Sustaining democracy: folk epistemology and social conflict

When political philosophers ask whether there is a philosophical justification for democracy, they are most frequently concerned with one of two queries. The first has to do with the relative merits of democracy as compared with other regimes. The second query has to do with the moral bindingness of democratic outcomes. But there is a third query we may be engaging when we are looking for a philosophical justification of democracy: what reason can be given to democratic citizens to pursue democratic means of social change when they are confronted with a democratic result that seems to them seriously objectionable or morally intolerable? In this paper I develop an epistemological response to the third query. The thesis is that we have sufficient epistemological reasons to be democrats. The epistemological norms that we take ourselves to be governed by can be satisfied only under certain social conditions, and these social conditions are best secured under democracy.     

简论江南古民居的保护与开发——以湖州衣裳街周宅、王宅为例

近年来各级政府加大对江南古民居的保护与开发力度,湖州衣裳街的周宅、王宅得到应有的重视与保护,取得可喜成绩。但也应看到,在对古民居的保护与开发中还存在许多亟待解决的问题。必须制订完善规划,采取切实可行的相关措施,才能对江南古民居进行充分的保护与开发。     

A Collective Vision of Artistry: The MacDowell Colony and the Organizational Design of Creativity

This article is a scholarly overview and analysis of Hurricane Katrina's social and cultural devastation of the unique, indigenous culture of New Orleans. This study has been prepared as a scholarly and academic endeavor. However, it is also the basis for consideration of measures that could be taken to facilitate the reconstitution of the living environment of New Orleans in a way that is respectful of its folk culture. The physical devastation caused by the hurricane severely compromised the precious cultural communities of the French colonial Gulf Coast. The impact was most devastating to New Orleans because of its distinctive folk culture, which includes vivid cultural rituals such as the Mardi Gras Indians, jazz, the jazz funeral tradition, second line parades, and local cuisine. This culture is potentially fragile because it is a living culture—not based on collections preserved within the walls of a museum, but rather in the lives of its people. It is indisputably worthy of respect and revitalization. This project, realized through intensive research, will surely benefit the academic community and, most important, the people of New Orleans, to whom this document is dedicated. The project has been interesting, but it is an even greater honor to have the opportunity to advocate the necessity of reconstituting the folk culture of New Orleans through positive action to sustain the city's unique way of life. This will not be easy, but it is crucial for any "new New Orleans."     

农民集体土地所有权的权能

土地所有权的性质不具有唯一性,其权能结构与其性质相适应,不能将以私有制为基础的土地所有权的权能结构硬套在我国农民集体土地所有权之上。农民集体土地所有权的公有制基础、集体成员的集体共有权、集体土地的社会保障性、集体土地的资源性等特殊性质,决定了应当在公私兼顾的基础上,从民法上的财产私权性与社会法上的土地社会保障属性以及土地管理法上对社会公共利益的兼顾等多维度完善农民集体土地所有权权能,赋予农民集体土地所有权经济功能实现的权能、社会保障功能实现的权能以及因公共利益使其权能受到限制的利益补救权能,通过多项权能的体系化实现农民集体土地所有权的目的。     

提单的货物收据功能之辩证

长期以来,在国际海运和贸易界,人们普遍认为,提单所具有的货物收据功能来源于大副收据,并且将大副收据视为签发提单的唯一凭据.当承运人滥用大副批注时,托运人只能以提供保函的形式求得问题的解决.事实上,提单所具有的货物收据功能系根植于法律而非大副收据,承运人有权根据自身的判断并依照自己的意志决定是否采纳或者如何采纳大副批注.当承运人不适当地行使批注权时,托运人和收货人亦可用海事强制令制度和诉讼手段寻求法律救济.     

中国改革深水区的法律试验新难题和基本思路——— 以中国(上海)自由贸易试验区的制度体系构建为主线

上海自贸区的法制环境建设是改革试验不可或缺的核心组成部分。但是,已步入改革深水区的此次制度创新的力度和尺度之大、难度之高,使得相应的这场法律试验面临极大的挑战。它在立法框架上的基本立场,是转向和接轨于国际标准规则的新多边主义;在执法体制上,期望通过简政放权而取得新政治体制的突破;在救济体系上,虽然相应司法机构的安排只能是“框架内的微调”,但其拥有更多的法之外权衡空间,以及一系列多元性的处置原则和通道。在此基础上,真正实现从“法律试验”到“制度转型”的进化,且不能忽视制度构建的微观视角,要充分考量改革后执法监管体制的可复制,以及法外之地的专业多元解纷机制。     

山东省农村妇女土地权益调查分析

目前,侵害妇女土地权益的现象在全国范围内较为普遍,对山东省范围内侵害妇女土地权益情况的调查发现,妇女因出嫁、离婚、丧偶、招婿而面临失去土地权益的危险;在村里分配责任田、宅基地和土地征用补偿款时也存在男女不平等的现象.究其原因无外乎法律、观念和执行层面存在问题,因此,必须通过完善立法、加强执法、改变观念和强化监督等手段加以改善,切实维护妇女合法权益.     

我国非政府组织发展的困境与对策——以法制为视角

改革开放以来,我国非政府组织得到了快速的发展,逐渐成为法学上的一个新兴概念,然而关于非政府组织调整的法律与管理机制还存在一定的滞后性,影响了非政府组织功能的发挥。从法治的视角对现行有关非政府组织调整的法律与管理体制进行分析,可以看出,相关制度的重构主要包括非政府组织的准入制度与管理制度、政府对非政府组织扶持措施以及加强非政府组织的自身建设等。