民事诉讼调解制度的未来——回归其本质

诉讼调解是一种传统的解决纠纷方式,它在彻底解决纠纷、维护社会稳定方面发挥着重要的作用,但是随着社会的转型,审判方式的逐渐改革以及人们权利意识的增强,诉讼调解在解决纠纷方面也暴露出了种种弊端,这些弊端已经使调解制度在一定程度上发生了异化,基于此有必要对诉讼调解制度进行完善,使其回归其本质——纠纷解决方式.     

巨额财产来源不明罪的地位与作用的反思——一种刑事政策学意义上的观察

在我国反腐制度体系中,巨额财产来源不明罪是由刑法规定的、相对于其他反腐罪名处于附属、补漏性地位的一项制度安排。其具体政策作用在于防止放纵一定犯罪（主要是国家工作人员贪腐行为）,解决一些关联犯罪可能的证明难题,防止案件拖延。作用有限已难以满足目前反腐斗争需求,在实务中还产生不少负面影响。财产申报制度的创设能够使该罪获得相对独立地位,充分释放其反腐能力,并消除其负面影响。在我国财产申报制度注定出台的情况下,应考虑重构巨额财产来源不明罪或其替代性罪名（包括其地位和作用）。     

我国刑罚体系改革的现代化坐标：以检视主附加刑模式为支点

刑罚体系改革是刑罚制度改革的基点与核心。主附加刑模式存在诸多缺陷。应根据犯罪分层理论建立以自由刑和财产刑为主的轻重自然人刑罚体系。独立的法人犯罪刑罚体系可以参照自然人刑罚体系规定刑种及轻重。应发挥广义保安处分制度的整合性机能,与改革后的传统刑罚体系融合为二元刑罚制裁体系。     

浅析解决南海争端的策略——基于博弈论的视角

南海地区自古就是中国领土。随着南海地区丰富资源的发现,周边国家纷纷染指南中国海,侵占南海海域,对我国的主权提出了严峻挑战。对于南海相关各方,如何在维护地区和平的前提下解决南海争端就成了备受关注的话题。本文基于博弈论的视角,就相关各方解决南海争端的策略进行简要分析,以期为解决南海问题建言献策。     

危险个人概念的产生溯源

危险个人概念产生于19世纪中后期.当时,工业经济快速发展,人口迅猛增加,但社会环境恶化,危险个人大量涌现,严重威胁着社会安全.这一概念的产生还受到了实证主义、达尔文进化论以及精神病学的发展的影响,而且与国家惩罚权力的转型密切相关.     

论英国土地保有关系对债作为财产所有权客体的影响

英国法上,财产所有权的客体不是有体物而是财产利益。英国法财产所有权客体的形成有其特定的历史原因,土地保有关系的产生是英国法财产权客体定位为财产利益的根本原因,土地保有关系模式下的这种立法思想深深影响了英国所有权客体理论。在英国法上,任何具有独占排他的财产利益均可以成为所有权的客体,因合同等原因而产生的债属于债权人的财产利益,因此英国法将其作为所有权的客体。英国法明确区分因合同产生的债的所有权以及合同权利本身,英国法的债权的二分理论值得我国学界研究。     

紧急权力法及其理论的演变

紧急权力法律制度是一种内在矛盾的组合,其古代形态是古罗马专政制度和中止一般执法活动制度,近代形态主要是戒严法和围困状态法,现代则以紧急状态和紧急权力的规范形式兴盛于全球。西方的法律与紧急权力理论有例外型和规训型两类,前者主张紧急权力居于法律之外,后者主张紧急权力应受法律的充分规训。法律与紧急权力共有五种理论模式:调适、例外法、惯常、政治动员和权威专政。除惯常模式以外,其他四种模式都在中国出现过。中国现行紧急权力制度遵循政治动员、调适和例外法三种模式,未来发展是建立融合政治动员和例外法模式优点的调适模式制度。     

Gendered Responses to Serious Strain: The Argument for a General Strain Theory of Deviance

This paper expands and builds on newer avenues in research on gender and general strain theory (GST). I accomplish this by focusing on serious strains that are relevant for males and females, including externalizing and internalizing forms of negative emotions, and including multiple gendered deviant outcomes. Using the Add Health dataset, I find strong support for the impact of serious strains on both types of negative emotions and different forms of deviance for males and females. However, the experience of serious strain, emotionally and behaviorally, is gendered. Depressive symptoms are particularly important for all types of deviance by females. Including multiple types of deviant outcomes offers a fuller understanding of both similarities and differences by gender. These results support the utility of GST as a theory of deviance in general and support greater connections between GST, feminist theorizing, and the sociology of mental health.     

Kalevipoeg: Aspects of Genre and Authorship

F. R. Kreutzwald introduced the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg (1861) as genuine folklore, overshadowing his own prevalent role in its creation: the problems of genre and authorship persist in the text. Firstly, Kalevipoeg was shaped by the poetics of romantic balladry. This can be proved by its author’s devotion to the ballad; in addition, many a lyro-epic folk song has been integrated into Kalevipoeg. Thus, a ballad-like lyro-dramatical-epical structure bears upon the work which gave rise to a new form: the lyro-epic epic. Secondly, a complex cluster of authorship can be extracted from Kalevipoeg: personal, fictional, intertextual, and discursive authorships.     

GENERATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF CRIME: USING SIMULATION TO TEST CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY*

This study demonstrates that computational modeling and, in particular, agent‐based modeling (ABM) offers a viable compatriot to traditional experimental methodologies for criminology scholars. ABM can be used as a means to operationalize and test hypothetical mechanisms that offer a potential explanation for commonly observed criminological phenomena. This study tests whether the hypothesized mechanisms of environmental criminology are sufficient to produce several commonly observed characteristics of crime. We present an ABM of residential burglary, simulating a world inhabited by potential targets and offenders who behave according to the theoretical propositions of environmental criminology. A series of simulated experiments examining the impact of these mechanisms on patterns of offending are performed. The outputs of these simulations then are compared with several well‐established findings derived from empirical studies of residential burglary, including the spatial concentration of crime, repeat victimization, and the journey to crime curve. The results from this research demonstrate that the propositions of the routine activity approach, rational choice perspective, and crime pattern theory provide a viable generative explanation for several independent characteristics of crime.