论辩诉交易制度及在我国公诉中的适用可能

辩诉交易权是检察机关自由裁量权的应有之义 ,辩诉交易制度在英美法系的美国和大陆法系的德国都获得了长足发展。起诉便宜主义及检察机关依法拥有撤回和变更起诉的权利在我国刑诉法上的确认 ,为辩诉交易制度在我国的确立提供了理论依据 ,实践中也有适用辩诉交易的可能。     

检察权定位问题的思考

检察权定位为法律监督权抑或公诉权的争论意义重大。从法律渊源和价值取向两方面论证 ,我国检察权定位为法律监督权是比较合理而且是必然的选择 ;对目前法律监督权存在的问题只需加以完善 ,而不能全盘否定。     

限制与激励：我国民事公诉程序改革中的两个维度

出于在国家干预与私法自治 ,强化检察职能与防止权力滥用等不同价值取向之间寻求平衡 ,激励与限制是我国民事公诉程序改革中的两个维度。应限定检察机关提起民事公诉案件的条件和范围 ,设置一定的前置程序 ,并赋予公民、社会团体公益诉讼权 ,但同时又应当通过废除法院受理案件的“原告适格”要件 ,建立民事公诉的惩罚性赔偿制度 ,改革诉讼成本制度 ,委托专家诉讼来励检察机关提起民事公诉。     

略论恐怖活动组织的特征与预防

恐怖活动组织是一种性质极为特殊的犯罪组织,具有主体组织的公开性、侵害目标的象征性、行为方式的残忍性、危害后果的恐怖性、动机生成的政治性及奖金来源的合法性等特征。各国对恐怖活动组织所采取的措施更多地是建立在打击的思想基础上的,并不能从根本上减少直至消除恐怖活动组织。对恐怖活动组织的预防,应以犯罪学的预防视野进行考察。     

我国台湾地区消费者权益司法保护方法简析

消费者权益是一种分散的、弱小R权益,对其进行司法保护需要建立特别的诉讼制度。我国台湾地区借鉴西方国家的先进经验,建立了小额诉讼、选定当事人诉讼、团体诉讼和民事公诉制度,形成了消费者、消费者保护团体和政府共同参与维护消费者权益诉讼的司法保护体系。我们应当借鉴台湾地区的作法,完善我国消费者权益司法保护制度。     

“There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence – a noun,a verb and 9/11”: terrorism,fear and the after,after 9/11

In the years since 11 September 2001, pundits, politicians and scholars of terrorism and international relations routinely have declared that 9/11 “changed everything”. This article explores not only how those decisions transformed the United States and the global response to terrorism, but also how both the decisions and response sustained a sense of fear. Further, they made possible, to paraphrase then candidate Joseph Biden’s critique of former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani, the framing of so much of the global political debate about terrorism, and national security references as simply 9/11 accompanied by a noun and a verb. Finally, the article examines the consequences of this framing for not only our understanding of terrorism, but also our understanding of terrorism and violence within the current global system.     

The Impact of the Threat of Terrorism on U.S. District Court Decisions During Wartime

Federal courts are key actors in the U.S. government’s fight against terrorism because they adjudicate cases based on the USA PATRIOT Act, and accordingly make national security policy. We examine the extent that the terror threat influences judicial decisions in a dataset of 111 USA PATRIOT Act cases decided in the U.S. District Courts from 2001 through 2013, while controlling for other judicial decision-making variables. The results demonstrate that when a case involves a heightened terror threat, federal judges are more likely to defer to the government. Some key control variables are also significant.     

现行刑事自诉案件范围质疑与完善

刑事自诉案件范围的“扩”与“限”体现着不同的诉讼理念 ,新刑事诉讼法对自诉案件范围作了较大扩张 ,从刑事起诉权发展规律考察却有违其发展趋势 ,立法规定也显得原则、简单 ,这种泛化的刑事自诉案件范围易引发一系列理论和司法实践问题 ,因此必须在借鉴国外相关立法的基础上对其进行反思和修改     

现实与理想:检察机关智能建设现状考察与未来展望——以Z市G区检察院智慧检务试点为分析样本

最高人民检察院检察长张军强调“要紧紧抓住信息化建设带来的机遇,大力加强智慧检务建设。”检察机关人工智能建设的成效值得深入调研。以S省Z市G区检察院人工智能与智慧检务建设为样本进行实证研究,从类案大数据检索、文书智能生成、程序智能预警、办案质效提升等方面进行数据分析,破解基层检察院人工智能建设进程中存在的盲目追求智能范围广度而忽略深度、忽视司法活动的多元化与差异性、技术开发与一线需求断层等问题,从增强顶层设计,明确法律人工智能的限度、专门化技术创新、法律人参与度及人才培养等方面对法律人工智能未来的发展方向和举措进行探究。     

State terror in the Philippines: the Alston Report,human rights and counter-insurgency under the Arroyo administration

The human rights agenda of the United Nations has faltered over recent years. An examination of conditions in a country such as the Philippines highlights some of the reasons. The appallingly high number of political killings in that country was investigated by Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, early in 2007. Following a well-defined process of review, he spent a short but difficult time examining the situation. His report condemned repressive elements of the Philippine state and directed specific criticisms at the armed forces, noting the omnipresent role of counter-insurgency. He found that a culture of impunity prevailed within the military and that the Arroyo administration had not done enough to address the problem or to protect the rights of its citizens. Alston's visit provided an insight into both the Philippine government's inadequate human rights record and the failure of UN mechanisms established to redress such poor performance.