论中国特色社会主义理论体系活的灵魂

中国特色社会主义理论体系活的灵魂,是贯穿于中国特色社会主义理论体系各个组成部分的立场、观点和方法,是中国特色社会主义理论体系的精髓。其四个基本点为解放思想、改革开放、科学发展和以人为本。其中,解放思想是该理论体系的根本前提,改革开放是该理论体系发展的动力,科学发展是该理论体系的根本指针,以人为本是该理论体系的根本目的。     

刑事附带民事诉讼调解新路径

刑事附带民事诉讼是指司法机关在刑事诉讼过程中,在解决被告人刑事责任的同时,附带解决因被告人的犯罪行为所造成的物质损失的赔偿问题而进行的诉讼活动。在司法实践中,调解在刑事附带民事诉讼中已被广泛运用,在处理刑事附带民事案件中发挥了特殊的作用。调解作为解决民事纠纷的一种特殊制度,是促使双方当事人和解的一种结案方式和诉讼活动,具有方便、快捷、灵活、成本低廉和对抗性弱的特点。     

论跨境环境损害民事责任的法律适用——以冲突规范为研究对象

作为统一实体法规范的国际环境民事责任公约在高度危险活动领域如核能利用、石油污染等发挥着巨大作用,但对于一般环境损害未做任何规定,因此,需要由国内冲突法规范加以调整。由于传统的调整方法——侵权行为地法很难解决当今环境损害中的所有问题,笔者以为在继续追求冲突法正义的同时也应顾及到索赔主体实体利益的保护,于是,有必要考虑新的系属公式如当事人合意选择的法律、对受害人有利的法律等。但仍应赋予侵权行为地法最重要的地位,同时采用选择性冲突规则。     

Scrutiny in English Local Government and the Role of Councillors

Overview and Scrutiny Committees were introduced in England and Wales in the Local Government Act 2000 that ended the role the full council and its committees as the locus of decision‐making for most local authorities. Overview and scrutiny committees composed of councillors not on small decision‐making executives were tasked with holding these to account. The performance of scrutiny committees is variable. Generally they work best where they concentrate on reviews of policy and practice, with recommendations following from well‐researched reports. The paper reviews the difficulties which arise when scrutiny committees endeavour to hold powerful executives to account, and suggests that to strengthen this new legislation is required, in particular to institutionalise scrutiny committees as agencies of the full council, the representative body for the area, comparable to the way in which the select committees at Westminster are the agencies of the Parliament.     

Dual citizenship and theories of democracy

Dual/multiple citizenship has become a widespread phenomenon in many parts of the world. This acceptance or tolerance of overlapping memberships in political communities represents an important element in the ongoing readjustment of the relationship between citizens and political communities in democratic systems. This article has two goals and parts. First, it evaluates dual citizenship from the perspective of five normative theories of democracy. Liberal and republican as well as multicultural and deliberative understandings of democracy deliver a broad spectrum of arguments in favour of dual citizenship. Only communitarians fear that dual citizenship endangers national democracies. Nevertheless, empirical evidence and national policies largely contradict these fears. The second part of the article reverses the perspective and shows that most theories of democracy do not only legitimate and facilitate the acceptance of dual citizenship – the phenomenon of multiple citizenships induces innovation in democratic theory in turn. A second look at the relationship between dual citizenship and theories of democracy reveals that dual citizenship stimulates refinements, expansions and reconceptualisations of these theories for a transnationalising world.     

马克思主义权力观下建构防止利益冲突制度

腐败发生的重要根源在于公职人员的利益冲突,利益冲突的重要根源在于公职人员权力观的错位。树立“权为民所赋,权为民所用”的马克思主义权力观,从制度层面上规范和监督公共权力的运行过程,通过合理的制度安排使公共权力与私人利益相分离,从而阻断公职人员以权谋私的通道,最终达到预防腐败的目的。     

案外第三人申请再审问题研究

修订后的《民事诉讼法》第二百零四条和最高法院2008年11月通过的《关于适用（中华人民共和国民事诉讼法）审判监督程序若干问题的解释》（以下简称《解释》）第五条、第四十二条确立了独具中国特色的案外人申请再审制度。但是,现行司法解释的规定过于模糊,关于此制度的设计存在诸多缺陷,在民事诉讼法修订时需要进一步立法规范。     

论合同自由原则及其限制

自由是人类的永恒追求,合同自由是合同法的灵魂,自由原则亦是我国合同法的核心原则,贯穿整个合同法的始终。但是,自由并非是绝对的,无限制的自由是对权利的滥用,不利于权利的有效行使和各方主体价值利益的平衡,因此我国合同法又对自由原则进行了诸多合理的限制,如强制缔约、标准合同、附随义务、诚实信用、公序良俗等。     

腐败案件中“一对一”案件的口供运用

＂一对一＂证据,指的是在腐败犯罪的侦查过程中出现的互相对立的有罪证据与无罪证据证明力相矛盾的证据现象,具有证明力不稳定、＂延伸＂或＂再生＂证据明显等特点,带来了一些证明困境,可通过建立补强证据规则、自白任意规则、强化间接证据、构建讯问时同步录音、录像、律师在场制度等措施来解决。     

论违约责任中各种责任方式的适用

违约责任制度是合同法理论中的核心内容,根据《合同法》的规定,违约责任形式包括继续履行、损害赔偿、违约金、定金责任、其他补救措施等,违约责任形式的功能也不尽相同,而我国的违约责任的主要功能是补偿性,这就决定了各责任形式之问的适用规则是不同的,对这个问题的厘清,有助于司法实践部门对法律的正确适用.同时精神损害赔偿在合同法中...