Regulating the Internet infrastructure: A comparative appraisal of the legitimacy of ICANN,ITU, and the WSIS

How to generate legitimate forms of governance beyond the nation state is often considered a central question in contemporary world politics. To proceed in theory‐building, scholars need to systematically assign the theory‐driven assumptions on legitimate forms of governance beyond the nation state with the various, already observable, forms of global governance. This article aims to conduct a comparative appraisal of the legitimatory quality of different patterns of governance by applying a framework of indicators for their assessment. The indicators are selected from the scholarly debate within International Relations on the legitimacy of global governance arrangements and structured by a multidimensional concept of legitimacy (input, throughput, and output dimensions). This framework is then applied to international, transnational, and private forms of global governance in the field of Internet regulation in order to show how each of them tries to produce and maintain legitimacy, which strategies it applies, and in how it interacts with its stakeholders.     

公共政策合法性供给机制与走向以医改进程为中心的考察

公共政策合法性不仅是一个重要的法治理论问题,也是法治秩序得以形成的重要变量。三十年来的"医改"进程表明,公共领域正在中国蓬勃兴起,并促进了公共政策合法性供给机制的时代转向,即从内部创议走向社会动员、从公众默认走向价值回归、从符合真理观走向共识真理观、从中心的内部循环走向中心与边缘的双向互动,展现着中国公共政策的重要民主化变革。虽然其中还存在着某些需要解决的问题,但它无疑构成了对多元和谐秩序的关键支撑和推进民主法治建设的新兴动力。     

宪法判断的正当化功能

对特定国家行为的合宪性作出具有法律效力的宪法判断,有助于实现基本权利的保障和法律体系的统一。除此之外,对国家行为的正当化也是宪法判断所能实现的一个重要功能。宪法是法律体系的正当性基础,通过对法律规范作出合宪判断,可以直接强化其宪法上的正当性,而即便是违宪判断,通过法律技术的运用和处理,也可以实现对特定法律规范或国家行为的正当化功能。     

Governance,Proceduralisation and Justice: Some Challenges to the Legal Paradigm

In 1989, Rudolf Wiethöltner alleged that we are witnessing a ‘failure of law’ in terms of its obligation to achieve ‘just law’. This paradox at the very heart of law – in essence, the impossibility of the realisation of legal justice twinned with the law's inability to cease trying to attain this goal – has been accommodated to a degree by the utilisation of a proceduralist paradigm that relies upon the contingency of governance, but this is now coming under renewed scrutiny. This article will put forward three arguments in this respect. The first section will argue that the turn to governance and the resultant procedural paradigm are both consequences of the ‘failure of law'; the second will point to the inherent weaknesses of the procedural paradigm that can be said to stem from this very failure; while the third will discuss some of the challenges issued to those still reliant upon the legal paradigm.     

Of legitimacy,legality and public affairs

This paper argues that legality is not enough and that sound public affairs underpins the legitimacy of a political system. It examines the impact of lost legitimacy on Tony Blair, President Bush and America's foreign policy. The author draws historical comparisons between Britain in the Middle East in the 1920s and the USA's problems today and suggests that the fundamental problem is the lack of legitimacy in the region's politics. The paper concludes by asserting that the legitimacy of the EU political system will be endangered while public understanding of its institutions remains limited. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications     

区域信仰网络中的民间组织——当代台湾保生大帝庙宇联谊会的个案解读

台湾保生大帝庙宇联谊会作为一个民间的官庙组织,在当代闽台民俗信仰界里扮演着一个越来越重要的角色.本文将联谊会的成立及其后的一系列活动,置于特定历史背景下的闽台地域社会里考察,在肯定台湾信徒的文化认同意识在联谊会运作中的重要作用的同时,进一步阐明特定时空背景下由网络关系生发出的权力与利益的再生产过程.     

学科制度视角下的"妇女学"

妇女学的学科合法性长期受到学术界的质疑。从学科制度的角度来研究妇女学学科建设是必不可少的,只有经过学科建制和学科制度化的过程,妇女学才会有长足的发展。     

房产调控如何通过比例原则之门——以宪法文本和弱势者保护为视角

文章基于宪法33条解释出中国比例原则的文本基础和三项内涵，宪法45条解释出“弱势权利保护条款”。根据比例原则三阶理论之分析，以保障GDP增长为目的的房产调控政策中的提高首次购房者首付比例、获得房贷与获得一定年限的纳税证明或缴纳社保证明挂钩等政策均有违保护弱势者权利条款。需重视对弱势者利益，调整相关政策，方可保证措施正当性。     

法哲学视角下正当性的历史考察

从历史的维度梳理法哲学领域关于"正当性"与"合法性"的争论,逻辑领域关于"合理性"与推理"正当性"的争论、伦理领域关于行为"正当性"标准的争论,一方面以主要学者的代表性观点为线索演示"正当性"在上述学科领域的内涵变化并做出评价,另一方面试图在分析历史争论的基础上,抽象出"正当性"内涵分歧(不同学科领域和同一学科领域内部)的统一实质,即事实与价值的关系问题,并认为尽管事实与价值在一定程度上存在断裂,但在属人的领域,必须对事实进行价值追问。     

行政法治视野下的中央与地方权限冲突——以国有自然资源为考察视角

我国进入全面改革阶段后,中央与地方的矛盾和冲突几乎就没有停止过。目前我国处于向市场经济体制转型的过渡时期,权限冲突引发的问题阻碍了经济社会的进一步改革和发展,国有自然资源领域的中央与地方权限冲突就是一个缩影。调整中央与地方关系,需要有一套系统思维和制度框架。应在中央与地方关系中树立法律的权威,实行中央与地方之间的法律分权。同时完善其他相关制度,以实现中央与地方关系的和谐发展。