论土地承包经营权对行政权的规制——以物权法的公布为背景

《物权法》确立了平等保护、物权法定、公示公信的物权三原则,明确了农村土地承包经营权的物权性,并对行政权产生了相应的制约。平等保护原则要求国家、集体和个人在土地承包中地位平等,征收土地足额补偿,行政机关侵犯土地承包经营权应承担与私人侵权等同的法律责任;物权法定原则要求各级政府及其工作部门修改相应的法规、遵守行政法中的法律保留原则;公示公信原则要求行政登记主体按照《物权法》的规定,切实做好土地承包经营权证的发放工作和流转登记工作。     

EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUG TREATMENT COURTS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL*

Research Summary: Study randomly assigned 235 offenders to drug treatment court (DTC) or “treatment as usual.” Analyses of official records collected over a two‐year follow‐up period show that DTC is reducing crime in a population of drug‐addicted offenders. DTC subjects who participated in treatment were significantly less likely to recidivate than were both untreated drug court subjects and control subjects. Policy Implications: Continued enthusiasm for DTCs is warranted. Both sanctions and treatment are important elements of the DTC model. However, DTCs will not necessarily result in cost reductions because DTC and control cases are incarcerated for approximately equal numbers of days. Implementation fidelity is important, and DTCs can be strengthened if they engage a higher percentage of their clients in drug treatment.     

借鉴企业家政府理论 创新公安工作思路

借鉴企业家政府理论 ,有必要创新公安工作思路 :一是应集中精力抓公共治安 ;二是大力推行社区警务战略 ;三是引入竞争机制 ;四是以人民满意为目标 ;五是工作重心要转向事前防范。     

中俄农业改革的比较与启示

农业改革是中俄经济体制改革中的重要组成部分。由于种种原因 ,两国选择了不同的农业改革路径 :俄国走的是激进的私有化道路 ,中国则采取循序渐进的方式 ,改革农业经营体制 ,建立家庭联产承包责任制。改革方式不同 ,改革效果也大不一样     

论著作权合理使用制度的适用范围

由于合理使用处在权利与限制的交界处,其适用范围的任何变化,都可能重塑著作权法。面对新技术的冲击,在确定合理使用的适用范围时,不能因技术的便利而干涉著作权市场对信息资源的配置,而应恪守合理使用最初的立法理由,将其定位为对市场失灵的弥补,在利用行为有助于公共利益的基础上,考察其是否符合交易不能或正外部性市场失灵,同时把对作品潜在市场的影响视为最关键的判断标准。这不但维护了著作权的私权属性,更是界定合理使用适用范围的最佳路径。     

参建海上丝绸路 打造海陆新门户——广西北部湾经济区参与共建21世纪海上丝绸之路探讨

本文分析广西北部湾经济区参与共建21世纪海上丝绸之路的优势及基础,提出广西北部湾经济区参与共建21世纪海上丝绸之路、加快与东盟合作发展的建议。     

我国土地行政复议的检视与省思

土地行政纠纷是行政争议中的难点和重点,能否妥善化解土地行政争议直接关系到政府的权威和公信力。作为解决土地行政争议的法定渠道之一,土地行政复议因其灵活、便捷、经济、高效的优势发挥着不可替代的作用,成为集中反映我国行政复议整体现状的一面镜子。土地行政复议的不足之处主要表现为功能定位不清、受案范围狭窄和问责制度不健全,对此,我国应当打造土地行政复议的龙头地位,明确"以化解争议为主,附带实现权利救济和自我纠错"的功能定位,同时拓宽受案范围,规范问责体系。     

News,Talk, Opinion,Participation: The Part Played by Conversation in Deliberative Democracy

Deliberative democracy can be defined as a political system based on citizens' free discussion of public issues. While most scholars have discussed deliberative democracy normatively, this study attempts to test the validity of a model of deliberative democracy through examining the interrelationships among its four components: newsmedia use, political conversation, opinion formation, and political participation. Sufficient empirical evidence was found to support the hypotheses that (a) news-media use is closely associated with the frequency of political conversation in daily life both at general and issue-specific levels; (b) willingness to argue with those who have different opinions is influenced by majority perceptions and by news-media use and political talk; (c) news-media use and political conversation have positive effects on certain measures of the quality of opinions (argument quality, consideredness, and opinionation) and perhaps on opinion consistency; and (d) news-media use and political conversation are closely associated also with participatory activities, but more so with "campaigning" than "complaining."     

Gender Differences in Land Inheritance,Schooling and Lifetime Income: Evidence from the Rural Philippines

This article examines the difference in lifetime incomes arising from parental preferences in the allocation of land inheritance and investments in schooling between sons and daughters in the rural Philippines. Sons are preferred with respect to land inheritance, receiving 0.15 additional hectares of land, while daughters are treated more favourably in schooling investments, receiving 1.5 more years of schooling. However, differences in both current and life-cycle incomes between sons and daughters are insignificant. This suggests that Filipino parents allocate intergenerational transfers to equalise incomes among their children, without sacrificing efficiency.     

Decolonisation and comparative land reform with a special focus on Africa

Abstract

One of the principles guiding the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 was the need to eradicate colonialism and to ensure the total emancipation of African territories and its peoples. The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights adopted in 1981 grants all peoples the right to self-determination, through which to freely determine their political status and pursue their social and economic development. The last two African countries to gain independence from apartheid and white minority rule, namely Namibia and South Africa, have taken different approaches to land and tenure reform. The year 2013 marked 100 years since the enactment of the Natives Land Act 27 of 1913 in South Africa that led to the indigenous majority population having access to only 13% of the land while the white minority had access to 87% of the land. The year 1913 is also the current cut-off point for recognising land claims. The South African government has recently taken initiatives aimed at improving the pace of land reform, which currently stand at 5% of the land being transferred to black South Africans against a target of delivering 30% by 2014. While the government has called for patience in this regard, some urgent intervention is required, lest South Africans lose patience and undertake land invasions on a sustained basis.