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.     

V.A.T., Taxation and Prostitution: Feminist Perspectives on Polok

Debates concerning the taxation of prostitution have occurred in taxation law and in feminist literature. This article will integrate the case of Polok v. C.E.C. [2002] E.W.H.C, 156; [2002] S.T.C. 361, within the feminist legal canon. The case is discussed in the context of the argument of the European doctrine of fiscal neutrality, which dictates that, regardless of legality as amongst member states, if an activity is levied to V.A.T. in one member state, V.A.T. should be levied on it in all member states. The doctrine of sovereignty accepts the possibility that the integrity of the V.A.T. system may be compromised by the levying of tax on illegal activities, in terms of the cooperation between tax and other aspects of the U.K.’s legal system. European law, feminist law, commodification and the marketplace are all considered within the context of these principles. The article also considers the place of Polok within standard feminist texts on prostitution. Different paradigms of prostitution define different aspects of prostitution as ‘problems’, and the article considers the implications within a feminist reconstruction of Polok of this. The article suggests that the challenge for a feminist analysis of Polok is to remain within the realm of European tax and competition law, and to render the perspective of the employees of the Polok taxpayers part of the substance of the deliberations of the case.     

农村税费改革必须突破“黄宗羲定律”的怪圈

在中国历史上,多次税费改革最终都没有解决好乱收费、滥收费这一顽症,始终徘徊在"黄宗羲定律"的怪圈中.农村税费改革是农村改革的核心和关键,确保改革突破"黄宗羲定律"怪圈,首先要完善财税体制,尽快在全国范围内取消农业特产税,也要改变农村税费"孤军深入"的困境,形成农村税费改革与其它相关改革良性互动的局面.     

“直接适用的法”与合同准据法的确定

“直接适用的法”是指无须援引法院地冲突规则而必须直接适用于某种涉外民商事关系的强制性法律规范。它在涉外合同准据法的确定中的地位有不同观点 ,本文对此进行了探讨 ,并分析了“直接适用的法”与具体的涉外合同法律适用原则的关系 ,认为“直接适用的法”在适用于涉外合同关系时只应作为对一般冲突规范的限制 ,而不是确定合同准据法的首要原则。     

从运动到法治：“严打”刑事政策的理性趋势

“严打”是我国一项长期的刑事政策 ,在打击刑事犯罪 ,维护社会治安秩序 ,保障社会安定方面起到了积极作用。由于该政策从确立到成型再到发展至今 ,经历了我国刑事法律制度从不健全到基本健全的过程。因此 ,在该政策的形成与实践中不可避免地会存在一些与现代法治理念不相适应的问题 ,集中表现为“运动”模式的色彩过浓。但该政策的生命力是不应否认的 ,应当有所作为的是 ,将“严打”从“运动”引向“法治”轨道。     

解决当前执法问题务求"四个必须"

当前公安机关在执法过程中存在不少问题.要解决这些问题,当务之急是端正执法思想、转变执法观念、改变执法作风、规范执法行为,务求"四个必须".     

再论中国竞争法立法例之选择

世界各国的竞争法已形成三种立法例,以美国为代表的松散立法例不适合中国,以德日为代表的分立式立法也已失去选择的价值。中国应该选择一元化立法例制定《中华人民共和国竞争法》,实行反垄断与反不正当竞争的统一,实现实体规范与程序规则的统一,实现传统竞争规则与转型社会的有机结合。     

关于科技强警的哲学思考(下)——刑事侦查辩证法研究之五

欲探讨"怎么做"的问题,须先探讨"怎么样",即"刑事警察队伍战斗力的现状究竟如何"的问题.在探讨该问题过程中,需要把握好三个环节一是要对整个刑事警察队伍的现状进行客观、全面和深入地考察,掌握和占有十分丰富和合乎实际的感性材料.二是要对所获得的材料进行全面、客观和深入地分析研究.三是要掌握辩证的思维方法.与此同时,还需要注意避免和克服一些错误倾向.     

犯罪学Vs刑法学——刑法学话语霸权之终结

对这两门学科的定位所出现的偏颇,造成了对刑法学的过度尊崇和对犯罪学建设的边缘化趋势。从方法论的角度分析,犯罪学在全部刑事科学中的学科地位是处于基础学科和"前犯罪学科"的位置之上。犯罪学是一门实证与思辨相结合的学科,其所运用的科学方法论同刑法学的逻辑分析方法之间存在着根本的区别。刑法学需要以犯罪学的研究成果作为立法和司法的前提与基础。     

刍议公安机关行政执法中的自由裁量权

行政自由裁量权是现代行政的必然产物,是公安机关行政执法权力的重要组成部分,但由于自由裁量权本身所固有的"自由"属性使其在公安行政执法中出现被滥用的现象。为防止自由裁量权被滥用,除了要求执法人员在适用自由裁量权时应遵循一定的原则外,关键是采取有效措施对适用自由裁量权的行为进行监督和控制。