中国古代慎刑的政治思想

慎刑是我国古代社会世轻世重刑事政策的重要内容，它的推行受了多重政治思想的影响。正是由于秦朝法家重刑主义思想的惨败、西汉初期黄老道家思想的推行、汉代以后儒家政治思想的一以贯之，统治者在刑罚的适用中才秉承了慎刑思想，进而建立起了容隐、怜老恤幼、死刑审核等慎刑制度。     

论未成年人犯罪的刑种适用

当前,未成年人犯罪已经成为国际社会普遍关注的严重社会问题,在我国的刑事案件和犯罪人数量上同样也占据相当大的比例。但由于未成年人特殊的生理和心理特征,在刑罚的适用上也必须有所特殊,应当贯彻“教育、感化、挽救”方针,严格坚持禁止死刑和从宽处罚这两项原则,充分保护未成年人的合法权益。     

我国惩罚性赔偿制度的完善

惩罚性赔偿制度是一种兼具惩罚、补偿和威慑功能的责任制度。我国已在消费者权益保护法中引入了该项制度。但近二十五年的实践证明了我国关于该制度的规定存在一定的缺陷。本文通过分析引发问题的原因，认为应该从其适用范围和赔偿数额方面着手，进一步完善该制度。     

公安行政处罚程序实施现状及立法完善

在公安执法实践中，公安行政处罚程序对于规范公安机关行政处罚权、保障公安机关依法行政、保护相对人合法权益，具有重要的意义。但由于我国行政程序立法研究理论的欠缺和现实条件的制约，当前的公安行政处罚程序中仍存在着一些问题，急需法律予以规范和指引。     

An economic analysis of the post World War II decline in the Japanese crime rate

Since the end of World War II there has been a dramatic decrease in reported Japanese crime. Adult arrest rates have fallen steadily since the early 1950s and juvenile arrest rates have fallen since the early 1960s. An economic analysis of crime predicts that crime rates depend upon returns to crime relative to returns in legal pursuits and the certainty and severity of punishment. Regression analysis is used to test this theory using Japanese data. The empirical results indicate that the economic model does not outperform alternative naive models. However, the results are consistent with the hypothesis that increases in returns to legitimate work diminish both adult and juvenile crime. Unemployment affects some adult crimes but has little impact on juvenile crime. The share of the population in poverty has no significant impact on either type of crime. Increases in the certainty of punishment deters adult crime but there is little evidence that increases in either the certainty or the severity of punishment deter juvenile crime. There is weak evidence to support the hypothesis that increases in the severity of adult punishments deter crime.     

我国刑法中“其他”用语之探究

刑法中的“其他”用语体现了以简驭繁的立法技术，具有周延性与相关性的双重品格。其周延性使静态的刑法规范具有了较强的灵活性与适应性而有助于维护刑法的安定性；其相关性保证了刑法规范内容的特定性与明确性而有利于实现刑法的合目的性。其相关性、周延性分别与现代罪刑法定原则的人权保障、社会保护双重机能相顺应，而且与现代法治国的双重性格并行不悖。     

罪刑法定原则下混合犯罪概念的正当性探析

当前,对于现行刑法规定的犯罪概念存在各种批判,从多个方面论证在罪刑法定原则下可以发现,我国刑法的混合犯罪概念具有不容置疑的正当性。它能够科学地解决刑法形式合理性与实质合理性的冲突,不存在发生冲突时以社会危害性为最高标准突破刑事违法性进行类推的问题;它体现了社会危害性与形事违法性的统一,不存在社会危害性标准与规范标准冲突的问题;它由本文和但书两部分共同组成,不存在逻辑矛盾的问题。     

香港和内地刑事上诉制度比较研究

上诉程序是刑事诉讼一个极端重要的环节。香港和内地在上诉制度上存在许多不同之处,分析两地在刑事上诉制度中的区别,可以达到取长补短的作用。从上诉制度的基本问题着手,分析香港和内地在上诉的提起、上诉案件的审理和上诉案件的裁判三方面的不同之处,对于两地刑事司法制度的相互借鉴有着重大的意义。     

论我国死刑制度的立法抉择和司法限制

人们日渐清醒地认识到死刑有失公正性和人道性。在废除死刑已经成为国际社会发展趋势的今天,由于我国目前尚不具备废除死刑的条件,控制和限制死刑的适用则成为我国刑法理论界与实务界的当务之急。本文以此为前提,分析了我国刑事立法的抉择,并提出了在司法实践中如何把握限制死刑适用的相关问题。     

Further notes on information,corruption, and optimal law enforcement

We consider two important notes on optimal law enforcement with corruption. First, we analyze the role of asymmetric information on the emergence of collusion between criminals and enforcers. Second, our paper proposes that the optimal criminal sanction for the underlying offense is not necessarily maximal. We achieve this result by coupling the criminal sanction for the underlying offense with a criminal sanction for corruption, both imposed on offenders. A higher criminal sanction for the underlying offense implies that the government must spend more resources to detect and punish corruption (since the likelihood of collusion increases). Thus, the government could reduce this sanction, save on detection, and increase the criminal sanction for corruption (in order to offset the negative effect on deterrence). We are grateful to Mitch Polinsky and two anonymous referees for helpful suggestions. The usual disclaimers apply.