Challenging the Ongoing Injustice of Imprisonment for Public Protection: James,Wells and Lee v The United Kingdom

The Government has recently abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection, a highly controversial form of indeterminate sentence. Yet, at the time of writing, nearly 6,000 inmates are still serving such sentences, all of whom will have to convince a Parole Board that detention is no longer necessary for the protection of the public. This paper evaluates recent European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence which considered the legality of post‐tariff detention in the absence of suitable rehabilitative provision. The Court held that there would be a violation of Article 5(1) if prisoners were held without access to such provision. Consideration is given to the implications of this ruling for those serving such sentences and, more broadly, to the impact it may have on risk‐based sentencing policies.     

关于构建土地非诉行政案件“裁执分离”模式的调研报告

基于现行土地管理法律规范并没有赋予土地行政管理机关行政强制执行权,针对非法占地建筑物和设施所作的行政决定的强制执行,需要向人民法院申请,由人民法院强制执行。由于非法占地建筑物和设施形成的原因及强制执行,与其他非诉行政执行案件有诸多不同的特点,由法院进行审查并执行的"审执一体"模式,弊端日益凸显。为有效破解土地非诉行政案件"执行难",本文以数据、案例等为基础,在分析现有模式的前提下,对土地管理领域的非诉行政案件实践"裁执分离"模式,从适用范围、理论基础、法律依据、实践经验等方面展开论证,提出在宏观层面完善立法、中观层面建立协作、微观层面细化规定,构建土地非诉行政案件"裁执分离"新型模式。     

Bridging the gap between judges and the public? A multi-method study

This article examines the gap between Dutch judges and the public in terms of preferred severity of sentences. It focuses on one particular explanation usually given for the gap: the lack of case-specific, detailed information on the part of the general public. Findings from three studies are reported and combined: (a) a survey among a sample from the Dutch population (N = 2,127), (b) a sentencing experiment with judges in Dutch criminal courts (N = 180), and (c) a sentencing experiment, using the same case materials as with judges, but now with a sample from the Dutch population (N = 917). Results show that providing the public with detailed case information indeed reduces severity of sentences preferred. Moreover, those members of the public who were given short and unbalanced newspaper reports preferred much harsher sentences than did those who were given the full case files. However, despite such a reduction in punitiveness as a result of information, the public’s preferred sentences remain much more punitive than judges’ sentences pertaining to exactly the same case files.

Misunderstanding Corruption and Community: Comparative Cultural Politics of Corruption Regulation in the Pacific

This paper will take as its empirical foundation the author’s experience of corruption and regulation in small Pacific island states. The argument is that notions of corruption and strategies for its regulation suitable for modernized societies, which lack cultural specificity and community engagement, may in fact stimulate corruption relationships in transitional cultures. The other consequence of the imposition of inappropriate definitions and regulation strategies is a profound misunderstanding of communities of dependence. In fact, corruption control can misconstrue and exacerbate economic and political dependence environments, fostering the conditions for corruption which accompany socio-economic development. Two remedies are suggested. First, corruption requires an appreciation which is ‘community-centered’, while at the same time not being neutralized by disconnected cultural relativity. Second, an enterprise theory of corruption in modernized societies and international political/commercial entities may assist in the relevant translation of global anti-corruption policies in a way which advances good governance in traditional communities. This is so when corruption is conceived as dependant on phases of modernization, and the tensions which arise when the interests of societies at different phases intersect. Corporate citizenship and compliance with anti-corrupt business practices by major corporations with a commercial interest in these transitional economies may be more beneficial than deference to uniform international codes of governance.

论建立健全政府应对突发事件的舆论引导机制

在现代信息社会,突发事件的新闻传播越来越快,影响也越来越大,加强政府在突发事件中的舆论引导机制建设非常重要。突发事件发生后,舆论传播往往具有公众对信息的饥渴性,媒体报道的热衷性,政府信息发布的权威性,信息传播的先入为主性等特点,根据这些特点,做好应对重大事件和突发事件的舆论引导机制建设对于平抑事态、稳定民心具有十分重要的意义。     

企业家政府理论对我国公安管理的启示

企业家政府理论诞生于英美,将其与我国的公安管理理论相结合,以求在借鉴该理论的基础上,找出解决我国公安管理中遇到的问题的新思路、新办法。现行公安机关管理体制是典型的科层制,在实践中难免会遇到科层制在当今信息化、市场化的背景下运作时所产生的种种弊端,而企业家政府理论正是为解决科层制的弊端而生,这为我们将其纳入公安管理的研究视野提供了充分的理由。     

公共危机治理中的政府责任

作为公共权力执掌者,在公共危机的多元治理主体中,政府必然处于主导地位,承担必要的责任。本文分析了政府公共危机应急管理的特殊性及其政府有效履行责任的必要性,在此基础上从充分合理行使公权力,强化政府责任意识;建立危机管理财政保障体系,加强资金监管;倡导危机治理理念,积极培育危机治理非政府主体;完善公共危机治理法制建设,践行依法行政四个方面对政府在公共危机治理中应承担的责任进行界定。     

坚持科学发展 开创信息警务新格局——以澧县公安局信息警务为视角

基层信息警务的内涵是情报信息主导警务,它是以局域网络为平台、以情报信息研判和应用为核心,充分发挥信息资源优势的一种警务运行模式。当前,随着时代信息化、信息全球化的快速发展,新的治安形势给公安机关提出了更新的要求,建立信息警务已成为基层公安工作可持续发展的必由之路。近年来,澧县公安局以科学发展观为指导,认真贯彻落实公安部"三项建设"精神,立足长远,大胆探索,强力推进四大信息基础建设,开创了"全警采录、全警共享、全警研判、全警应用"的信息警务新格局。     

公众参与：执政党政策合法性的新来源

执政党依靠制定和实施公共政策实现对社会的治理。执政党的政策能否得到广泛的认同和支持直接影响到执政党自身的合法性,因此执政党必然通过各种渠道和方式强化其与民众的联系。改革开放以来,中国共产党通过一系列制度和机制的创新,特别是倡导和鼓励公众参与,使执政党政策的合法性途径更为多元,这不仅实质性地提高了执政党的执政能力,有效地降低了执政成本,也为建构社会主义和谐社会提供了重要的制度平台。     

群体性纠纷解决机制的建构原理

群体性纠纷带来问题的根源在于它与两造诉讼结构的紧张关系,但是,不同类型的群体性纠纷带来的挑战并不完全相同,对纠纷解决机制的要求也不尽相同。通过对西方国家代表性的群体性纠纷解决机制进行结构的、功能的和技术的比较,可以发现,行政机关执法、社会团体与行政机关提起的不作为之诉、撇去不法收益之诉、加入制群体诉讼、退出制群体诉讼分别适合特定类型的群体性纠纷;群体性诉讼中的费用风险问题,则可以通过诉讼费用制度、律师收费制度的调整或者第三方资助的途径解决。