海事审判助推滨海新区功能发展的思考

随着滨海新区开发开放的不断推进,功能定位的不断拓展,对外开放的不断扩大,一些新的政策陆续推出,对海事司法提出了更高的要求和期待。为更好地服务滨海新区开发开放,文章以海事审判的价值追求和职能定位为切入点,对滨海新区涉海经济的快速发展以及面临的海事司法需求进行了分析研究,提出了司法应对措施,以促进海事司法服务滨海新区职能作用的发挥。     

侦查人员出庭作证问题的思考——《刑事诉讼法修正案（草案）》刍议

由于近年来发生的一系列冤假错案，侦查人员出庭作证问题成为了刑事诉讼研究的一大热点。侦查人员出庭作证对于保障犯罪嫌疑人的合法权益、规范侦查取证行为、促进公平正义、维护司法权威具有十分重要的意义。然而，在我国司法实践中，该制度的推行却困难重重。通过对相关现行法律法规的分析，可以看到，我国侦查人员出庭作证的确存在某些立法缺陷，建议《刑事诉讼法修正案（草案）》对侦查人员出庭作证问题予以完善。     

法院文化建设的困境与出路----从以人为本的角度切入

随着司法改革进程的不断深入,我国法院系统的文化建设处于"跳跃式"发展之中。文章详细分析了法院文化建设的困境,并从以人为本的角度,本着司法为民的理念,提出一些初步性的对策,希望能对法院文化建设的进一步开展有所裨益。     

论不完整意义上的亲属拒证权--评2012年《刑事诉讼法》第188条

2012年《刑事诉讼法》第188条增设的亲属出庭作证义务豁免权填补了我国现代亲属拒证权制度的空白，丰富了《刑事诉讼法》人权保障的内容，显现出容隐制度呈现出回归的端倪，彰显了我国与现代西方法律制度相融合的趋势。相较于中国古代的容隐制度和现代西方国家的亲属拒证权制度，亲属出庭作证义务豁免权只能被视为不完整意义上的亲属拒证权。无论是权利主体范围，还是权利内容，亲属出庭作证义务豁免权都有进一步完善发展的空间；并且该规定在实施中可能遭遇被误读、阻碍案件证明、流于形式以及侵犯被告人对质权的风险。对这些风险和问题应当予以充分认识、合理应对，以使司法实践准确落实这一规定，并为确立完整意义上的亲属拒证权奠定基础。     

法院体制的非行政化改革——非行政化法院与非营利性组织的类比

法院体制改革的目标是实现审判与行政管理的分离、阻隔,由于历史的、现实的、人为的原因使得司法权与行政权混淆,导致我国法院体制表现为行政化的特征,并具有营利性的利润追求.要使我国法院体制适应司法审判的客观需要,实现我国司法的现代化,保证司法的公正性,必须要进行法院体制的非行政化改革.法院应摆脱行政化领导,建立以法官为主体,以审判活动为中心的现代管理体制.     

试析我国关于警察出庭作证的立法

在我国,警察出庭作证十分少见。主要原因是:我国刑事诉讼法对警察的证人资格、作证义务没有做出专门、明确的规定;两大法系国家警察出庭作证的理论依据在我国法律中没有体现或者体现得不充分;传统的证据理论对证人、证言界定过窄。解决这一问题绝非制定一部法律就能一蹴而就,而应加强理论研究,完善相关配套法律,逐步建立起我国的警察出庭作证制度。     

未决诉讼中民事管辖权的冲突与协调

当同一案件由不同国家的法院分别受理的时候,就会产生管辖权的冲突。为解决未决诉讼中管辖权的冲突,世界各国采取了不同的方法,主要有先受理法院管辖、发布外国法院禁诉令、中止内国诉讼、当事人选择审判法院、前后诉继续进行等。根据国际法原理和民事诉讼法基本理论,对各种方法的利弊进行了分析,认为解决未决诉讼中管辖权冲突的方法应该采用先受理法院管辖原则,并辅之以专属管辖原则和不方便法院原则。     

独联体国家法院系统比较研究

在独联体国家中,政治体制不同的国家宪法文本中规定的内容则有很大的区别。对独联体国家中的政治体制不同的几个国家的法院系统在宪法文本规定层面上作一比较研究,通过对各国法院系统的结构、职权,法官的职责、权利、地位以及司法权和其他与司法相关的权利方面等方面进行的比较可发现这些比较研究对我国当今的司法制度有多方面的启示。     

Finger in the Dyke or the Floodgates Stemmed? Sections 29–40 of the Employment Act 2002

This article considers Sections 29–40 of the Employment Act 2002 in the context of post-War developments in labour relations culminating in the National Industrial Relations Court. It considers the development of Employment Tribunal which rather than being the last resort intended by the legislators, has become the first resort of complainants, often for trivial matters by employees; or by employers taking an extremely broad view of Gross Misconduct by employees. Due to the volume of cases and the shortage of Chairs, cases are constantly delayed and postponed. The article posits that these are the principle reason behind the framing of Sections 29–40 of the Employment Act 2002 which introduced a new Section 9(1)(a) into the Employment Tribunals Act 1995. This has given the Chair of an Employment Tribunal the authority to strike out a weak case at a Pre-Hearing Review that will strike the case out once and for all at this juncture. The aim is to encourage employers to have proper procedures and for employees to follow them. This article suggests that in fact the reforms will have the opposite effect; that they have introduced another layer of legal complexity which will further increase the number of cases brought before the Employment Tribunal.     

The Role of Woman's Explanations for Refusal on Men's Ability to Discriminate Unwanted Sexual Behavior in a Date Rape Scenario

This study examined the impact of types of women's verbal refusals, and the timing of her refusal, on men's discrimination of when a female wants her partner to stop making sexual advances. Male students were randomly assigned to 1 of 6 conditions (Explanations × Intimacy Levels). Before listening to an audiotape of a date rape, participants were told they would be listening to an interaction between a man and a woman who had just returned from a date. They were instructed to indicate when the woman wanted the man to stop making sexual advances by pressing a switch that synchronously stopped a timer (yielding the measure of latency). In the vignette, the woman provided an explanation for not engaging in sexual intercourse on the date either during kissing or when the man attempted to touch her breasts. She offered one of three reasons for refusing his sexual advances; fear of pregnancy, waiting until marriage, too early in the relationship. Results revealed an interaction in which participants in the too early in the relationship explanation at the level of breast contact condition displayed significantly longer latencies than individuals in the other groups. The implications of the findings are discussed.