联合国国际公约对死刑的规定及中国的应对

联合国自成立以来一直关注死刑的问题，先后通过了一系列国际公约与会议决议，尤其2007年“暂停死刑执行”决议的通过，对世界死刑废止进程产生了实质性的影响。中国作为联合国常任理事国之一，仍然在法律中保留着死刑以及实际执行死刑。如何应对死刑废止全球化的趋势，是刑法学界与司法界共同面临的问题。应从联合国公约决议关于死刑规定的流变入手，在解读相关条约决议的内容基础上，结合中国实际提出刑事立法与司法上应对策略。     

死刑执行时间的古今比较与反思

我国具有漫长的死刑执行传统,对死刑执行的时间也有十分严格的规定,现代死刑执行时间的规定借鉴并发展了古代的传统。通过总结分析我国死刑执行时间的历史渊源,区别古今死刑执行时间的异同,可以为我国当前死刑制度改革提供一定的制度借鉴。     

大学生非正常伤亡问题研究及建议——以云南省高校为例

人最宝贵的东西是生命,生命的绝对一次性决定了生命的不可重复性。教育要关爱生命,珍惜生命,善待生命。关注校园安全,为大学生的健康成长创造良好的环境,需要政府、社会、学校、教师、学生等多方面的合力。     

创造超越死亡文学的新视点——川端康成新感觉派时期的文学主张

新感觉派运动在日本文学史上只是昙花一现,很快就消失了。但川端康成却被认为是完成新感觉主义的唯一的一位作家,获得了极高的评价。川端康成把新感觉派贯穿始终、成为新感觉派最为成功的作家的主要原因是:川端寄予新感觉派运动的期望主要是在思想方面。即在新的表现当中寻求人生新的救济、找到人类超越死亡的方法。这与新感觉派的其他成员一味地在感觉的表现当中寻求文学的意义从根本上不同。贯穿整个新感觉派时期的川端的文学理念是对人类生命的关注,是对人类超越死亡问题的关心。纵观川端的整个创作生涯,这也是川端文学的核心。     

论简女真散文的佛学意识和审美意蕴

20世纪80年代以来台湾的佛理散文兴盛,作为“新生代”的简女真其哲理散文中很多作品有着浓厚的佛学色彩和禅宗意味。本文从台湾佛理散文兴盛的原因、背景,简女真散文“向内转”的开掘及通过研读她的具体作品来分析简女真散文独特的佛学底蕴和审美魅力。     

Taking Capital Punishment Seriously

Although Asia is the most important region of the world when it comes to capital punishment, it is also one of the most understudied. This article identifies four research questions that deserve attention from students and scholars who believe taking capital punishment seriously requires studying Asia seriously too. What are the empirical contours of capital punishment in contemporary Asia? What are the histories of capital punishment in Asia? Can Western theories of capital punishment explain patterns and changes in Asia? And what is the future of capital punishment in Asia? If researchers take the trouble to explore these questions, the death penalty will not only become an interesting window into law and society in Asia, but Asia will prove to be an instructive window into the death penalty—the gravest real-life problem in the law.     

死刑复核权归位之程序构想

随着10月26日,最高人民法院正式发布《人民法院第二个五年改革纲要》,决定收回死刑复核权。法学理论界与司法实务界一直以来关于死刑复核权的争议与质疑似乎尘埃落定。然则,收回是一句话,如何收回, 复核程序又将如何完善,又是学界与司法界不得不直面的复杂问题。本文拟针对当前死刑复核程序之弊端提出完善死刑复核程序之构想。     

IMAGES OF GOD AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: DOES A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOVING GOD MATTER?*

This study argues that the nature and intensity of a person's relationship with God creates a transposable cognitive schema that shapes people's views toward public policies such as executing convicted murderers. In this context, we investigate whether Americans who report having a close personal relationship with a loving God are less likely to support the death penalty. We hypothesize that such a relationship tempers the tendency to see punitiveness as an appropriate response to human failings. Individuals who hold a loving God image are more likely to believe that God responds to those who have “failed” or “sinned” by demonstrating unconditional love, forgiveness, and mercy. Accordingly, support for capital punishment is problematic because it contradicts the image of a merciful, forgiving deity; God's purpose—and admonition to believers—is to demonstrate compassion toward those who have trespassed against others. We test these possibilities using the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS). Controlling for a range of religious factors and other known predictors of death penalty attitudes, the results show that Americans with a personal relationship with a loving God are less likely to support capital punishment for convicted murderers.     

死刑:一种残酷的刑罚

残酷刑罚是不尊重罪犯尊严和人格,或者剥夺或限制罪犯不应剥夺或限制的权利,或者无助于实现使罪犯成为新人要求的,或者造成罪犯肉体或精神上极度痛苦的不必要的刑罚。残酷刑罚的认定有绝对性和相对性两个标准。无论从绝对性还是相对性标准看,死刑都是一种残酷的刑罚。     

刑罚本质的哲学思考

刑罚的本质是决定刑罚之所以为刑罚的内在规定性,是刑罚内部诸要素相互作用的所产生的有机联系,本质是一个综合性的系统,它有层级划分。这是刑罚本质的综合性所决定的,也是运用哲学的方法对刑罚本质进行思考所得出的结论。