What Liquidation Does For Secured Creditors, And What It Does For You

This article analyses the liquidation process, challenging the much repeated proposition that secured claimants 'stand outside' liquidation. It is argued that this proposition (i) is a product of a misunderstanding of the dual duality in the nature of liquidation proceedings, in that, in principle, they serve both public and private functions, and they further the interests of both secured and unsecured creditors; (ii) overlooks how secured creditors benefit from liquidation, and also how unsecured creditors have a real interest in the proper administration of their debtor's encumbered assets; (iii) mistakes the secured creditor's choice in usually being able to gain immunity from the liquidation process, for a compulsion to stand exiled from this process; (iv) is incorrect as a matter of history and practice; and (v) is rendered unsustainable by the statutory text. It concludes that secured creditors have never 'stood outside' liquidation, that liquidation is an important tool for the protection of their interests, and that it is right to require floating charge holders to pay their fair share of liquidation expenses.     

《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。     

论合同附随义务

合同附随义务的诞生以诚实信用原则为基础,是传统合同义务发生了扩张的结果。《合同法》不仅保护合同本身,更注重对合同关系发展的整个过程的调整,对合同当事人履行合同义务提出了更为周全细致的要求,在辅助给付利益实现之际又对当事人的固有利益提供了保障,以实现当事人之间以及当事人与社会之间的利益平衡。     

Reaction to Grain Financialization: Protection of Farmer Client Rights about the Legislation on Grain Futures in China

Grain security should be emphasized to develop diversified grain market in the perspective of grain financialization, so as to realize the unification of grain spot market and futures market. New farmers should change from the traditional grain production to the hedging and risk aversion of the futures market and become the new and basic clients. Legislation on the grain futures should protect farmer rights for the unification with the rights of the grain futures company and the government financial security and grain security, which is guarantees the value of law to be free, fair and secure. Regarding the obviously weak position of farmers, major concern of academic study should focus on the frauds of grain futures company, such as the liability subject, subjective fault, fraudulent conduct, harmful aftereffect and causality. The Futures Act and Grain Act are supposed to contain the liability system that covers the civil liability, administrative liability, criminal liability and social liability in order to respond to the grain financialization effectively.     

亚太妇女跨国迁移及其性产业与公共治理——菲律宾NGO的社会行动探析

20世纪90年代以来,亚太地区的人口迁移与性产业相互推动,促使越来越多的女性移民卷入性产业。如今,性产业的蔓延与繁荣已经成为亚太地区社会经济发展面临的一个严重问题,引起各国政府与相关非政府组织的极大关注。因此,治理性产业的法律与公共政策也成为亚太地区国家与公民社会讨论的重要内容。本文以菲律宾妇女海外性工作者与菲律宾NGO的社会行动为例,探讨发展中国家的妇女移民在跨国迁移中的角色、地位与社会、性别危机,以及公民社会参与性产业的社会治理行动与策略。     

劳动价值论是劳动者的经济观

马克思认为,劳动作为人本质的核心要素,在人的存在中起着决定和主导作用。劳动者是经济和社会的主体,不是“生产要素”或“资源”。现代劳动形式比马克思时代发生了很大的变化,要求劳动价值论也要相应地发展。我们要概括现代劳动者的经济意识,从揭示现代商品经济矛盾中,发展劳动价值论。     

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.     

浅析劳动力市场所需要的“公平”

劳动力市场是现阶段市场体系建设的关键,但规范的劳动力市场需要有公平的社会环境、公平的心理准备、公平的运作机制、公平的制约条件、公平的法律保障等"公平"前提,公平是人权,是社会发展的追求,是可持续发展的保证,也是国际性的竞争和利益法则.     

在构建和谐社会中建立社会主义劳动关系的探讨

构建我国和谐社会的主体是广大职工群众,工会要把努力构建和谐劳动关系作为落实构建社会主义和谐社会的切入点,依法建立和完善基层协调劳动关系的有效机制,促进社会主义劳动者与社会主义建设者的和谐、企业生产者与经营管理者的和谐,共谋企业健康发展。