Maxing Out the Minimum Wage

正Salary increases continue to benefit Chinese workers As of April 25,nine local governments in China had raised their minimum monthly wage standards by an average of 13.2 percent this year,according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security(MHRSS).The nine provinces,municipalities and     

LOCAL TAXES AND LOCAL EXPENDITURES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: STRENGTHENING THE WICKSELLIAN CONNECTION

Many countries are decentralizing in various ways. Decentralization is often intended at least partly to make government more efficient, flexible, and responsive. Many studies have evaluated the effects of decentralization on the provision of such services as health and education as well as on corruption, stability, and growth. Because what governments do and how well they do it is inseparably entangled with the question of how they are financed, this article outlines why and how a key element in a sound decentralization program should be to strengthen the linkage between local expenditures and local revenues—called here the Wicksellian Connection. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Counting the cost of crime in Italy

We gauge the cost of crime in Italy by concentrating on a subset of offences covering about 64% of total recorded crimes in the year 2006. Following the breakdown of costs put forward by Brand and Price, we focus on the costs in anticipation, as a consequence, and in response to a specific offence. The estimated total social cost is more than €38 billion, which amounts to about 2.6% of Italy's GDP. To show the usefulness of these measures, we borrow the elasticity estimates from recent studies concerning the determinants of crime in Italy and calculate the cost associated with the surge in crime fuelled by unemployment and pardons. Indeed, in both cases such costs are substantial, implying that they should no longer be skipped when assessing the relative desirability of public policies towards crime.     

英国消除未成年贫困政策及对我国的启示

未成年贫困是英国的一个较为严重的社会问题,为了消除未成年贫困现象,英国政府在促进父母就业,为家庭提供援助,针对子女进行补贴以及提供子女照顾和教育服务等方面制定并实施了一系列政策,降低了未成年贫困率,对我国发展子女保障事业,促进社会公正具有一定的借鉴意义。     

徇私枉法罪中“特定明知”的认定

徇私枉法罪有关条款明确了行为人对特定对象的“明知”,要准确认定行为人的“特定明知”,必须先确认特定对象在犯罪构成中的归属。司法实践中,在认定行为主体犯罪故意的认识因素时,将行为主体的认识状况与对行为主体认识状况的认识区别开来：“明知”是行为人对犯罪构成事实的一种认识状况,而非我们对行为人认识状况的一种判断方式。只有把“明知是有罪的人”限定为行为主体自己对犯罪构成事实的一种认识状况,才符合罪责自负原则。     

村民自治背景下农民利益表达机制的完善

村民自治作为村民参与管理的农村政治制度,是一种有中国特色的基层民主形式。村民自治赋予了村民更多的话语权。在村民自治背景下健全和完善农民利益表达机制,确保农民群众依法行使当家作主的权利,是推进社会主义新农村建设和维护农民权益的重要举措。     

关于我国结婚条件构成的法律思考

结婚条件是结婚制度的重要组成部分。在我国婚姻法中结婚条件更多地强调了社会利益的实现,个人权利保护不够充分。在个人权利保护日益受到重视的今天,我国结婚条件构成的不足愈加显现,主要表现为法律规定态度上的犹疑和贯彻实施过程中的障碍。关注婚姻的特殊性,从实质意义上实现对个人权利的充分保护,达到社会利益和个人权利充分实现的平衡,细化结婚条件,将是解决许多难以解决的婚姻家庭领域问题的关键。     

新时期代表人民根本利益的现实思考

做人民根本利益的忠实代表是中国共产党人的历史使命。在新时期,尤其是党的十六大以后,完成这一使命的标准更高、难度更大。针对变化了的情况,代表人民的根本利益,必须与时俱进,要有新的思路,新的要求。     

辽宁省边境地区与朝鲜经济贸易合作研究

辽宁省边境地区与朝鲜的经济贸易合作不仅是辽宁省对外开放总体战略的重要组成部分 ,而且关系到我国的国家利益。分析双方经济贸易合作基础 ,着重研究双方经贸合作的现状和存在的问题 ,并提出今后发展的对策建议 ,对辽宁省边境地区的发展将能起到很大的借鉴作用。     

劳动权的多重意蕴

劳动权是劳动法学的核心范畴 ,强化对劳动权范畴的深层次探究 ,既是劳动法学学科发展的理论任务 ,也是劳动法制建设的现实需求。劳动权构造的“权利群”现象、主体利益需求的多样性以及义务对应的多元化都决定了劳动权属性的多重性、复杂性 ,也决定了劳动权必然具有多重的精神意蕴 :生存理念与发展理念相并行 ;社会权属性与自由权属性相兼容 ;物质利益与人身、人格利益相统一 ;倾斜保护与平衡协调相结合。比较而言 ,劳动权范畴中的发展理念、自由权属性、人格法益、平衡协调机能往往被忽视 ,应该突出予以阐释和强调。