劳工标准的决定：中国的实证分析

本文通过实证分析，认为发展中国家劳工标准的高低，是同其生产力发展水平相一致的。因此，发达国家不能要求发展中国家在现有的生产力水平的基础上提高劳工标准。     

孔子教育理念价值的现代审视

孔子一生从事教育,在教学实践中形成以德主教、智德合一的教育理念体系,最先打破学在官府的教育格局,兴办私学,积累丰富的教学经验,对当前的教育仍具有极大的资源性价值和可借鉴性意义。与此同时,随着时代的发展和社会境遇变动的,孔子教育理念也暴露出自身的思维局限。对孔子教育理念的价值进行现代审视,有助于我们对其做出辩证的评判和合理定位,进而更好地借鉴和传承。     

试论劳动教养制度的改革与完善

劳动教养制度作为我国的一项法律制度，从1955年诞生至今已近有50多年了，它在维护社会稳定，改造轻微犯罪人员等方面起了不可忽视的作用。今天，在建设“法治国”的进程中，人们开始以新的视角来审视它，并进而对涉及这一制度的许多根本性问题提出质疑，这对深化劳教制度的改革乃至推动国家的法制建设无疑具有重要的意义。本文介绍了劳动教养制度的发展现状及存在的问题，并阐述了劳动教养制度改革的趋势。     

试论劳动教养制度的改革与完善

作为我国的一项法律制度,劳动教养制度在维护社会稳定、改造轻微犯罪人员等方面起到了不可忽视的作用。但随着社会的发展和行政权力在相应社会领域里的淡化,劳动教养制度在程序和实体方面都呈现出一些问题,对其进行深度改革已成为必然。     

现代型诉讼中的证明负担减轻——日本的理论研究成果及对我国的启示

现代型诉讼中，由于当事人构造处于实质上的不对等状态，因此负有证明责任的当事人一方往往无从举证。减轻该方当事人证明负担的方法，既有改变证明责任分配框架内的举措，亦不乏自由心证范围内的办法。一系列努力和尝试都反映了当事人程序权保障理念下证明责任制度的没落，证明权概念的上位。     

领导干部对群众利益诉求的应有姿态

伴随着社会利益格局，利益关系的调整，利益矛盾凸现，群众利益诉求表达意义越来越强烈，领导干部应以什么姿态应对群众利益诉求？坚持以马克思主义利益原则为指导，深刻理解科学发展观，理性认知群众利益诉求；真情倾听群众的利益诉求，积极回应群众利益呼声；以为民谋利为己任，以帮民解困为荣悦，以未尽职责而愧疚，把全心全意为人民服务的宗旨落实为人民群众公平公正合理分享社会发展成果的现实，让人民群众满意，让人民群众更加积极地为创造我国社会发展更加辉煌灿烂的明天，贡献最大的潜能和智慧！     

财产权制度的存在基础

民族性、目的性和当代性是民法制度设计的根基,财产权观念不仅是一种单纯的法律确认,同时也是一种伦理升华和哲学判断。财产权制度的产生与流变既是人类理性思维的结果,而且也有其赖以存在的充分的哲学依据,财产权制度的设计和改革必须以效益观念为指导。作者认为伦理基础是财产权制度民族性的体现,哲学基础决定了财产权制度设计的目的,而经济基础则是财产权制度时代性的必然要求。通过对财产权制度存在基础的综合分析,力图在前人已取得的丰硕成果上,重新观察财产和财产权这样一个开放的权利体系,对其做出正本清源的概括和梳理,以期对我国民法典和物权法的制定提供一种带有基础性的研究基点和研究思路。     

现代科技条件下中国传统道德的消解、转化与接纳

现代科技正消解着中国传统道德的基础、宗旨、价值与权威,传统道德的整体性思维向现代科学思维转化,实践主体向人的主体转化,伦理价值向实践价值转化。由于在现代性的冲击下传统道德已失去原有的系统性,因而需要重铸,将现实性与超越性联系起来,在人本、求真、至善的层面寻求现代科技与传统道德的互相接纳。     

What Role for Human Rights in Business?

The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2011, following the six‐year mandate of the Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The SRSG developed a framework comprised of three pillars: (1) States have a duty to protect against human rights abuses committed by third parties, including business enterprises; (2) business enterprises have a responsibility to respect human rights; and (3) victims of business‐related human rights abuses need access to effective remedies. In particular, guiding principle (GP) 11 provides that business enterprises should respect human rights, that is, they should avoid infringing on the human rights of others and address adverse human rights impacts with which they are involved. This article considers the implications of the Guiding Principles' framework for business; the continuing role of conventional accountability mechanisms in providing access to remedy for victims under the third pillar of the framework; and developments in ‘hard law', with a particular focus on the approach by the UK, since the introduction of the UNGPs, before turning, briefly, to the future for business and human rights.     

On prediction in political science

This article discusses recent moves in political science that emphasise predicting future events rather than theoretically explaining past ones or understanding empirical generalisations. Two types of prediction are defined: pragmatic, and scientific. The main aim of political science is explanation, which requires scientific prediction. Scientific prediction does not necessarily entail pragmatic prediction nor does it necessarily refer to the future, though both are desiderata for political science. Pragmatic prediction is not necessarily explanatory, and emphasising pragmatic prediction will lead to disappointment, as it will not always help in understanding how to intervene to change future outcomes, and policy makers are likely to be disappointed by its time-scale.