寻租理论与我国的律师收费制度改革

寻租理论对于律师收费改革中的某些消极现象有着较强的解释能力。律师服务收费办法的制定与政府指导价标准的设立是政府对市场调节的一种行政干预,不可避免地导致寻租机会和寻租活动。正确界定政府在法律服务市场中的角色和作用,使其在充分发挥积极作用的同时有效地避免寻租现象的产生,已成为律师收费制度改革的当务之急。     

执行程序中船舶价款的分配

按照法律规定的船舶价款分配程序,探讨分配过程中可能出现的一些实务问题,如债权登记与受偿程序和执行中的参与分配程序的比较,债权登记的范围、期限与形式,债权分配的顺位等。     

孝、心安与法院判决中的“精神赡养”

传统社会中的孝包含养和敬两方面内容。现代社会,法律主要通过关于赡养费的规定来实现养的部分。近几年法院试图通过判决子女的探望义务,即精神赡养来实现敬的内容。但精神赡养离传统中的敬还有一段距离,因为孝的实现必须有相关制度加以保证。传统社会中,孝具有较强的政治色彩,不仅有礼作为制度化的表现,而且有法为其提供赖以存在的条件。礼和法不仅实现了孝中的养,而且促成了孝中的敬。在不具备这些条件的情况下,精神赡养并不能真正实现孝所要求的敬的内容。     

What voters want from their parties: Testing the promise-keeping assumption

How should party governments make representative democracy? Much of the democracy representation literature assumes that voters prefer parties to fulfill the promises of their election campaigns, with higher preference for promise-keeping placed on the party a voter supports. That voters agree with these assumptions, however, remains largely unclear and this is the main hypothesis of this article. Within the context of Australia, this article investigates voter preferences regarding three ideal party representative styles: promise-keeping, focus on public opinion, and seeking the common good. Furthermore, it tests whether voters prefer their party – over other parties – to keep their promises. Based on novel and innovative survey data, this study finds that, generally, voters care least about parties keeping their promises and their preferences are unaffected by their party support. These results, if confirmed in other contexts, not only challenge the primacy of promise-keeping, but also the assumed ubiquitous party effect.     

Why do “teeth” need “voice”? The case of anti‐corruption agencies in three Australian states

Interactions between horizontal accountability agencies (e.g., anti‐corruption agencies [ACAs]) and social accountability actors (e.g., journalists, civil society activists, and complainants/whistleblowers) are recognized as important to horizontal agencies’ performance, but the reason(s) is not clear. This study therefore explores why horizontal accountability agencies need social accountability actors in performing their functions. The study analyses data from 30 key stakeholders in Australia, including ACAs staff members, social accountability actors, and other observers to report on the specific support roles social actors play to ACAs’ activities and operations. Through the conceptual lens of social accountability, evidence show that social actors play four key types of support roles to ACAs’ activities and operations: activate ACAs’ investigations; “amplify” ACAs’ operations; guard ACAs’ activities and operations; and defend ACAs’ independence and powers. These findings support the need for interactions and, also, affirm the potential for research into how these support roles can better be provided for effective anti‐corruption outcomes. The research is of value to public accountability agencies in Australia, and internationally.     

海警重大安保行动保障问题研究

随着海警遂行海上重大安保任务的增加,对安保行动保障勤务的要求越来越高。现今,海警对重大安保行动保障的研究还处于起步阶段。研究海警重大安保行动保障勤务的意义和特点,分析重大安保行动保障勤务存在的问题,提出相应解决的对策,具有十分重要的意义。     

外部性视野下我国价格听证制度的完善

由于《价格法》和《政府制定价格听证办法》对价格听证的规定比较粗略，消费者的知情权、参与权、表达权、救济权等得不到真正实现，政府、企业的程序义务、违反义务等得不到真正落实，导致在政府、企业、消费者的利益三角中消费者处于弱势地位，使得消费者权益受到侵害，从而遭受负外部性。价格听证中的外部性的经济法克服需要：其一，赋予消费者相应的权利并保证其实现；其二，赋予经营者相应义务并保证其实现；其三，赋予政府相应职责并保证其实现。     

通货紧缩对我国经济发展的制约分析

通货紧缩是困扰我国经济发展的一个重要问题 ,其对经济发展产生了不良影响。投资需求、消费需求、出口需求的不平衡是形成通货紧缩的重要原因 ,治理通货紧缩应从优化投资、扩大消费需求、增加出口等方面入手。     

金融支持战略性新兴产业发展的现状及途径探索

金融作为现代经济发展的核心,在战略性新兴产业的培育、发展与升级过程中起着基础性的核心支持作用。发达的金融体系和良好的金融环境是战略性新兴产业快速成长的重要保障。该文认为,大力发展战略性新兴产业,必须有效破解融资困境,实现战略性新兴产业与金融发展的良性互动,并建立和完善战略性新兴产业发展的金融支持体系,加快战略性新兴产业与金融融合的步伐,施行必要的金融支持政策。     

Agrarian structure,foreign investment in land,and land prices in Brazil

The recent global rush for farmland in Latin America has produced a dramatic increase in the level of foreign investment in land in Brazil. The current trend accentuates the ongoing process of foreignization of agriculture associated with the production of grains, sugar, ethanol and other commodities, increasing land prices. In response, the Brazilian government reestablished a legal mechanism for ‘controlling’ land-based foreign investment which has proven neither efficient nor effective in solving land concentration. This paper examines this issue by analyzing the causes of the increase in investment as well as the consequences of this process with respect to land prices, critically situating land-based investments and the government's policy response in a broader discussion of the demands of agrarian social movements.