我国相对不起诉的性质与适用

相对不起诉是指检察机关对犯罪情节轻微,依照刑法不需要判处刑罚或者免除刑罚的犯罪嫌疑人,依法作出不起诉决定。相对不起诉既是检察机关的权力,也是义务。我国的相对不起诉属于有罪认定,但只是控方为提前终止刑事诉讼的便宜行事,不具有终局裁判性质。相对不起诉在实践中适用比例偏低,是同我国现行司法体制直接相关的。     

经济转型期的政府职能与土地市场发育

土地市场的发育和繁荣与政府所提供的制度规则与激励是分不开的。但由于经济转型期政府职能的“缺位”与“错位”等问题使土地市场的发育仍然存在许多不足。对经济转型期政府在土地市场发育中的职能缺乏规范的分析,对政府在土地市场发育中的职能认识不清是产生上述问题的原因。经济转型期政府职能定位不同于成熟的市场经济国家,对市场的培育非常重要。因此,政府应该在明晰土地权利、培育竞争主体、维护土地市场竞争秩序等方面发挥作用;同时,实施有效的公共政策供给以调控土地市场,从而维护土地市场的良性发育。     

On the Nature of Tolerance: Dichotomous or Continuous?*

The purpose of this article is to reconsider the claim made recently by Mondak and Sanders that political tolerance ought to be thought to be a dichotomous rather than continuous variable. Using data from both Russia and the United States, I demonstrate that those Mondak and Sanders regard as uniquely tolerant are most likely no more than people who were given insufficient opportunity to express their intolerance. Even if such a phenomenon of “absolute tolerance” exists (all ideas expressed in all ways are to be tolerated), it is sufficiently rare that few practical implications are indicated for those doing empirical work on political tolerance and intolerance. * I appreciate the valuable comments of Jeffcry Mondak on an earlier version of this paper.     

高校学科专业建设：问题与改进措施

学科专业建设在学校建设和发展过程中具有至关重要的基础性地位和核心作用。在我国高等教育快速发展形势下,部分高校学科专业建设工作还不同程度地存在规划不够科学、结构不够合理、优势不够突出等问题,以致严重影响和制约着教育教学质量的稳定和提高乃至高等教育的健康发展。为此,应当树立科学合理的学科专业建设指导思想,采取有效措施加强和改善高校学科专业建设工作。     

阿姆斯特丹佛光山荷华寺初探

2000年正式开山的阿姆斯特丹佛光山荷华寺,是佛光山在欧洲第一座中国传统寺院建筑,也是目前欧洲地区最大、最具规模的华人佛教庙宇。荷华寺积极推广佛教,服务当地的佛教信徒,也积极推动华裔新生代青少年的社会服务工作。该寺也积极参与当地主流社会的公益活动,促使荷兰人对佛教的兴趣与日俱增。荷华寺注重践行星云法师提出的国际化,尤其注重自身的本土化。荷华寺既是当地政府支持并加以资助的旅游景点,也是多元文化交流的场所。它成为了在荷兰、在欧洲传播中华传统文化的重要基地,也成为了中西文化交流的重要平台。     

Economic Threats or Societal Turmoil? Understanding Preferences for Authoritarian Political Systems

Why do some individuals prefer to be governed in an authoritarian political system? One intuitive answer is that citizens prefer authoritarian rule when the economy and society are in turmoil. These are common explanations for democratic backsliding, and the emergence and success of authoritarian leaders in the twentieth century. Which of these explanations better explains preferences for authoritarian rule? Both types of threat coincide in small samples and high-profile cases, creating inferential problems. I address this by using three waves of World Values Survey data to look at individual-level preferences for different forms of authoritarian government. Using multiple macroeconomic and societal indicators, I find that economic threats, especially increasing income inequality, better explain preferences for authoritarian government. I conclude with implications for understanding the emergence of support for authoritarianism in fledgling democracies.     

Robert Tollison and operationalizing public choice

In this tribute to Robert Tollison, I will outline his contributions to the development of public choice. I focus on Tollison’s work on rent-seeking, the political economy of reform, and the rules level of analysis in sports economics. Throughout his career, Tollison brilliantly figured out ways to take insights from price theory and public choice theory and operationalize them using multiple methods of empirical analysis, including historical interpretation and statistical testing.