罚金刑在近代刑法中的确立——以1907年大清刑律草案的相关规定为视点

清末10年修律,首当其冲的就是刑事法律的改革。1907年10月,沈家本主持的修订法律馆上奏中国近代第一个刑法草案——大清刑律草案,在中国刑法史上第一次将罚金确定为五大主刑之一。从1908年到1910年,中央各部院堂官、地方各省督抚、将军都统陆续上奏对大清刑律草案的签注意见,其中涉及罚金的主要问题有:罚金定为主刑问题、罚金单位和等级问题、罚金易刑问题、罚金适用的过轻与过重问题、罚金与赔偿金的关系问题。回顾和分析罚金刑在中国近代刑法中的确立过程,将使我们在微观层次上对“会通中西”的法律变革原则有新的体悟,并有利于对近代“礼法之争”的再认识。     

英美法系与中国的法人越权原则之异同

法人越权是指法人的行为超出了章程规定的目的范围。其中如何平衡投资者、法人及交易相对人的利益是关键问题。研究英美法系的主要国家对法人越权问题的研究发展状况 ,可以对我国应采取的措施有些启示     

新式公共管理的兴起对英国警务改革的影响

新式公共管理作为一次声势浩大的行政改革运动 ,席卷了大多数西方国家。通过考察最先掀起这次行政改革浪潮的英国政府 ,我们试图理清这次改革的发展脉络并探寻其所具有的特点。在此基础上 ,我们以英国政府所进行的一系列的政府改革作为背景 ,审视了作为政府中的一个重要组织———警察部门的变化 ,并探寻这一行政改革活动在英国警察部门中的表现和对其所产生的影响。     

Spinning Europe: Pro-European Union Propaganda Campaigns in Britain, 1962–1975

The impact of pro-European Union (EU) propaganda campaigns in Britain has been neglected within EU studies and in the recent work on the Europeanisation of political parties, trade unions and the British state. Bringing together the few sources of information that exist, this article documents the three government-organised pro-EU propaganda campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s. It specifically discusses the campaigns in 1962—63 to bolster public support following Britain's first application to join the EU, in 1970—71 to prepare the public for accession, and in 1974—75 to ensure continued membership in the 1975 Referendum.     

Contracts, Compacts and Control: New Labour and Personal Responsibility

The 2004 report Personal Responsibility and Changing Behaviour: The State of Knowledge and its Implications for Public Policy by the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit is an attempt to draw together social science literature that explains why it is difficult for governments to influence individual citizens. Underlying this is the idea that across diverse areas of policy, state provision of services often has much less impact on outcomes than does an individual's behaviour. Therefore to improve outcomes, government needs to be able to encourage 'personal responsibility'. The authors focus mainly on the role of contracts in changing behaviour in a whole range of different areas; from ASBOs and crime prevention, to home-school agreements and education policy. This report appears to underpin much of the thinking within New Labour as to future policy, and reveals how ideas of personal responsibility are likely to be key to New Labour's manifesto commitments prior to the 2005 general election.     

英国新一轮警务改革给我国公安改革的启示

英国新一轮警务改革的主要内容包括:设立专门的警务标准机构;强化科学统一的绩效考核;积极推行国家犯罪情报模式;变革警务活动主体结构。其经验给我国的警务改革提供如下启示:密切警民关系,走群众路线;发挥公安院校的作用;加强情报工作;建立一个专门的警务标准机构,实施科学、统一的警务绩效考核办法;把握未来,跨越时代。     

全球化背景下的缅甸政治危机

在一场佛教僧侣和学生带头的和平示威平息之后,美国参议院一致通过决议强烈要求东盟暂停缅甸的会员资格,缅甸问题成为东盟会议关注的焦点.经过磋商,东盟最终拒绝了美国参议院要求东盟暂停成员资格以惩罚缅甸军政府的要求.新加坡总理李显龙在峰会开幕仪式致词时说:"东盟将努力防止缅甸问题成为我们加深一体化和建立东盟共同体的障碍."     

西南水电资源开发中少数民族移民问题与对策

无论从水电资源的分布还是从开发程度看,大西南都是我国水电资源开发的重点区域。移民问题在水电资源开发中从来就占有极其重要的地位。旧的计划经济体制下的西南水电资源开发在总体上形成了广大移民尤其是少数民族移民“念开发愈穷”的严重问题,必须通过等价赔偿、资源入股的市场化制度改革,以及对少数民族移民的特殊关注,方能理顺国家、水电企业与少数民族移民的经济关系,使水电资源开发摆脱传统的计划经济体制的羁绊,成为国家、企业和当地少数民族移民共同发展、稳定、富裕的源泉。     

论中英两国刑事证人证言可采性标准及检测方法

证人证言在刑事诉讼中的运用一直是各国主要关注的问题 ,而证言运用的核心又在于证言的可采性问题。本文从比较研究的角度 ,对中英两国刑事证人证言可采性标准及检测方法作了具体分析 ,认为中英两国刑事证明标准的不同 ,决定了两国证人证言可采性标准的差异 ,从而导致检测这一标准的方法也各异 ,并认为英国现行的刑事证明标准及由此决定的证言可采性标准有可资借鉴之处     

State transformation and cross-border regionalism in Indonesia’s periphery: contesting the centre

Abstract

This article examines how the decentralisation and fragmentation of the Indonesian state and resultant central–local dynamics affect cross-border regionalism in Indonesia’s periphery. It argues that cross-border regionalism projects are best understood as sites for scalar contestation over regulatory control between central and local government. Moreover, scalar contestation around cross-border regional projects is characterised by the struggles to control relationships with transnational capital between elites operating at different tiers of the state. When elites at different scales have conflicting interests and strategies, this can cause policy incoherence, inhibiting the development of cross-border regionalism. Conversely, when they align, and intersect with the interests of transnational business, cross-border regionalism can succeed. To illustrate the argument, this article utilises the comparative case studies of the Batam free trade zone and West Kalimantan–Sarawak cross-border cooperation.