死刑废除论的误区

死刑废除论已经成为中国当代刑法学界的主流意识.流行的观点不一定就是颠扑不破的真理.死刑废除论这座炫目的大厦竟然矗立在薄冰之上,其理论基础存在许多误区.     

英国星室法院存废年代考

关于英国星室法院的存废年代 ,不论是中文还是英文的文献资料 ,均存在相互抵牾之处。比较研究这些资料 ,从而得出真实的存废年代 ,对于正确理解英国法治的历史 ,以及对于学术的进步 ,都是必要的。在繁杂的文献资料中 ,关于英国星室法院的建立时间 ,有 1487年说 ,16世纪说等等 ;关于该法院的废除时间 ,则有 16 4 0年废除说和 16 4 1年废除说两种观点。从较具权威的英国法律史文献和历史事实的分析来看 ,英国星室法院的建立时间是 1487年 ,废除时间应该是 16 4 1年     

对嫖宿幼女罪存废的法理思考——以维护幼女合法权益为视角

随着习水8·15案件的发生。对“嫖宿幼女罪”罪名存废的争议再次引起社会的关注，从维护幼女合法权益的视角．应将保护幼女身心健康作为选择嫖宿幼女罪存废的最高价值目标，并基于此价值导向废止嫖宿幼女罪的罪名，而统一归入《刑法》第236条所规定的强奸罪。     

Racial capitalism and punishment philosophy and practices: what really stands in the way of prison abolition

This paper explores punishment philosophy and practices in the United States from a critical criminological perspective, utilizing a racial capitalism framework to illustrate forces that impede prison abolition. The paper examines historic and contemporary punishments implemented against ‘others’ to show how such practices help to sustain white capital accumulation and white privilege. The paper also discusses a number of the individual social-psychological theories that assist in the maintenance of that system. Finally, the paper calls for the eradication of racial capitalism through a stronger revolutionary consciousness.     

论我国死刑制度立法理念及其完善

本文首先介绍了死刑制度及其历史沿革,通过死刑存废之争,以及各国立法例的探讨及法律发展,指出中国现阶段不宜废除死刑,但应通过立法、司法等限制,严格控制死刑的适用范围,并对中国刑事法的发展提出立法预测———中国刑事法人道化。     

论前科消灭制度的正当性根据

前科消灭制度的存置具有深厚的理论根基与正当性根据。从人性的维度来考量,前科消灭制度是人性的可变性与发展性以及具体性与社会性相统一的必然要求;用哲理的眼光来审视,辩证唯物主义、唯物辩证法和历史唯物主义都为前科消灭制度的存置奠定了理论上的支撑;从法理的立场来观照,前科消灭制度乃是公正性与功利性的题中应有之义;以刑理的视角来省察,报应与预防亦为前科消灭制度的存置提供了证成的理由。     

乡镇机构改革中若干问题的思考

取消农业税後，中国各地正紧锣密鼓地进行乡镇机构改革试点，大规模的改革已箭在弦上。本文对乡镇机构改革试点中出现的一些问题，如政府责任、机构对应、交叉任职、公共物品供给、经济职能、乡村撤并、社会稳定以及上级政府的呼应性改革等进行了讨论。     

谈确定检察机关对渎职罪“原案”拥有管辖权的必要性

渎职罪“原案”是查处渎职罪的前提和基础,没有“原案”也就无所谓有渎职罪的存在,“原案”的存在与否,对检察机关启动法律程序对国家机关工作人员的渎职犯罪行为进行检察有至关重要的作用。但《刑诉法》修改后,检察机关对查处渎职罪案件涉及的其它刑事案件即“原案”没有管辖权,使检察机关在查处渎职侵权案件工作中遇到了前所未有的困难,从检察机关法律监督职能看,应赋予检察机关对渎职罪“原案”的管辖权。检察机关的法律监督职能是通过行使多种具体的检察权来实现的,对国家机关工作人员渎职犯罪行为行使侦查权是行使法律监督职能的一种具体体现,为了充分实现这种职能,法律应赋予检察机关在查处渎职罪过程中涉及到的相关刑事案件可以行使侦查权,赋予检察机关对渎职罪“原案”的管辖权是从程序上保证检察机关查处渎职犯罪,履行好国家法律监督职能的必要手段。     

Prison Decayed: Cinematic Penal Discourse and Populism 1995–2005

The increased populist and punitive turn in criminal justice policy in the United Kingdom over recent years has led to punishment becoming politicised, harsher and more ostentatious. The role of media and popular culture discourses of prison is rarely examined in this account. Adopting a Foucauldian discourse analysis of prison films released over the past 10 years, this article explores the prison film as one important element of the discursive regime. It seeks to investigate what representational practices are at work, how they limit the meaning of prison and prisoners, and how this may contribute to debates about the nature and aim of prison in contemporary society. It argues that several discursive practices exist in cinematic representations of the incarceration that strengthen support for the use of prison. The explicit and recurring depiction of violence in most prison films over the past 10 years, while appearing to offer evidence for prison reform, does the opposite. This paper suggests that discourses around the futility and inhumanity of incarceration are scant, replaced by scenes of prison violence; rape and death appear, which appear to exist purely for the pleasure of the spectator: a generic feature of the prison film. Secondly, prisoners are largely constructed as an inhuman other: a danger to society and deserving of harsh punishment. Consequently, the discursive regime of prison in cinema over the past decade constructs prison as not only necessary, but as the only process for crime control and reduction.