司法行为模式论——以行为理论为视角

行为模式的差异性决定行为据以发生的权力在属性上的差别,而行为模式的差异性则往往由行为对象所决定。正是司法行为对象的差异性决定了司法行为体系中存在着目的行为、戏剧行为、规范调节行为以及交往行为等不同模式及其相互之间的差异性,而这种行为模式的差异性又决定了作为司法权构成要件的司法解释权、司法审判权、司法监督权与司法调解权等四项子权力在行为模式上的差异性。     

如何提高机动车交通事故责任纠纷案件调解率

目前,机动车交通事故责任纠纷日益增多,交通事故受害人因种种原因不能得到救助。为此,笔者以辽宁省某市交通事故处理方式为研究对象,探讨了交通事故理赔过程中存在的问题及原因,并从审判的视角提出建议和对策,以期能够引起关注,对进一步搞好涉及保险公司机动车交通事故赔偿纠纷的调解工作。     

我国大调解制度的问题及对策

大调解制度的建立,有利于分流人民法院的诉讼压力,从而使法院能够集中精力处理真正需要通过诉讼方式解决的争端。同时,针对我国大调解制度存在的问题,我们应当首先对大调解进行准确定位,即将其定位于替代性纠纷解决机制的一种,并从机构组织、效力确定等方面、完善我国的大调解制度。     

促进企业劳动争议调解工作规范化和制度化的调查与思考

近期肥矿集团公司工会对全公司劳动争议调解工作情况进行了调研,对劳动争议组织建设、工作机制、工作情况、存在问题进行了全面掌握和分析。为进一步推进矿区劳动争议预防和调处工作的制度化、规范化,促进矿区的发展和和谐稳定,就必须进一步提高对劳动争议调解组织地位和作用的认识,不断加强劳动劳动争议调解组织建设和制度建设,切实履行劳动争议调解组织的职能,充分发挥劳动争议调解组织的作用,全面推进矿区劳动争议预防和调处工作向纵深发展。     

人民调解制度的创新与发展

进入21世纪以后,我国人民调解无论在立法上,还是在实务中,都出现了比较大的创新,人民调解组织不再局限于村委会和居委会的人民调解委员会;人民调解员不再局限于村民委员会成员、居民委员会成员及群众选举产生的公民;人民调解协议具有合同效力;人民调解与诉讼（司法）实现了有效衔接与对接。在调解全球化的趋势下,要保持我国人民调解的活力,并发挥更大的作用,有必要进一步明确人民调解在我国纠纷解决体系中的地位,更好地处理好人民调解与诉讼的关系,深刻把握人民调解的正当性基础,严格规范人民调解员的行为。     

现代英国家事案件审判体制的变迁及其启示

英国家事案件审判体制的变革顺应了社会发展,反映了民众呼声,从最初由宗教法院审理离婚案件发展到20世纪末建立完整的三级家事案件审判体制,即家事程序法院——治安法院中由家庭问题专家开庭审理案件;郡法院;高等法院家事法庭。英国家事案件审判体制变迁的司法理念包括建立专门的家事法庭;设立专门的保护儿童权利的机构;重视和解和调解工作。对我国未来司法体系变革的启示是：建立专门的家事合议庭;建立配套的儿童保护机构;完善家事纠纷中的法院调解。     

Rights in Criminal Law in the Light of a Will Theory

The will theory of rights has so far been considered incapable of capturing individual rights under criminal law. Adherents of the will theory, therefore, have defended the claim that criminal law does not assign rights to individuals. In this article I argue first, that criminal law does assign individual rights and second, that the will theory of rights may enhance our understanding of these rights. The two major implications of the account are: a volenti non fit iniuria principle for criminal law, and a theoretical framework for an idea of punishment as restitution.     

The patterns and prevalence of mass murder in twentieth-century America

Even though previous research has not examined mass murder prior to 1965, scholars have asserted that the mid-1960s marked the onset of an unprecedented and ever-growing mass murder wave. Using news accounts and the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) as sources of data, this study analyzes 909 mass killings that took place between 1900 and 1999. Although the mid-1960s marked the beginning of a mass murder wave, it was not unprecedented, because mass killings were nearly as common during the 1920s and 1930s. The results also show that familicides, the modal mass murder over the last several decades, were even more prevalent before the 1970s. Moreover, mass killers were older, more suicidal, and less likely to use guns in the first two-thirds of the 20th century. Although some have claimed that workplace massacres represent a new “strain” in mass murder, the findings suggest that the only new type of mass killing that emerged during the 20th century was the drug-related massacre.     

In Times of Crisis: The Conditions of Pocketbook Effects

When and how will personal financial (aka “pocketbook”) concerns drive citizens’ political decisions? Scholars remain puzzled by the mismatch between the expectation that pocketbook voting should occur and the reality that, according to most findings, it usually does not. Using original survey data collected immediately after Iceland’s second “Icesave” referendum (2011), I first report the results of an embedded experiment that successfully evokes greater pocketbook concern. Next, I analyze the determinants of retrospective pocketbook evaluations, showing that priming effects are conditioned by political sophistication such that high sophisticates are among the most likely to report negative economic assessments. I then turn to the consequences of these egocentric views for government approval. Mediation analysis confirms a significant indirect effect, suggesting that subjective pocketbook evaluations exert a strong influence on political attitudes that has been hidden in prior work. Results illuminate the contextual, cognitive, and causal circumstances under which pocketbook effects transpire and suggest new ways in which self-interest might matter for attitudes toward international political economy issues.     

Hearing parties' voices in Coordinated Family Dispute Resolution (CFDR): An Australian pilot of a family mediation model designed for matters involving a history of domestic violence

This paper discusses the Coordinated Family Dispute Resolution (family mediation) process piloted in Australia in 2010–2012. This process was evaluated by the Australian Institute of Family Studies as being ‘at the cutting edge of family law practice’ because it involves the conscious application of mediation where there has been a history of family violence, in a clinically collaborative multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting. The Australian government's failure to invest resources in the ongoing funding of this model jeopardises the safety and efficacy of family dispute resolution practice in family violence contexts, and compromises the hearing of the voices of family violence victims and their children.