论受贿罪的利益要件:以“为他人谋取利益”为中心的分析

在对受贿罪的利益要件的分析基础上,对于非公务活动中的单纯受贿行为在司法实践中应当定性为受贿罪;而对于为他人谋取不正当的利益和正当利益的问题,应区分不正当的利益之中的非法利益和不应得的合法利益;对为他人谋取利益的阶段问题分析后可以发现只要国家工作人员收受了财物,就可以认定为是受贿罪既遂。     

从“康菲事件”看检察机关开展环境公益诉讼

随着社会的发展,司法的完善,检察机关民事行政检察部门被赋予一种特殊的公诉权———民事公益诉权,环境公益权诉讼就是其中的一种。检察机关充分发挥民事行政检察的职能作用,积极开展环境公益诉讼,对于维护公民合法权益意义重大。     

西方遗嘱继承理念变迁及规律

＂家族协同说＂是古代社会的遗产继承理论,近代思想家依据自然法提出了遗嘱继承＂意志说＂,现当代法学家从关注社会利益的视角出发,提出了遗嘱继承＂社会利益说＂。西方遗嘱继承理念的变迁,表现为从＂家族协同说＂、＂意志说＂再到＂社会利益说＂这样一个历史发展过程,并呈现出多样化特质,但总的发展趋势与规律是走向个人、家庭与社会之间的利益平衡。     

行政规划裁量论

行政规划是给付行政下政府完成行政任务的重要手段之一，广泛的裁量权是其显著标志之一。以行政规划中的规划裁量为研究对象，从规划裁量的定义出发，通过与一般意义上的行政裁量进行比较，发掘规划裁量独具一格的特色及其成因，并最终确定其在传统裁量理论中的位置十分必要。     

我国行政管理体制改革中的“部门利益”问题

部门利益是深化行政管理体制改革的瓶颈,它的存在阻滞政府职能转变,破坏法制统一,滋生寻租腐败,使改革与初衷发生偏离,成为建立现代公共行政体制的器质性障碍。因此,必须通过深化体制改革,强化制度建设,从体制和制度上有效治理部门利益,才能推进从部门行政向公共行政的根本转型。     

民生时代我国公共政策的价值选择

公共政策作为对全社会价值资源最有权威的分配工具,有责任和义务通过政治过程所作出的选择和分配办法的制定来解决公共问题,以实现公共利益的最大化。进入民生发展新时代以后,社会公共政策的公共性与社会发展的公共利益最大化就历史地逻辑地统一在发展好、维护好、实现好广大人民群众根本利益基础之上,社会公共利益的最大化实现就是要保证不断改善民生、不断提高民生质量,实现人的全面发展,这就成了现代公共政策的基本价值目标。     

Interest group–party linkage in the twenty‐first century: Evidence from Denmark,the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

This article systematically investigates interest group–party interactions in the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom based on cross‐national surveys with responses from 1,225 interest groups. The findings show that interest groups and parties still interact in the beginning of the twenty‐first century, but that the vast majority of their interaction involves a low degree of institutionalisation. Using fractional logit analysis, it is demonstrated that the strength of interest group–party linkage is primarily affected by systematic differences in state–society structures and organisational group characteristics. Moreover, differences are found in what conditions different types of interaction. Whereas historical legacies and partisan origin influence an interest group's structural party links, group resources make interactions of a less institutionalised, ad hoc nature more likely.     

The theory of value and the value of theory — a reply to Cutler et al.

Abstract

Serving as a pledge against a future promise, collateral has traditionally been understood as a ‘back office’ technicality that reduces the risk of default. Yet in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and the erosion of faith among market participants in the credit quality of large banks, collateral is playing an increasingly important epistemic role within finance, as an anchor that underpins the valuation of a growing number of financial instruments. This paper explores the increasing importance of collateral to the modelling practices used by ‘quants’ to value ‘over-the-counter’ interest rate derivatives since the 2008 financial crisis, and how the inclusion of collateral expertise into quants’ own modelling practices has affected these markets. This historical episode suggests that while the inclusion of collateral expertise into banks’ front office modelling practices has made banks’ pricing models less abstract and more aligned to the traditionally overlooked legal practices that underpin derivatives trading, it has also led to an explosion of complexity in the valuation of these instruments that now threatens the future existence of these markets.     

Gaining access or going public? Interest group strategies in five European countries

Interest groups differ in the strategies they use to influence public policy. Some mainly try to gain access (i.e., have direct contact with decision makers), whereas others tend to ‘go public’ by launching campaigns that aim to mobilise the broader public. In this article it is argued that group type – namely the distinction between business associations, professional associations and citizen groups – is a major determinant of the choice of strategy. The effect of group type, however, is conditional on the group's endowment with material resources and the issue context: the differences across group types are largest for resource‐rich associations and associations active in distributive policy fields. Original data from surveys of national associations in five European countries (Austria, Germany, Ireland, Latvia and Spain) enable the assessment of this argument. The theoretical expectations are supported, with the results having relevance for the normative evaluation of political systems and the positive study of interest group influence.     

2010年香港海商法判例综述

2010年香港海商法判例,包括海事和商事案件,来自香港高等法院原诉法庭和上诉法庭。案件主要涉及再保险人诉讼法律地位、官方法律程序及豁免、香港和内地法院管辖争议及法院对仲裁裁决的认可。作为香港普通法,2010年的判例涉及范围广泛,案件比较复杂,涉及实务中的常见问题,案件的判决结果值得实务界参考和借鉴。