Identifying Miscarriages of Justice: Why Innocence in the UK is Not the Answer

This article examines two contrasting proposals for the reform of criminal appeals: the government's recent proposal that the guilty should no longer have their convictions quashed on 'technicalities'; and calls by campaigners for the Court of Appeal to consider innocence rather than the 'safety of the conviction,' together with their associated attempts to establish Innocence Projects in the UK. Despite the rhetorical power of 'innocence' as a campaigning tool, it is contended that to import such a standard into the legal system would be retrogressive and counter-productive, both as a safeguard against wrongful convictions and in protecting the integrity of the system. In order to be meaningful, due process protections must apply to all. The government's proposals attack this principle directly; innocence campaigners risk unwittingly assisting their endeavours.     

人民法院在学位撤销案件中如何进行审查——基于司法审查强度的裁判反思

通过对1998年至2020年我国各级人民法院公开发布的学位撤销案件进行爬梳可以发现,高校撤销学位的事由主要集中在学历证明伪造和科研论文造假,兼有学术性和非学术性;法院对高校撤销学位决定的司法审查强度基于事实认定、法律适用和法律程序的不同而存在差异性的界分。为了维系学术自由与司法审查之间的平衡,并实质性地解决教育行政争议,人民法院应根据学术性事由和非学术性事由、正式程序和非正式程序的区分来建构二元化的事实认定审查标准,强化对学位撤销构成要件审查的释法说理,并审慎对待学位撤销决定的程序违法、审慎适用撤销判决,避免"程序空转"和"虚置诉讼"。     

社区服务功能及实现的理论综述

社区与人们的生活联系越来越紧密,有关社区服务的研究也是学者和民政工作者关注的一个焦点,他们对其功能的定义、实现和评价等提出了很多观点和研究方法。本文通过对20多年来社区服务发展历程和理论的归纳、整理,综述了社区及社区服务的起源、理论发展阶段、功能定位及实现等相关研究成果,并对一些观点加以提炼,以期有助于解决存在的问题,为社区服务理论和实践研究提供支持和借鉴。     

论国际商事仲裁中的司法监督

法院对国际商事仲裁中的程序问题或者实体问题以审查仲裁协议效力和仲裁裁决之效力及可执行性等方式进行监督,这就是国际商事仲裁的司法监督。司法监督保证了仲裁的公正性,却也挫伤了仲裁的独立性。因此,司法监督本身也应置身于一定的监督之下。     

法院的公共政策形成功能：比较与定位

尽管有学者认为,我国已现实地建立了违宪审查制度,但中国法院参与公共政策的现实方式仍然是司法解释。在对国外特别是美国和德国法院参与公共政策形成的方式进行比较的基础上,对中国法院参与公共政策形成的方式进行了分析即可得出结论,认为中国法院既不能以司法解释的形式,也不能以违宪审查的方式参与公共政策形成,判例是法院参与公共政策形成的最佳方式。     

也谈我国违宪审查制度的模式选择

目前我国的违宪审查制度存在有效性不足等问题。建设有中国特色的违宪审查制度 ,第一步 ,可先在全国人大之下设立宪法监督委员会 ;而最终目标是建立中国的宪法法院     

山东社会主义教育运动述评

20世纪60年代的山东社教运动是按照中央统一部署实施的,但也体现出山东的一些特点。以往的研究大多比较简略。本文主要借助于档案资料,力图对其作较为具体的评述,并将运动的过程分为四个阶段,即1963年3月前的组织发动阶段;1963年3月至1964年5月的点面展开、第一批试点和贯彻“双十条”阶段;1964年5月至1965年6月的第二批试点阶段;1965年7月至1966年9月的全面铺开阶段。     

论具体行政行为作为民事诉讼证据

确认性行政行为和许可性行政行为等具体行政行为往往成为民事诉讼的重要证据,司法实践中对它们的处理方法各不相同,各有缺陷。民事诉讼和行政诉讼对具体行政行为的审查必须有所区别,具体行政行为作为证据在民事案件中出现,它的性质只能是民事证据,对它的审查也只能按照民事证据的规则进行。     

The Curious Incident of Mr Cameron and the United Kingdom Defence Budget: A New Legacy?

During 2015 Prime Minister Cameron found himself under intense domestic and international pressure over his apparent reluctance to maintain United Kingdom defence spending at the NATO target level of 2 per cent of GDP. Most commentators attributed this reluctance to the inevitability of defence cuts if the government wished to meet its deficit reduction targets. However, the aftermath of the general election saw a sudden decision to maintain UK defence spending at the NATO target level. This u‐turn is one of the more curious episodes in recent British defence policy. In this article we explore the reasons why, at a time of continuing cuts and austerity measures and against all the political signals, a decision was made to meet the 2 per cent target, and what this means for the UK's defence policy. In doing so, we analyse why most commentators assumed that defence cuts were inevitable, the domestic and international factors that explain the government's apparent u‐turn and what this revised defence budget settlement meant for the new 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review.     

Book Review: Divorced From Reality: Rethinking Family Dispute Resolution by Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer

This essay summarizes key points from the book and observes the very different players and processes involved when families in poverty enter the family court system.