一起因信息公开引发的行政复议案件的思考

一次看似平常的换发药师证,由于相关行政机关工作人员的疏忽,致使错误不断叠加,最终导致管理相对人长达近6年时间的上访及申请行政复议,严重影响了卫生行政部门的正常工作。纵观本案,有许多值得反思之处。在以后工作当中,卫生行政部门应当完善信息公开工作制度,严格按照法定程序和方式公开政府相关信息。处置上访事件时,严格依法办事,维护法律尊严。机构分立及合并之时要做好相关资料的交接和保存。切实提高行政机关工作人员的业务素质,完善惩戒机制等方面工作。     

日本法上的劳动者人格保护—以劳动者健康隐私为中心

劳动者人格保护是现代劳动法上的重要内容。从以恢复劳动者之对等人格的集体劳动法律发展伊始,劳动者如何获得法律上"人"之对待,是促使劳动法发展演进的动力来源之一。我国劳动法上的劳动者人格研究甚少,基本停滞于"劳动者尊严"的保护原则宣誓上,其中,劳动者的健康隐私,在近年社会运动过程中获得了反歧视法上的保护。然而,无论是何种劳动者隐私,均属于劳动者人格权的范围,应当从劳动者人格权保护上予以正视。以日本劳动者人格保护中的健康隐私保护为例,其在实体法和判例法上的经验,可为我国劳动者人格保护问题的研究深入提供借鉴。     

论制定香港信息公开法

香港政府的信息公开工作是以一部《公开资料守则》(以下简称《守则》)作为基础制度展开整个公开透明框架。这部颁布于1995年的政府内部指引因没有法律效力、涵盖范围狭隘、没有提供救济等问题广受诟病,制定信息公开法和档案法的呼声在香港日益高涨。从经验借鉴的视角看,香港制定《守则》时的参照国——具有浓厚保密行政传统的英国已顺应国内立法呼声而制定了信息公开立法;从实践必要性的角度看,香港过去几年实践经验表明,在缺少一部信息公开立法的情况下,香港民众通过民主手段获取资料的成本更高,耗时更久;从理论正当性的角度看,香港公民享有正当的知情权,而政府具有通过立法保障该权利的责任。因此,香港信息公开法的出台具有必要性和正当性。     

论银行卡信息披露的法律规制

对银行卡信息披露进行法律规制,不仅是保护持卡人合法权益的需要,也是银行卡产业健康发展的需要。美国、澳大利亚等国的法律为我们提供了很好的经验。我国应当借鉴国外的经验,对银行卡信息披露作出强制规定,不仅要明确规定银行卡信息披露的时间、内容和方式,而且更要明确界定违反信息披露义务应承担的法律责任。     

Voting for locals: Voters’ information processing strategies in open-list PR systems

While most of the literature on information shortcuts in open-list PR systems focuses on the importance of ballot position effects, the influence of a candidate’s localness has widely been ignored by existing studies. In this paper, I address this research gap and argue that voting patterns in open-list PR systems are more versatile than existing research would suggest. By analyzing a special characteristic of the open-list PR system employed in the parliamentary elections of Hamburg, it is shown that a large portion of voters chooses to vote for local candidates irrespective of the ballot position of the candidate. The paper further controls for factors conditioning the effect and finds that it remains strong even after taking them into consideration. The results have important implications for the representativeness of open-list PR systems, ballot paper design, as well as for our understanding of voters’ decision making process.     

EU update

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie’s column on developments in EU law relating to IP, IT and telecommunications. This article summarises recent developments that are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of information technology, e-commerce, telecommunications and intellectual property areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside web sites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.     

European national news

The regular article tracking developments at the national level in key European countries in the area of IT and communications - co-ordinated by Herbert Smith LLP and contributed to by firms across Europe. This column provides a concise alerting service of important national developments in key European countries. Part of its purpose is to compliment the Journal’s feature articles and briefing notes by keeping readers abreast of what is currently happening "on the ground" at a national level in implementing EU level legislation and international conventions and treaties. Where an item of European National News is of particular significance, CLSR may also cover it in more detail in the current or a subsequent edition.     

EU update

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie’s column on developments in EU law relating to IP, IT and telecommunications. This article summarises recent developments that are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of information technology, e-commerce, telecommunications and intellectual property areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside web sites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.     

涉及商业秘密的政府信息公开问题初探

涉及商业秘密的政府信息是法定的公开例外种类之一。与涉及国家秘密的政府信息属于强制例外不同,涉及商业秘密的政府信息,行政机关具有部分自由裁量权。然而,由于缺乏对“商业秘密”、“公共利益”等要件的界定,同时也没有明确行政机关对此类政府信息的审查程序,因此,在实践中存在较大争议,有必要对政府信息公开语境下的商业秘密界定、公开程序的操作设想以及此类信息中的可分割性原则的适用等问题进行研究。