略论我国第一个《刑法修正案》

笔者认为,《刑法修正案》不属于单行刑法,用“修正案”的形式补充修改刑法具有灵活性、便于适用性,能保持刑法统一等优点,但是我国第一个《刑法修正案》在立法技巧上仍不当地沿用了以往单行刑法的模式。     

劳动者发展型利益保护论析

劳动者的发展型利益是相对于生存型利益而言的,涵盖了更高工资、更好劳动保护、更多培训机会、 合理工作时间、体面劳动等方面。本研究在对发展型利益及相关概念进行辨析的基础上,分析劳动权中的生存 意涵和发展意涵,提出构建劳动者发展型利益保护的立法原则设想。研究认为：发展型利益是劳动者实现自身 权益和全面发展的正当要求;应充分发挥劳动法对劳动权的保障作用,区分生存本位的劳动权和发展本位的劳 动权,积极实现劳动者的发展型利益。研究建议,应从四个方面重构劳动立法的原则：从资本优位到劳动优位, 从应有权利到法定权利,从割裂权利到整体权利,从促进就业到促进发展,从而更好地体现社会主义劳动法的 立法本意。     

论制作、贩卖、传播淫秽物品罪的立法完善

制作、贩卖、传播淫秽物品罪就是传播淫秽物品的行为犯罪。现行刑法关于淫秽物品犯罪的规定存在不足,应从罪名确定、法定刑配置、过失罪取消、走私罪调整等方面予以完善。     

Geographic Representation in Party‐Dominated Legislatures: A Quantitative Text Analysis of Parliamentary Questions in the German Bundestag

Political representation in European democracies is widely considered partisan and collectivist. This article, however, stresses that there is more to the representative process in European democracies than just its textbook version. It emphasizes the role of geographic representation as a complementary strategy in party‐dominated legislatures that is characterized by two distinct features. First, legislators employ distinct opportunities to participate in legislative contexts to signal attention to geographic constituents without disrupting party unity. Second, these activities are motivated by individual‐ and district‐level characteristics that supplement electoral‐system‐level sources of geographic representation. We empirically test and corroborate this argument for the German case on the basis of a content analysis of parliamentary questions in the 17th German Bundestag (2009–13). In this analysis, we show that higher levels of localness among legislators and higher levels of electoral volatility in districts result in increased geographic representation.     

Insurance Law Reform by Degrees: Late Payment and Insurable Interest

Over the last 11 years, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission have worked on a joint project to modernise the law of insurance contracts. Due to the size of the project, the Law Commissions proceeded in phases and separated out specific issues for legislative reform. Their proposals have already resulted in the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 and the Insurance Act 2015 which brought about significant changes for consumer and non‐consumer insureds and insurers alike. This paper examines two further areas of reform: the introduction of an implied term about payment of insurance claims by insurers within a reasonable time and a statutory restatement of the doctrine of insurable interest. It considers the old and new substantive law and provides an insight into the reform process.     

Los Congresos Estatales y la Política Federal en México: state legislatures and federal policymaking in Mexico

The Mexican Constitution, in the Poder Legislativo, grants state legislatures the authority to introduce legislation (iniciativas de ley) in the federal congress. In this paper the authors examine this powerful mechanism through which the Mexican state legislatures can directly influence policymaking at the federal level. Using a new data set of state-led initiatives, this work: describes the frequency with which iniciativas are introduced; describes the substance, timing, and final disposition of these state-led initiatives; and explains which factors affect the probability of presenting a state-led initiative. The authors find that party competition and partisan divisions at the state and federal levels play a significant role in the use of iniciativas de los congresos estatales. The authors’ study of this peculiar authority granted to the Mexican states contributes to the rich discussion of the changing role of the states in the era of Mexico’s nuevo federalismo.     

论民法理念及其现实意义

民法理念是民法的最高价值与终极宗旨,具体表现为私权神圣和私法自治,其形成有着经济与人文基础。由于长期的封建历史传统、商品经济不发达、公法优位、泛道德主义与重刑主义严重等原因,我国没有形成私法传统,缺失民法理念。民法理念对于引导民法典的制定、培育私法文化、促进经济发展与政治文明具有重要的意义。     

论技术规则对行政法规范的渗入

技术规则在行政法规范中占有的比重越来越大,如何处理行政法规范与现代技术规范的关系成为行政立法中必须高度关注的问题。基于此考虑,从技术规则的概念界定、技术规则渗入到行政法规范的必要性、技术规则与行政法规范的立法技术等方面作了探讨。认为技术规则的统计、技术规则的渗入方式、技术规则渗入后行政法关系的性状、技术规则渗入后的法律效力问题是立法时必须把握的。     

也论诱惑侦查的规制--刑事诉讼法再修改的视角

“诱惑”这一刑事法律并未规定的侦查手段在刑事案件的侦查中被广泛应用 ,其对刑事诉讼最终价值目标的实现 ,有着一定的理论和现实价值 ;面临刑事诉讼法的再次修改 ,如果不从立法上对诱惑的条件、范围、对象等予以明确规定、对诱惑的方式进行有效的规制 ,侦查机关的这一侦查行为 ,必将演变为“引诱者”与“被引诱者”的共同犯罪行为。本文从诱惑的表现形式入手 ,结合司法实践及国外有关情况 ,对诱惑侦查的有效规制提出了自己的见解 ,并提出了立法建议。     

狭义刑法解释若干问题探析

刑法解释只能在确切的刑法含义范围内进行解释 ,而不能超出刑法含义容量的最大界限。刑法解释应该以“自解释确定之日起施行”更加合适。刑法解释的效力及于刑法的施行期间 ,对于该解释实施前已生效的处理结果 ,应当从有利于被告人的原则来决定是否改判。