Mainstreaming Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Family Law: The Israeli Child Protection Law as a Case Study

This article considers the contribution of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) to the theoretical development and practical advancement of reforms in child care law. It does so by presenting three dilemmas arising from The Israeli Youth Law (Care and Supervision) 1960 relating to its substance, procedures, and practice. TJ is a “field of enquiry” that examines the influence of the law on litigants in order to advance rules and practices that have therapeutic effects and to minimize the use of rules and practices that have antitherapeutic ones. Following the TJ methodology, we integrate psychosocial findings into the legal discussion. We propose some therapeutic practices, as well as legal reform to make the child protection legal regime more TJ friendly for children and families.     

Who's Your Daddy?: The Marital Presumption of Legitimacy in the Modern World and its Application to Same‐Sex Couples

Recently, the definition of marriage has been significantly altered. No longer do we find ourselves exclusively in the midst of “traditional marriage” between one man and one woman. Instead, everywhere we experience different kinds of marriages and diverse, nontraditional families. The United States has finally caught up to many advanced democracies in universally recognizing same‐sex marriage through the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. However, the next question remains unanswered: what about families of same‐sex couples? This Note explores the nature of same‐sex couples, their families, and in particular, their children. It addresses the issue of the marital presumption of legitimacy and encourages its application to all legally recognized married couples regardless of sexual orientation and biology. Even though prior to Obergefell some states were unwilling to apply the presumption, since the implementation of marriage equality, the next logical step would be to utilize the presumption to ensure that all parents, regardless of gender, are recognized and families are preserved.     

谈技术侦查中公民隐私权的保护

随着犯罪形式的变化,技术侦查成为打击犯罪的重要侦查手段。技术侦查因其高度的隐秘性而与公民的隐私权产生冲突。如何在打击犯罪与保护公民隐私权之间寻找一个平衡点,是技术侦查立法追求的目标。技术侦查以侵犯公民隐私权为代价,应受到严格的程序控制并辅以救济措施。     

中日环保合作的市场化运作模式探析

环境作为一种新的贸易资源与新兴产业,其重要性日益受到重视。在以往的中日环保合作中,中国处于受援国地位。随着我国综合国力的增强,接受援助的空间越来越小。而解决日益严峻的环境瓶颈制约与胁迫影响,要求中国必须借鉴发达国家的环保技术和管理经验,实现环保产业的跨越式发展。因此,中日两国在环保产业寻求市场化的合作模式成为有效推动中日合作的关键。理论和实践经验表明:中日环保合作既可行且必要,符合两国经济发展战略和国家利益。目前,两国环保合作的机制已经初步建立,寻求市场化的合作模式日益成为有效推动中日环保合作的关键。     

台湾太巴塱部落传统文化传承与保护的个案研究

台湾太巴塱部落是阿美族聚居的一个古老部落,也是台湾最大的原住民部落之一。太巴塱部落在悠久的历史长河中形成了独特的传统文化,如标志着太巴塱部落祖先智慧的服饰、建筑、手工艺、歌谣、神话传说、节日祭仪等。本文从太巴塱部落学校、手工艺作坊、各协会等实践团体入手,阐述部落传统文化传承与保护的现状。在此基础上认为,部落传统文化的传承与保护实践是对部落集体记忆的追寻、族群的自我完善与身份认同、部落传统文化的再生产;与此同时,亦具有保护部落传统文化,增强部落凝聚力与向心力、促进中华民族文化多元共存等现实意义。     

制定《中华人民共和国世界遗产保护法》之必要性及立法构想

以立法的方式对世界文化遗产和自然遗产加以保护,是尊重人类文明的体现和社会进步的要求。国际社会和世界上许多国家都十分重视以立法的方式对世界文化遗产和自然遗产加以保护。我国在此方面作了大量努力,《中华人民共和国文物保护法》乃原则性规范保护中国世界遗产难以起到实效。而中国仅有的两个保护世界遗产的专门法:《四川省世界遗产保护条例》和《福建省武夷山世界文化和自然遗产保护条例》均为地方性法规,仅能在所属区域内发生法律效力,且地方立法不可能有全国立法应有的全局意识。因此通过立法制定全国性的、具体的、可操作的《中华人民共和国世界遗产保护法》来对中国的世界遗产加以保护势在必行。笔者构想,《中华人民共和国世界遗产保护法》拟分为:一、总则;二、规划与管理;三、文化遗产保护;四、自然遗产保护;五、文化和自然遗产保护;六、法律责任等六个部分。     

The US Alien Tort Claims Act of 1789, the US Torture Victims Protection Act of 1992, and the Gongadze Case: A Right without Adequate Remedy?

The US 1992 Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA) strengthens the reach of the 1789 Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) to US citizens alleging claims of torture and/or extrajudicial killings that occur abroad, but only if the plaintiffs were US citizens at the time of the criminal acts. Should the later-in-time statute, which gives effect to the United Nations Convention against Torture and extends remedies under the ATCA, be amended to apply to those given political asylum in this country from the moment of their entry? Is not the limbo status of victims given haven in the USA but not automatic citizenship, victims who rightly need resolution of brutal facts which occasioned rupture with their country of origin, a situation that cries for more precise remedy? This note explores this issue as raised by the case of Myroslava Gongadze, the widow of slain political journalist Georghy Gongadze in the Ukraine in September 2000. Only three of the perpetrators, policemen who say they followed orders, were put on trial in 2007–2008. Those who allegedly gave the orders for the killing continue to evade justice.     

经济全球化趋势与我国农业保护和振兴

农业是国民经济的基础,同时也是一种比较利益偏低的弱质产业。经济全球化趋势,要求农业在国内外两个市场的约束下发展。因此,为使我国农业在国内市场和国际市场具有竞争力,成为一个自强自立的产业,必须通过加大政府支持力度和优化经营结构的有效方式,加以保护和振兴。     

论立法保护私人财产权的迫切性

私人财产权的法律保护问题已是我国法学界的研究热点,历经全国人大常委会四审的《物权法草案》因某些学者对其中有关“保护私人财产权”法律条文的质疑而被暂时搁置,这令诸多法学家扼腕。据此,以双方主要争议为基础探讨在我国立法保护私人财产权的迫切性。     

Community security: human security at 21

The concept of human security has come a long way since its introduction in the UNDP Human Development Report in 1994. There are now a number of global and regional initiatives aimed at promoting human security issues. However, the achievements over the last two decades may be less impressive when one starts to explicate the progress of each of the key elements subsumed under the broad concept of human security. This paper will examine the extent to which community security, as one of the elements of human security, has been advanced through the security discourses and practices in the international arena. Using ASEAN as a case study, the paper argues that the massive gaps in human development, security and democracy hinder progress in promoting community security. The paper further argues that in developing states, community security is still very much the domain of the state.