Political Embeddedness and its Impact on Chinese Lawyers’ Practices in Criminal Defense Cases

Based on survey data of 348 lawyers in Fujian, this study empirically tests how lawyers' political embeddedness (i.e., lawyers' bureaucratic, instrumental, and/or affective ties to the courts and prosecutors) has impacted upon their defense practices in criminal trials and their pursuit of liberal values. Our data reveal that politically embedded lawyers report more (not fewer) difficulties in practice (e.g., in requesting witness testimony in court, requesting new evidence, and requesting new evaluations and investigations of the case). Clients are more satisfied with representation by politically non-embedded lawyers than lawyers who are embedded. Using statistical evidence, this paper analyzes potential reasons and draws out the implications.     

传销违法犯罪的认识和对策

当前我国传销具有明显的“拉人头”交“入门费”等欺诈性特征,具有违法性。传销是一种“经济邪教”,具有一定的社会危害性。传销组织内部结构严密,行动隐蔽,具有一定的反侦查能力。目前查处打击传销的法律法规还不完善,要在进一步加大宣传和打击力度的基础上,尽快完善打击传销法律法规。     

三峡移民社会治安问题探析

三峡移民社会治安问题发生的原因是多方面的,既有政府有关部门工作不到位的原因,也有移民自身的原因。要从根本上解决移民的社会治安问题,不能就治安谈治安,必须立足长远,努力从源头上消除移民的不稳定因素。     

Pinpoint authentication watermarking based on a chaotic system

Watermarking technique is one of the active research fields in recent ten years, which can be used in copyright management, content authentication, and so on. For the authentication watermarking, tamper localization and detection accuracy are two important performances. However, most methods in literature cannot obtain precise localization. In addition, few researchers pay attention to the problem of detection accuracy. In this paper, a pinpoint authentication watermarking is proposed based on a chaotic system, which is sensitive to the initial value. The approach can not only exactly localize the malicious manipulations but reveal block substitutions when Holliman-Memon attack (VQ attack) occurs. An image is partitioned into non-overlapped regions according to the requirement on precision. In each region, a chaotic model is iteratively applied to produce the chaotic sequences based on the initial values, which are determined by combining the prominent luminance values of pixels, position information and an image key. Subsequently, an authentication watermark is constructed using the binary chaotic sequences and embedded in the embedding space. At the receiver, a detector extracts the watermark and localizes the tampered regions without access to the host image or the original watermark. The precision of spatial localization can attain to one pixel, which is valuable to the images observed at non-ordinary distance, such as medical images and military images. The detection accuracy rate is defined and analyzed to present the probability of a detector making right decisions. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and advantages of our algorithm.     

Toward a clean government in China: does the budget reform provide a hope?

Fighting corruption has proven to be a difficult task in many countries. In this paper, using China as a case study, we argue that a properly designed budgetary institution helps remove many institutional incentives and opportunities for corruption in financial management and regulatory activities of the government. As a result of recent budget reforms, China’s anticorruption effort has shifted from its earlier emphasis on exhortation and periodic crackdowns, which have been found to be ineffective, to the more fundamental issues of institutional incentives and opportunities for corruption. We propose that one consequence of the budget reform is the hope that China’s effort to create a clean government will be advanced. However, there is still a long way to go since it will take time for the new budgetary system to be institutionalized. This study is supported by Sun Yat-sen University 982–2 International Exchange Fund. The authors wish to thank Professor Ting Gong, Professor Stephen Ma, and Dr. Alfred Ho for their assistance and suggestions in editing and refining this essay. We are also grateful to Dr. Oliver M. Rui for his valuable comments. Lastly, we want to thank Dr. Andrew Wedeman for sending us his paper for reference.

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刑事附带民事诉讼的法理分析与制度重构——以诉权理论为分析工具

诉权本身具有宪法权利属性,刑事诉权也不例外。刑事附带民事诉讼的本质是一种民事诉讼,它具有四面立体结构关系。我国刑事附带民事诉讼制度在实然层面有诸多程序性缺陷,需要对其程序架构进行重新检讨,以确立应然的价值目标,在此基础上都确定制度改革的基本方向和原则。同时在基本原则指导下需要从关照被害人利益保护的角度对现行制度进行完善。     

清末巡警部创建的历史考察

20世纪初期,处在风雨飘摇之中的清政府进行了一场旨在维护其统治的"新政"改良运动,改革警政便是其内容之一,并于1905年成立了中国历史上第一个中央警务机关——巡警部,以指导全国的警政建设,这在一定程度上推动了中国警政近代化。     

重大公共卫生事件中公众参与联防联控的路径研究

面对新冠疫情等重大公共卫生事件,公众参与联防联控极为必要,构建科学高效的联防联控机制是提升特殊情形下社会治理效能的重要内容。当前,公众在参与重大公共卫生事件的联防联控中主要存在参与动力不足、参与路径不畅、参与形式单一、权责明晰度不足、组织化程度偏低、公众情绪不稳等现实困境。政府应立足我国公众参与现状,加强宣传教育,鼓励公众积极参与;完善法定机制,畅通公众参与路径;拓宽参与渠道,加强资源整合分配;正视公众作用,明确公众权利和责任;提高组织化水平,健全与政府间的沟通机制;重视公众心理危机,把握公众参与的心态。     

耕地资源流失中的地方政府行为研究

耕地资源是人类生存和社会发展的基础,最近几年我国耕地面积急速下降,粮食减产惊人,给国家的粮食安全带来了诸多隐患.更为严峻的是,极其有限的耕地资源不仅没有得到有效的保护,反而还在继续大量地流失.从行政管理的视角看,我国地方政府及其官员的利益追求、政府寻租、违法征地等土地违法行为是导致耕地资源大量流失的重要原因.因此,探析耕地资源流失中的地方政府行为,分析其对我国耕地资源流失的影响,寻求防治耕地资源流失的有效对策,具有十分重要的理论价值和现实意义.     

当代社会主义的理论与实践随想

当代社会主义的理论与实践包括既有联系又有区别的两个方面的内容:一是马克思、恩格斯创立的科学社会主义理及其指导下的国际共产主义运动;二是符合特定国家国情的、具有特定国家特色的、作为特定国家的现代化模式的社会主义理论与实践.由于种种可以理解的原因,两者被有意无意地完全混同了起来.但是,准确揭示两者的区别与联系,却是我们有可能对正在进行中的社会主义经济和政治体制改革作出客观而恰如其分的评价的前提.