行政复议制度近期可能的改革

现行行政复议制度的施行效果不彰,应当对之进行改革。在改革方向上,宜在保留行政复议范围的同时增强其司法性;在具体方案上,目前可以在复议法所容许的范围内制定行政法规,以增强复议制度的准司法性为重点,增强复议机构的独立性,完善复议程序、复议裁决的作出等程序规定。     

环境法上的公正

环境法的公正具有自己的特征,环境法上存在着区域公正,国际公正,社会公正和代际公正。区域公正是指在相关区域环境权利与义务的分配是否恰当平衡。国际公正涉及国与国之间享有环境的权利和国际环境义务的分担。社会公正要求将环境行为置于社会背景下认识和解决。代际公正要求现实环境问题的解决方案要考虑到下代人的利益。     

刑事政策视野中的司法理念

刑事政策具有追求效率的本性,刑事政策视野中的司法理念应当是有效率的正义。以社会为本位的刑事司法理念重视解决犯罪问题的社会效果,体现了刑事政策的价值目标。刑事司法要关注刑事政策的需要,刑事政策才能借助法律手段来完成自己的使命。     

Contract Damages, Corrective Justice and Punishment

This article re-examines the established principle that contract damages compensate but do not punish from the theoretical perspective of corrective justice and, in particular, the version advocated by Professor Ernest Weinrib. Weinrib argues that corrective justice affirms the traditional view that contract damages should be circumscribed by compensatory functions, and the notion of punitive damages is inconsistent with the structure of corrective justice and hence contractual rights. The correctness of this conclusion depends, however, on what is understood by punishment. This article argues that punishment is not necessarily explicable only as a form of state punishment, but may (adopting the retributive idea of punishment expounded by Jane Hampton) also be understood as a form of correlatively-structured response that redresses the moral injury inflicted by one's conduct on another. If that is the case, punitive damages for breach of contract may be justified even within the framework of corrective justice.     

The Strange Death of Blasphemy

Recent years have witnessed a considerable growth in legislation and litigation concerning religion. This article examines the implications of the latest change, namely the abolition of the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel by section 79 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. First, the article provides the context by examining what has been lost, analysing the ambit of the offence, focussing on litigation in the twentieth century both in domestic courts and at the European Court of Human Rights. Second, the article seeks to explore why blasphemy has been abolished now, scrutinizing five developments that led to the abolition. The article concludes by examining the extent to which the criminal law continues to protect religious beliefs and believers, contending that while the body of the blasphemy laws is dead, its soul lives on in a plethora of other criminal laws and, more problematically, in non‐legal means of control.     

弱势群体民事诉讼保护问题研究——以诉讼公正与诉讼效率为视角

诉讼公正与诉讼效率是一对矛盾。如何正确处理二者之间的关系,在理论界一直是存在争议的。而在弱势群体的诉讼保护方面,衡量诉讼公正与诉讼效率,实现二者价值的最大化,以及社会的和谐健康稳定发展,已经成为一个必须予以高度关注的问题。     

浅议将“宽严相济”引入公安机关治安管理处罚工作

当前,“宽严相济”政策在刑事司法领域已得到广泛运用,公安执法人员在打击刑事犯罪的过程中也已基本树立起该理念,然而,“宽严相济”政策在公安机关的治安管理处罚工作中却鲜有提及。从性质、内容、形式和功能等方面来看,将“宽严相济”引入公安机关的治安管理处罚工作是可行的和必要的,这有助于公安执法人员转变执法观念,提高执法能力,实现治安管理处罚工作的最佳执法效果。     

复和公义的理念及手法应用

基于对传统司法模式的局限性的反思过程中,复和公义作为一种可供选择的重要方式,力图从新的视域分析问题,充分整合多种社会资源,以实现社会关系的有效修复,产生并迅速发展起来。本文联系实际,从其内涵、现状及其趋势等方面着手,介绍复和公义在国外的发展及其理念的应用,并结合中国传统文化领域的相关观念,探究一种有效调整社会关系的全新视角,以期对构建和谐社会有积极的意义。     

保障劳工权益的伦理学分析

公正是人类自身的利益、自身存在和进步的普遍要求；自由是人类的一种基本需要，是每个人创造性潜能的实现和全社会发展进步的最为根本的必要条件，企业给员工的自由越多，员工便越能发挥其创造潜能，为企业的发展做出更多的贡献；关爱员工，增强企业凝聚力，是企业的首要社会责任；对劳动的普遍关怀和尊重，就是尊重他人的价值和权利，维护社会正义。