Development in motion: what to think about migration?

Recent interest in migrant remittances as a development resource calls attention to a deeper issue: the relationship between migration and development. Remittances may be a significant source of economic inflows to poor countries and regions, but their actual development impact (positive or negative) is tied to the migration processes that generate them. Attention to migration in turn creates an opportunity to think about the broader context of development policy and practice, and to re-think the boundaries that we put around our work.     

试论《经济、社会和文化权利国际公约》中的健康权

《经济、社会和文化权利国际公约》的健康权是一个综合性的概念，它指实现身体健康和心理健康的权利和自由。健康权具有多重性质，保护和实现健康权，必须考虑社会、经济生活因素和其他影响健康权实现的诸多因素。健康权与公民权利和政治权利之间存在密切的关系。     

The Open Architecture of European Human Rights Law

The evolution of the European human rights regime is often described as the development of an integrated order with the European Convention of Human Rights as its governing 'constitutional instrument'. It is argued that the regime is better regarded as pluralist - characterised by a heterarchical relationship between its constituent parts that is ultimately defined politically and not legally. The emergence and workings of this pluralist order are traced through the interaction of the European Court of Human Rights with domestic courts in the European Union. These cases not only show conflicts over questions of ultimate supremacy but also significant convergence and harmony in practice. The analysis of the factors leading to this convergence indicates that central characteristics of pluralism – incrementalism and the openness of ultimate authority – have contributed significantly to the generally smooth evolution of the European human rights regime. This suggests a broader appeal of pluralist models as alternatives to constitutionalism in the construction of postnational authority and law.     

浅析民法上的“人格”

我国民法理论界对“人格”一词在不同的场合赋予不同的含义使用，如将人格等同于权利能力和主体资格；将人格等同于人格利益，将人格定义为人的一般法律地位等等。这种状况造成了法学界对人格定义的混乱。因此应将对“人格”在历史上发展脉络做详细考证，辨析“人格”的含义，以理清“人格”与民法其他相关概念如：权利能力，人格权等之间的关系。     

民事特别权利能力限制性分析——以人格与权利能力的比较为展开

人格之有无是民事主体是否能成为主体的最本质规定性，是一种事实层面之判断。然而，权利能力是在主体享有人格之后能够享有何种权利，承担何种义务的一种能力或资格，是一种价值层面之判断。基于事实判断与价值判断二者的判然有别，将人格和权利能力的分离是有必要价值意义的。而一般民事权利能力是民事主体在法律上能够享有必不可少之权利和承担必不可少之义务之资格；特别民事权利能力是民事主体能够享有某种个别的或特定的权利义务的资格或能力。然此种特别的民事权利能力的要求相当于对主体权利能力的限制性规定，对此种特别民事权利能力的限制，其价值就在于更加充分的对市民社会生活中各方主体利益的维护和尊敬，并亦科学的明晰民事主体权利能力的内涵，为我国将来制定科学的民法典起基石作用。     

我国公民参与的制度环境分析

我国公民参与主要有政治投票和选举、通过各级人大政协参政议政、信访、行政复议和行政诉讼、社会协商对话、大众传媒、基层群众自治、社团代表、公民旁听等九大制度网络.整体上看,公民参与的制度框架相对完整,但程序和技术的匮乏使公民参与的制度需求难以得到满足,战略上的鼓励与现实中的限制使制度环境未能体现出鼓励和能促性特征.基于此,需要重视公民的权利要求和推动参与制度环境变迁的四种途径选择,从程序和技术上完善细节,进而将公民参与的制度环境推进到精细化时代.     

关于推进基层工会直接选举的探讨

怎样使工会维权产生机制上的动力，首先要从基层工会直接选举做起，改变某些基层工会主席实际上由单位负责人决定的现象。由会员（代表）大会直接选举工会主席，充分体现工会组织的群众性，使基层工会主席切实对职工负责，并接受职工的监督。     

关于构建我国用益物权体系的思考--以三个物权法草案的设计比较为线索

三个物权法草案关于用益物权体系设计的基本指导思想和研究路径基本一致,代表了目前我国用益物权研究的水平。但三个物权法草案对传统与现实、外国经验与中国国情、整理与创新、结构与内容把握的程度不同,其设计的用益物权体系的结构亦同中有异。笔者认为,建立一个科学完善的用益物权体系,应体现以下基本要求:充分反映我国现实生活的需要,具有现实基础和国情特色;用益物权的概念应当体现其质的规定性,界定科学;用益物权的种类应当具有概括性和特定性;用益物权的体系应具有系统性和开放性。在现阶段,我国的应以现实的土地物权利用关系为基础,以房屋和资源的物权利用关系为补充,以使用权为基础概念构建用益物权体系,按土地的用途不同设立建设用地使用权、农用地使用权、地役权、空间使用权;以房屋的物权利用不同设立典权和居住权;另设资源特许使用权。     

Judicial Review,Irrationality, and the Legitimacy of Merits-Review

The definition of the irrationality ground of judicial review recognises the constitutional principle of the separation of powers, in allowing for judicial control of the executive only very rarely. The author in a previous article in this study found that the courts, on occasions, had intervened in circumstances where administrative decisions arguably were not irrational. To this end, the purpose of this article is to assess the constitutionality of these seemingly low standards of irrationality. The author does so by reference either to the manner of review employed—the use of the proportionality principle, for example—or the context of the administrative decision under scrutiny, such as the infringement of the applicant’s fundamental rights. The author finds that the cases from the previous article where low standards of irrationality were arguably adopted were, in fact, legitimate according to these chosen methods of evaluation. However, this is an interim conclusion because, for reasons of word length, the author is unable to complete a full assessment here. It is therefore proposed that a subsequent article will continue to examine the constitutionality of these cases. Furthermore, the author will also try and establish a zone of executive decision-making, for reasons of democracy, where the courts are excluded from irrationality review. If the author is unsuccessful in this regard, the final conclusion of this study will inevitably be that low standards of judicial intervention exist without limit—a clear assault on the constitutional principle stated above.

论在新农村建设中的知识产权问题——以江苏省为例

新农村建设对知识产权提出了新要求,发展农村生产力、促进农民增收和实现由传统农民向新型农民的转变,必须依靠知识产权。在新农村建设中,应该加强自主知识产权建设;"品牌兴农"不能忽视农副产品的质量保证;培育新型农民树立知识产权保护意识。