法治和法治国--构建和谐社会的法理学思考

构建和谐社会是对我国传统"礼"的规范与"和"的精神的复古情怀和批判的继承.在分析了法治的内涵和中西方、英美法系和大陆法系不同的法治观念的基础上,我们认为,构建和谐社会在当代我国的社会主义建设过程中必须按照法治社会和法治国家的理路进行,这样才能使社会的建构、制度的改革朝着现代法治和民主的方向前进.     

试论我国产品责任的归责原则

产品责任是经济法的重要组成部分,而归责原则又是产品责任的核心问题。对我国关于产品责任归责原则诸多观点进行分析,我国产品责任的归责原则只能适用严格责任。     

试论中国产品质量的归责原则

我国法学 (学术 )界对中国产品质量的归责问题有几种不同的观点 :第一种是“过失责任说” ;第二种是“过错推定说” ;第三种是“视为有过错说” ;第四种是“严格责任说”或“无过错责任说” ;第五种是“综合责任说”。第五种观点既总结了以往法学界在产品责任归责上的研究成果 ,又结合了《产品质量法》的规定 ,基本上反映了我国产品责任的法律现状。然而我国目前的《产品质量法》处罚仍偏轻。加重处罚 ,提高法律的可操作性是进一步完善《产品责任法》或《产品质量法》的两个重要方面     

对刑法"不得假释"之规定(81条第二款)的商榷

限制假释与世界行刑现代化方向不吻合。对假释在实践中存在的问题应具体分析,但不能因噎废食。我国限制假释的理论依据值得商榷,事实表明:限制假释不利于调动在监服刑犯的改造积极性,不利于他们的重新社会化过程,与监狱法中对罪犯实行惩罚与改造相结合的原则不符;同时,在维护社会的稳定以及体现法律的公正、衔接等方面并非是一个较好的选择。所以,建议对该刑法条款进行修改,并通过对我国假释管理体制的完善,逐步扩大对假释的适用。     

律师刑事责任豁免权必要性刍议

目前 ,我国律师在刑事执业中困难重重 ,不利于对犯罪嫌疑人、被告人合法权益的保护 ,最主要的原因是律师在刑事执业中风险太大。赋予律师在刑事诉讼中豁免权有利于实现设立律师制度的目的 ,维护弱者权利 ,维护最基本人权 ,同时也是跟国际相接轨的现实需要。     

Divorcing Responsibly

In this article I argue that Part II of the Family LawAct 1996 gives expression to a new form ofresponsibility. I begin by suggesting thatresponsible behaviour has shifted from prohibiting orrequiring particular actions: we now exhibitresponsibility by our attitude towards our actions. I then examine where this new conception ofresponsibility has come from. Through an examinationof the work of post-liberal theorists, principallyMichael Sandel, I argue that a changing view ofpersonhood within post-liberal theory has led to aquestioning of the possibility of choice, and that theabsence of choice necessitates a shift in thedefinition of responsible behaviour. If we are createdby our decisions then we cannot be held to account forour decisions, but only for the care we have takenover them. Responsibility is therefore measured notby our level of self-control but by our level ofself-awareness. Finally I examine the consequences ofthis shift in the meaning of responsibility. Withinthis framework autonomy is illusory thereforedecisions do not need to be respected. This explainswhy the implementation of Part II of the Family LawAct 1996 has been called into question. Within thisframework responsibility is relative therefore itextends indefinitely. This enables the Family Law Actto be uniquely intrusive and judgmental: everydivorcing couple, on being held up to scrutiny, isfound lacking.     

Harm,Consent and the Limits of Privacy

Within the context of U.K. law, the right to respect for private life, articulated in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and acknowledged more opaquely in domestic legislation and case law, is one whose scope is unclear. Nowhere is this brought into sharper relief than in cases where conduct which manifests a person’s sexual identity, or concerns her intimate relations with others, is prima facie criminal. In this essay I attempt, through a discussion of cases in which injury is caused in the context of relationships experienced inter-subjectively as private, to explore the contexts in which the law is prepared to legitimate that inter-subjective experience, and where it is not. Using cases in which injury has been caused purposively (in S/M sex), and incidentally (through the reckless transmission of HIV during sexual intercourse), the essay argues that the law is prepared to respect the right to respect for private life only in so far as the private life concerned is one which reinforces traditional gender roles and relationship types; in short, a life that one would be prepared to live publicly.     

试论俄罗斯不批准《京都议定书》的原因和法律后果——以《气候变化框架公约》第九次缔约方会议为例

在<气候变化框架公约>第九次缔约方会议上,由于俄罗斯仍然拒绝批准<京都议定书>,致使议定书仍不能生效.俄罗斯拒绝批准议定书的主要原因是本国的"经济效益"重于温室效应.虽然俄罗斯不批准议定书的行为,未构成国际不当行为,从而无须承担国际责任,但该行为在很大程度上与国际法的诚意原则的基本精神相抵触,是国际社会所公认的国际背信行为.     

完善我国产品责任立法的几点建议

产品质量和产品责任问题已成为非常突出的社会问题,有必要借鉴他国产品责任立法,扩大"产品"的范围,明确产品"缺陷"的定义,确立严格责任原则,增设惩罚性赔偿制度,扩大产品责任义务主体的范围,扩大保护对象的范围,不断完善我国产品责任立法。     

中国国家利益与美国主导的国际反恐利益的重合与排异——兼论中国外交空间的开辟和外交资源的利用

国际恐怖主义与国际反恐斗争引起国际关系的急剧变化和大国关系的调整.大国关系的调整及缓和源于大国安全观念的变化.尽管中国国家安全利益与美国主导的国际反恐利益之间存在一些分歧,但也有较多利益交汇与重合.这为中国外交提供了更为广阔的活动空间,也为中国积累了新的外交资源.中国可着力于外交空间的开辟和外交资源的利用,扩大"两个利益"间的共同点,同时,缩小并弥合分歧,从根本上维护中国国家安全利益.