External Constraints on Local Service Standards: The Case of Comprehensive Performance Assessment in English Local Government

Central government in the UK has introduced performance management regimes that apply rewards and sanctions to local service providers. These regimes assume that organizational performance is attributable to decisions made by local policy-makers rather than circumstances beyond their control. We test this assumption by developing a statistical model of external constraints on service standards and applying this model to the outcomes of comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) in English local government. The results show that CPA scores were significantly influenced by the characteristics – such as social diversity and economic prosperity – of local populations. Thus 'poor' performance is partly attributable to difficult circumstances rather than bad choices.     

论刑事诉讼中实体公正与程序公正之关系

程序公正近年来在我国法学理论界引起很大争论与探讨,就刑事诉讼中实体公正与程序公正之关系,各种观点百家争鸣,而该问题不仅为诉讼理论问题,且关系到诉讼中人权保障、诉讼模式等一系列实质内容,但有些提法抛开法律文化背景与法制现状,一味强调程序优先或过分坚持实体优先,有失偏颇。     

反思医疗纠纷处理中的司法介入

在《医疗事故处理办法》时代,主要由行政机关以此为依据处理医疗纠纷,司法一般不予介入;《医疗事故处理条例》颁布后,司法介入医疗纠纷处理力度不断加大,表现为举证责任的规定,以及处理依据上,主要或全部以《民法通则》处理医疗纠纷,《医疗事故处理条例》已被实际上架空。本文分析了出现此种情形的原因,并指出当前处理机制中存在的不足,并进一步对医疗纠纷的处理提出建议。     

Studying Policing in China: Some personal reflections

Until very recently, little is known about Chinese policing, especially outside of China. This article makes a case for the study of Chinese policing, with a different—context dependent, bottom's up, facts driven—approach. The article is divided into three sections. Section 1 of the paper provides a brief overview of problems and issues with researching into policing in China, with Chinese sources. Section 2 takes issues with studying Chinese policing from a dominant and exclusive western theoretical perspective and argues for the studying policing in China indigenously and empirically, from inside out and bottom's up. The article concludes (Section 3) with some personal reflection of the author as a veteran China police researcher.     

精神权利保护的一种法哲学解释

精神权利最初源于个人主义和浪漫主义对尊重个人创作和个性的要求。德国的先验唯心主义和法国的天赋人权学说从人的主观权利和自然权利的角度论证了这种要求的正当性,并进而涉及到人的主观权利和作者人格的联系。19世纪这种联系扩展到作者和作品之间的一般联系,并被确认为作者身份所因有的最高人格权。但在精神权利制度化的生长过程中,20世纪30年代以降,受实用主义哲学的影响,精神权利呈现弱化和软化处理的趋向,具有一种从纯粹的自然权利蜕化为某种制度安排工具的倾向。从权利制度化的角度看,这种趋向是对市民社会发展变迁的理性反应,对解决版权交易市场中经济权利和精神权利存在的紧张关系具有积极意义。     

浅析传染病病人和传染病疑似病人的人身自由权利

本文通过对传染病病人和传染病疑似病人人身自由权利内涵和外延的分析 ,论证了限制传染病病人和传染病疑似病人人身自由的法律依据。同时 ,本文从制定法的角度评述了传染病病人和传染病疑似病人的法律责任以及对侵害传染病病人和传染病疑似病人人身自由权利的法律救济方式。     

荀子组织理论与现代管理

荀子的组织理论代表了战国末期儒家组织管理理论的最高水平。当我们从现代组织理论的视角去解读荀子组织理论时,会发现它是超越性与局限性的矛盾综合体。本文拟从定职不定员的等级制,弱君强相的礼法之治,夺人之心的组织发展观三方面,对荀子的组织理论加以梳理,以期为现代管理者吸收中国传统管理智慧提供借鉴。