Beyond 'Do No Harm': The Challenge of Constructing Ethical Relationships in Refugee Research

This paper highlights some of the central ethical challengesinvolved in undertaking social science research with refugeesin conflict and crisis situations. It focuses on two main setsof challenges: first, the difficulties of constructing an ethicalconsent process and obtaining genuinely informed consent; andsecond, taking fully into account and responding to refugeeparticipants' capacities for autonomy. The authors also discussthe challenges involved in applying the central normative principlesgoverning ethics review processes—the principles of beneficence,integrity, respect for persons, autonomy and justice—tothe context of refugee research. It is argued that researchersshould seek ways to move beyond harm minimization as a standardfor ethical research and recognize an obligation to design andconduct research projects that aim to bring about reciprocalbenefits for refugee participants and/or communities. Some ofthe methodological issues raised by this analysis are discussedin the conclusion.     

Justice,Fairness, and World Ownership

It is a central tenet of most contemporarytheories of justice that the badly-off have aright to some of the resources of the well-off.In this paper, I take as my starting point twoprinciples of justice, to wit, the principle ofsufficiency, whereby individuals have a rightto the material resources they need in order tolead a decent life, and the principle ofautonomy, whereby once everybody has such alife, individuals should be allowed to pursuetheir conception of the good, and to enjoy thefruits of their labour in pursuit of suchconception. I also endorse the value offairness, whereby the right person orinstitution makes the decision as to whether tobring about justice.I show that justice and fairness can besatisfied only if we all enjoy a combination ofprivate and collective rights over the world.In making that case, I shall argue that the setof ownership rights I advocate differs fromreadily available conceptions of restrictedprivate ownership in two important respects.First, it is such that in some circumstances,two individuals or more can have control rightsover the same property at the same time, not,as is standardly the case in legal systems, bycontracting with one another (through gifts andjoint purchase), but simply on grounds ofjustice. Second, it allows that, if necessary,property-owners be expropriated from theirproperty without compensation.     

银行法中的私人自治原则与国家监管

银行法应当区分为银行私法和银行公法,私人自治是其中的基本原则,银行法许多规范都表现了私人自治原则。通常所提及的国家监管原则只不过是私人自治原则的补充。     

论担保物权期间的效力

新出台的《担保法》解释基于物权法定主义规定当事人约定的担保期间无效。物权法虽以物权法定主义原则作基石却亦有意思自治之空间 ,物权法定主义仅指物权的种类和内容由法律规定 ,当事人不得自由创设 ,于此之外 ,应为当事人自治之领域 ,担保期间的约定就属当事人自治之范畴。承认当事人约定的担保物权期间的效力能够提高担保的信用 ,更好的发挥担保制度的立法功能 ,同时也能使当事人充分实现意思自治 ,体现民法的私法本质。故此 ,立法应当承认当事人约定的担保物权期间的效力。     

论民族区域自治在云南实践的成就与经验

民族区域自治是解决中国民族问题的基本政策.本文深入探讨了其在云南实践和发展中取得的成就,并据此分析了民族区域自治在云南实践的基本经验.     

村民委员会组织法的缺陷及其完善

:村民自治是建设有中国特色社会主义民主政治的伟大实践。作为村民自治规范化、制度化法律依据的村民委员会组织法 ,在“两委”关系界定、乡镇干预村民自治应承担的法律责任、村民大会机构的设立、村干部职务终身制的废除等主要方面存在明显的缺陷 ,这些缺陷制约着村民自治的深入和农村民主政治的发展 ,亟需在实践中不断完善     

塘沽模式:将社会性别意识纳入村民自治主流--对"提高农村妇女当选村委会成员比例政策创新示范项目"的观察与思考

国家民政部基层政权和社区建设司农村处在天津市塘沽区实施的“提高农村妇女当选村委会成员比例政策创新示范项目”(2003年6月-2004年6月)探索将社会性别意识纳入村民自治主流,即通过政策的推动改善农村妇女民主参与路径,推出了一个由政府主导、以政策干预为手段、联合社会各界共同推动农村妇女参与村民自治进程的塘沽模式。本文研究和评估了该项目的典范意义、发现和产出、推广价值以及存在的不足,提出了可持续发展的建议。     

劳动人权与法律规范下的劳动自治

劳动人权是人权的重要内容之一,每个人都享有与生俱来的劳动权利。应当平等保障所有劳动者的劳动人权,以体现劳动价值。在此法律规范下,劳动自治作为意思自治在劳动关系领域的反映,体现了劳动权的契约自由。应允许符合劳动伦理的劳动力自由交易行为。国家应在国际劳工标准基础上,建立与社会物质生活条件相适应的劳动年龄制度,顾及未成年人和退休人员的劳动需求。法律对劳动权利应当保护性限制,而非限制性保护。     

论工会组织参与民事诉讼的理论支点与制度构建

现代诉讼理论早已抛弃严格的实体当事人概念,认为诉权和实体权利可以分离,这为工会组织基于职工利益参与民事诉讼奠定了理论基础。工会组织对自体权益受损以及职工的集体利益受损的案件具有诉讼利益,可以作为民事诉讼程序的当事人。对于职工个体利益受损的诉讼,工会组织则不具有诉讼利益,而应该以诉讼协助者的身份出现。在我国,由于工会自治性欠缺等原因,工会组织很少参与民事诉讼。解决这一问题的关键在于采取措施加强工会建设,提高工会组织的维权能力。     

比较法视野下的劳动者集体争议行动之法律规制

利益调整所引发的集体争议行动是市场经济背景下劳资争议的重要型态。基于劳资自治的保障需求,大多市场经济国家(地区)对劳动者集体争议行动这种侵权行为予以有限制的法律保护。我国因加薪所引发的集体停工频发,凸显了法律对集体争议行动失范及其法律秩序重构的必要。借鉴国外立法例,结合国情,我国宜采取消极立法模式,通过特殊的法律责任豁免制度和特殊的劳资利益争议处理程序,以规范劳动者集体争议行动。