《律师法》修订对检察机关的影响和对策

《律师法》修订对检察工作特别是职务侦查和公诉工作产生重大影响。检察机关应当通过积极转变执法理念、转变侦查模式、提高查案能力、加强证据收集等途径来应对变化，提升法律监督能力。     

论私有财产权的行政法地位

2004年"私产入宪"是我国公民财产权保护的一大历史跃进,它彰显了国家对个人财产权利的尊重和保护。从本质上来看,与宪法关系最密切的行政法在保护公民私有财产上应该大有作为,然而由于理论研究的欠缺和惯性思维的使然,我们往往将行政法上的公民私有财产权等同于民法上的权利,导致公民私有财产权在行政法保护上的弱化。因此,在行政法上对私有财产权的地位进行界定就显得非常重要。     

Understanding Sexual Harassment a Little Better Reed and Bull Information Systems Ltd v. Stedman

This case note reviews the guidelines issued by Morison J. in the Employment Appeal Tribunal at the end of the decision in Reed and Bull Information Systems Ltd v. Stedman [1999] I.R.L.R.299. The author argues that while the judge’s decision is to be welcomed in adopting an approach more sympathetic to victims of sexual harassment, it also raises a number of problems by placing a burden on the victim to place the harasser on notice that she does not welcome his conduct. The guidelines are likely to be usefully applied in any jurisdiction that has rules forbidding sexual harassment. The author considers the guidelines from both a practical and a doctrinal angle and indicates that the right to be free from sexual harassment is one that the courts are reluctant to protect like other civil rights. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Does the Statutory Regulation of Advance Decision-Making Provide Adequate Respect for Patient Autonomy?

This paper considers advance decision-making in the context of healthcare. The common law recognition of advance decisions is contrasted with new statutory provision. This paper will examine the Mental Capacity Act 2005 framework for advance decisions and lasting powers of attorney. The ‚best interests’ test and substituted judgment as criteria for proxy decision-making are compared by application to a case example. The paper examines the statutory safeguards in respect of refusals of ‚life-sustaining treatment’ and postulates that these safeguards may render respect for autonomous advance decision-making difficult to achieve in practice.     

国际民事诉讼中的国家行为原则——以美国法为例

国家行为原则在国际民事诉讼中越来越多的被引用,对其展开研究对我国立法和司法实践有重要意义。文章以美国法为例,从该原则的概念、特点、历史等基本点入手,分析了国家行为原则产生的法理基础;从该原则适用例外的角度分析了其适用范围;依据不同案件类型,初步总结了国家行为原则的适用方法。     

试论内部行政处分行为的可诉性

我国现行《行政诉讼法》的受案范围一直是学术界争议颇多的问题,内部行政处分行为是否可诉即是其中之一。从行政法治主义、司法最终原则等理论基础出发,并参考国外的相关理论与实践,对我国行政诉讼制度中内部行政处分司法救济的欠缺、国家公务员合法、正当权利受到损害无法得到司法救济的现状进行探讨。应当给予内部行政处分行为的相对人,即国家公务员,以司法救济的途径。     

证人拒绝出庭作证不应犯罪化

在解决证人出庭率低下的种种改革方案中,将证人拒绝出庭作证行为犯罪化的立法思路极其有害。这不但不能有效促使证人出庭,而且还会导致理论和实践上的种种恶果。应提倡一种以“激励”而非“强迫”为指导思想的促使证人出庭作证的整体思路。     

试论民航法的基本价值结构

法律价值是法学研究的核心问题.在漫长的法学发展进程中,形成了一套完整的法律价值体系.对于各部门法律,由于调整对象的性质不同,法律价值结构各异.民航法在我国法律体系中是较特殊的法律门类,应该有其独特的价值结构.但是长久以来,我国学界缺乏关于民航法的价值结构的研究.面临我国修改民航法的情势,强化民航法价值的研究是必要的,应当确立以"领空主权原则、安全、正义、效益"为内容的民航法基本价值结构,以此作为修改民航法的指导思想.     

分洪与赔偿

分洪是政府的公用征调行为,其目的在于紧急避险,公司征调则是实现紧急避险的必要方法。政府向受损人赔偿的数额应取决于因分洪或转移财产而造成的实际损失。     

Breach of Confidence as a Privacy Remedy in the Human Rights Act Era

This article examines the impact of the Human Rights Act (HRA) on the current lack of a remedy for non-consensual publication of personal information by the media. It argues that the action for breach of confidence is now ripe for development into a privacy law in all but name and that the normative impetus for this enterprise can be found in the HRA which will require domestic courts to consider Convention jurisprudence. It will suggest that when Strasbourg decisions are examined in the context of more general Convention doctrines, they may be seen to suggest the need for an effective privacy remedy. Drawing upon approaches from other jurisdictions it seeks to demonstrate that principled solutions may be found to the thicket of legal problems associated with such development. It contends that the main objection to this enterprise, the perceived threat to media freedom, is largely misplaced, as analysis at the theoretical and doctrinal levels reveals that speech and privacy interests are in many respects mutually supportive and the areas of conflict small and readily susceptible to resolution.