Good Governance and Bermuda’s Public Access to Information Act

Abstract

This paper examines the context surrounding, and debates concerning, freedom of information-type legislation in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It situates the law within a wider push by the British Government for good governance in the British Overseas Territories. It explores the expectation for more ‘open and transparent’ government held by international government organisations, the British Government, and the Bermudian electorate. It analyses the resultant political debates, which are framed by traditions of governance that encouraged secrecy and legacies of distrust between political parties formed soon after universal suffrage was introduced in the 1960s. It investigates the implementation of the Act in response to global, metropolitan and local pressures.     

Taking Freedom of Information into the Commonwealth: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative at Work

Abstract

This article outlines the commitment of the Commonwealth and its institutions to a public right to official information, its promotion of the enactment and effective implementation of freedom of information (FOI) legislation, and progress to date in member states. It identifies obstacles to more widespread introduction of access to information laws, and describes the work of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative through years of advocacy for the adoption of such laws, the training of bureaucrats, lawyers and parliamentarians from around the Commonwealth, and collaborations with civil rights organisations, coalitions and activists. It stresses that engendering a regime of transparency is more complicated than merely enacting an FOI law. Citing successes of the Indian grass-roots movement in promoting the right to information, and successfully encouraging the use of enacted statutes through the dissemination of information about its provisions and usage, it calls for capacity building in both civil society and the media to work towards successful outcomes elsewhere in the Commonwealth.     

新条例制度环境下政府信息公开诉讼的变化探析

修订后的《中华人民共和国政府信息公开条例》以"公开为常态、不公开为例外"为原则,重新塑造了政府信息公开的制度环境。而新条例所塑造的制度环境必将会对政府信息公开诉讼产生重大影响。人民法院应当结合新条例所塑制度环境,对政府信息公开案件的审理、审判理念和裁判思路做出相应调整,尤其对政府信息公开诉讼中的裁判理由、合法性标准、类型化快速审理、行政与司法双重解纷、原告主体资格、法律责任主体认定、受案范围、主动公开、审查对象、审查重点等问题应予以关注。     

略析“黑罪”信息线索与立案审查

黑社会性质组织犯罪信息线索比较丰富 ,通常采用一般与特殊和主动与被动的收集方式。注意审查信息的可信度和反映性 ,并进行系统化处理。对线索的查证可以采取立线查证的方法 ,主要查证其来源、真实性和因果关系 ,然后进行静态和动态处理。立案必须符合法定条件 ,重点审查立案材料指向的一致性和证明的准确性 ,并注意做好“剩余材料”的处理工作     

试论证券犯罪中的虚假陈述

通过对虚假陈述概念的分析,以及比较国内外有关虚假陈述的法律规定,归纳出虚假陈述的表现形式和行为分类,同时指出在认定虚假陈述时应当注意区分的问题.     

基因信息与基因隐私权的保护

基因信息包含了一个人生命的全部秘密，应纳入隐私权的保护范围。基因隐私权的内容包括采样时的知情同意权，基因信息的知晓权，基因信息的保密权，基因信息的利用权。侵犯基因隐私权具有便捷性、隐蔽性、关联性、实质性、长久性等特点。我国立法应确立基因隐私权。侵害基因隐私权应承担相应民事责任。     

2004‘中国国际智能交通论坛“核心论点“综述

文章从"安全与畅通"的角度评述了2004'中国国际智能交通论坛的核心观点,全面介绍了多位中外专家的最新理论研究成果,并简述了智能交通在中国的发展历史和应用情况.     

论企业破产重整信息披露时间节点的规范与细化

企业破产重整中债权人与债务人利益的平衡依赖于破产法上的正当程序,知情权的实现是保障债权人等利害关系人利益的基本前提。本文通过对26家上市公司重整程序中的信息披露情况进行实证分析并结合制度比较后发现,目前我国企业破产法上关于重整程序中信息披露的时间没有明确的规定,在实践和立法上均存在不足。建议结合我国实际情况按照破产重整程序推进的逻辑完善我国破产法上信息披露制度,规范信息披露的时间节点,在重整程序启动前、重整计划草案表决前和重整计划执行三个阶段对信息披露的时间节点与内容进行规范与细化。     

Situating private equity capital in the land grab debate

This paper examines the private equity investment landscape in African land and agriculture markets by exploring two underlying questions: (1) Within the global land grab trend, how is power manifested for private equity investors? and (2) What are the development implications of private equity-backed investments? The essay begins with an overview of the recent rise of private equity in African land markets. It then analyzes the power relations embedded in this trend, particularly exploring the issues of information asymmetry and ‘creative destruction’ inherent in private equity finance, and their implications for governance and labour. Finally, the paper examines the power dynamics that characterize the relatively new relationship between private equity groups and development finance. Drawing on several illustrations of the World Bank Group's involvement in private equity-backed land investments, this paper demonstrates how the overlapping interests between development finance and private equity groups, in part, explain private equity's presence in emerging farmland markets.     

知识军事时代的人才考察与选拔

知识军事的悄然兴起,对军事人才的素质提出了新的、更高的要求.为此,应该完善包括社会化评估、要素权重取向和为其提供支持的分类体系在内的,适应知识军事需求的人才测评体系.并在此基础之上,建立军事人才选拔的创新机制,其中包含科学确定选才主体、扩展与延伸遴选范围和健全人才选拔法规体系三个部分.