新趋势。新法律现实主义将努力克服前辈的局限性和不足,积极倡导一种自下而上的经验研究方法,强调对法律作用的认识和制度的建构应该从事实出发,主张进一步推进法与社会的互动,以及法律教育与法律职业的改革。今天,时代开始转变,更多的人开始关注法律是如何运作的,而不是仅仅拘泥于上诉法院的判例和精美的理论。随着社会科学和经验性研究的方法逐步被法学界所接受,法学和法律教育的变革已经开始。