What is a Fair Trial? Rape Prosecutions, Disclosure and the Human Rights Act

This article engages with the vogue for predicting the effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 by focusing on the rape prosecution and trial. The specific interest is feminist scrutiny of the right to a fair trial, particularly the concept of ‘fairness’, in light of the increasing use of disclosure rules (in Canada and England) to gain access to medical and counseling records. Transcending the two contemporary narratives of ‘victims’/women’s rights and defendants’ rights in the criminal justice system, the authors argue for the infusion of the legal debate on disclosure with feminist understandings of wider cultural debates. They suggest that an increased reflexivity about intimacy, publicity and power, leading perhaps to the development of a concept of ‘democratic publicity’ (Fraser, 1997, p. 100), might help to revision the meaning of ‘relevant’ evidence in the rape trial. They also suggest that the wide-ranging cultural debate about memory, truth and history, and the emerging commitment to experimentation in responding to massive, institutionalised human rights violations (including apartheid, war crimes and child abuse) might be of use in deepening current thinking about the rape trial and listening to the ‘voice’ of the complainant. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

论无效行政行为

无效行政行为是各国行政程序法的一项重要规定 ,本文通过对无效行政行为的理论依据、认定标准、具体原因、法律后果及确立无效行政行为的意义等方面的分析 ,提出了在行政程序法中明确规定无效行政行为的建议。     

论知识产权法与反不正当竞争法的关系

知识产权法与反不正当竞争法存在着十分密切的关系。反不正当竞争法是知识产权制度的重要补充 ,它可为知识产权制度提供兜底性的保护与救济。     

生态银行制度探析

绿色金融制度正在走入环境保护制度中。国外建立生态银行推行绿色信贷，取得了很大成效。我国商业银行在国家政策推动下进行了绿色信贷实践，但遇到诸多困境。必须建立系统的生态银行法律制度，设立政策性生态银行，通过资金配置引导产业追求生态价值。     

中美西部开发比较研究

美国对其西部的开发在世界各国的边疆开发中堪称经典。比较中美两国西部开发在战略目标、历史背景、社会经济基础、文化意识、经济诱因、开发模式、面临的生态环境等七个方面的异同 ,美国西部开发的经验为我国西部开发提供了有益的借鉴     

萨班斯-奥克斯利法的法律经济学初析

萨班斯法强化对上市公司监管的意图和其中大部分举措是必要的,正确的,类似安然会计舞弊案近年来没有再次发生,但该法是美国国会在有相当社会推助力的公司治理改革思潮的影响下实行的紧急立法,在当时的情势下,美国国会难以依据法律经济学观点对该法进行全面深入的成本效益分析,其结果是大幅度增加遵循成本、代理成本以及社会成本,从几年来实施的情况看,其遵循成本以及与上市公司变化直接和间接相关的可量化与不可量化的成本可能已超过制订者最初的预想.从法律经济学观点,评述该法的成本效益,分析探讨萨班斯法的监管方法,指出其监管方法可能是产生萨班斯效应的根源之一.在该法颁布六年后的今天,我们正面临着这次席卷全球的金融危机的冲击.如何配合经济政策实施有效的金融业法律监管,特别是金融衍生品的法律监管已成为当今的一个中心问题.也许,萨班斯法的实施情况能够给人们提供一些监管上市公司的立法经验,对今后金融业和金融产品的监管具有一定的借鉴意义和现实意义.     

试论《金融稳定法》在中国的制度构建——兼析国际金融危机背景下各国的法律

该文通过对主要国家稳定金融的举措和国际惯例的实证分析，认为有必要制定一部适合中国国情的《金融稳定法》，其内容包括金融市场准入和退出机制、信息披露机制、公共资金救助机制、预警机制以及国际合作与交流等诸多方面的法律处置方法，以此来应对国际金融危机的负面影响，达到保障金融秩序的和谐与稳定的价值目标。     

我国信用消费者保护的立法构建

我国消费信用发展缓慢，存在着严重的信用消费者合法权益受损问题。其根源在于信用消费者的权益缺乏足够的法律保障和有效的法律救济。文章结合我国国情，借鉴美国信用消费者保护立法的成功经验，指出我国应通过专门立法来保护信用消费者的正当权益，并配以其它社会工作同步进行，才能从根本上解决所有信用消费者问题。     

功能异化的马来西亚《内部安全法》

1960年制定的<内部安全法>在马来西亚政治生态中占据着重要地位.该法原本是马来西亚政府打击马来亚共产党等左派势力的重要手段,但从20世纪70年代末开始其功能发生严重异化,逐渐成为政府与当权者打击体制内反对派乃至执政党巫统内部不同势力及社会民权运动人士、控制新闻媒体的法律借口.自20世纪90年代末起,政府滥用该法引起许多政党、社会团体特别是持不同政见人士的强烈反感和不满,国际社会对此也给予高度关注.目前,马来西亚国内废除该法的浪潮日趋高涨.     

The Wasted Costs Jurisdiction

The wasted costs jurisdiction is flawed for six reasons, based on an analysis of all reported cases in the last nine years and five years of statistics provided by the Bar Mutual Insurance Fund Limited, and despite the guidance laid down by the Court of Appeal in Ridehalgh v Horsefield [1994] Ch 205. First, it is very costly proportionate to the amount recovered. Secondly, judges can initiate a wasted costs enquiry, which is unfair and even more disproportionately costly. Thirdly, it is procedurally complex. Fourthly, it is unpredictable whether the client will waive privilege, and what the consequences will be whether or not privilege is waived. Fifthly, it is not possible for solicitors and barristers to make contribution claims against each other. Sixthly, it is mostly used against lawyers representing legally aided litigants from whom costs cannot be recovered.