废除南京国民政府"六法全书"之思考

废除南京国民政府"六法全书"在当时是必然的,这是由共产党人的法律观、马克思主义的国家观以及中国传统法律文化等方面的原因决定的."六法全书"的废除,对新中国法制建设产生了深远的影响,既有正面的经验,也有反面的教训.其最大危害就是中断了中国法制现代化的历史进程,强化了中国社会蔑视法律的民族传统心理,为新中国政策治国、以党代政、以党治国开了方便之门.     

按照“三个代表”要求 加强干部思想理论教育

党在思想理论上的提高,是党和国家事业不断发展的思想保证,按照"三个代表"要求加强干部思想理论教育,就是要使广大干部深刻把握"三个代表"重要思想的实质要求,抓好"理论基础"、"世界眼光"、党性修养的教育,同时加强干部教育队伍的自身建设。     

The Serbian Opposition and Civil Society: Roots of the Delayed Transition in Serbia

The article discusses the reasons for the ten-year delay in the democratic transition in Serbia, focusing in particular on opposition parties and civil society. It argues that the policy of opposition parties was partly responsible for the failure of an earlier fall of the Miloevic regime. While civil society has been similarly weak and divided, the article details how a number of NGOs proved to be crucial in the coordinated campaign which lead to the overthrow of the Miloevic regime in October 2000.     

无独立请求权第三人的诉讼角色定位

我国民事诉讼中的无独立请求权第三人是指对他人之间争议的诉讼标的不享有独立的实体权利,但案件的处理结果与其有法律上利害关系的诉讼当事人。为维护自己民事权益,第三人可申请参加诉讼或由法院通知其参加诉讼。法院依据相关实体法规定可裁决无独立请求权的第三人承担民事责任。我国的无独立请求权第三人制度在立法上存在着难以回避的矛盾,建议以诉的理论为基础,以“准独立第三人”和“辅助参加人”概念代替“无独立请求权第三人”概念,重构无独立请求权第三人制度。     

从现实出发稳步推进党内民主建设

发展党内民主是党建的目标之一,也是中国政治体制改革的突破口。推行党内民主具有理论的现实性,同时也存在着与实际相冲突的地方。要充分估计现实中的不利因素和存在的问题,科学理解和处理好党内民主与"四个服从"、民主集中制的关系,加强党内民主的制度建设,创造良好的社会政治环境,从而使党内民主建设稳步健康发展。     

间接受害人制度初探

间接受害人的直接用语出现在司法实践中,立法上不甚明确.间接受害人享有赔偿请求权的理由是抚养丧失,其受害和侵权行为之间具有间接因果关系.间接受害人应由现实利益的受害人和机会的受害人构成.加害人对间接受害人赔偿的计算标准,应是直接受害人生前或伤前的抚养能力和受害人的实际需要,赔偿的项目应规定为"抚养费"而不是"生活费".     

试论"三个代表"对马克思主义政党理论的运用与发展

"三个代表"的重要思想,揭示了党的阶级性和先进性的内在统一关系,对党的先进性作出了新的更加完整的概括,提出了以开放的姿态建设党的全新思路,为党的建设理论的突破和创新奠定了重要的思想基础.     

The Future of the European “Social Model” in the Global Economy

This article examines the prospects for European welfare states in the context of globalization. It begins with a critical review of the globalization arguments. While there is some evidence that external constraints make life harder for policymakers seeking positive-sum outcomes, it is the combination of national debt and spending limits, plus domestic tax resistance, that really count in making expenditure-based social and employment policies more difficult in certain countries. In understanding the constraints and opportunities that will shape Europe's welfare future, globalization—crudely understood—is therefore much less influential than many suppose. While EMU has radically diminished national autonomy in exchange rate, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, there are also beneficial consequences for social policy and broader economic management. On the employment and social policy side, initiatives required to match greater flexibility with sustained security are now at the top of the EU agenda, and mechanisms for diffusing best practice across Europe are being put in place. Within this framework, European welfare states must place more emphasis on dynamic equality, being primarily attentive to the worst off, more hospitable to incentive-generating differentiation, and actively vigilant with regard to the openness of opportunity structures.     

Towards a Jurisprudence of Emergency: Colonialism and the Rule of Law

This article revisits an infamous incident in colonial India -- the Amritsar massacre of 1919 -- in order to explore larger questions of the place of martial law and emergency in jurisprudence. By focusing on modes of power in the colonial realm, and the productive role of the colonies in the conception of modern law, it tests the claims of a rule of law and declarations of emergency. The argument tries to show how these two terms are, in fact, relational in theories of colonial discourse and of legal positivism. As such, it reads H.L.A. Hart’s, The Concept of Law and instances from the colonial archive against one another. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Getting Out of Debt: Garnishment of Wage in Whose Interest?

Garnishment of wage as a way for creditors to enforce payment by unwilling or insolvent debtors, while very common in Germany and Switzerland, is not very successful. Based on a dynamic model of debtor behaviour, this paper explores two alternatives of reform. One is to reduce the rate of garnishment, which at present amounts to 100 percent of the wage income exceeding a defined subsistence level, thus probably destroying incentives to work. According to model simulations, reducing the rate of garnishment is likely to result in an increase of labour supply but a decrease of garnishment revenue per period. Second, the introduction of a debt release as it exists in the United States would have an ambiguous effect on labour supply. While providing debtors with a fresh start, it would result a partial loss for creditors. A Pareto improvement thus does not seem to be possible. When taxpayers as an involved third party are taken into account, however, a potential Pareto improvement appears attainable through debt release.