两汉的宗族与地方社会自治

宗族组织在两汉时期得以恢复和发展,在地方社会政治中也逐步展现出渐次强大的功能。表现在维持社会稳定的收族职能;促进社会发展的生产组织职能;乡里的教化职能;乡里地方政治的支配职能以及在战乱状态下的宗族自保职能等。是两汉时期国家社会政治的重要力量。     

恢复性司法应当缓行

恢复性司法是当前时代的一个热门话题,它以其全新的司法理念引起人们的广泛关注.但是应当看到恢复性司法本身有其固有的理论缺陷:它虽名为司法,实为非司法;它不能真正实现正义;它不仅颠覆了传统的犯罪本质观,而且违反了刑法的罪刑法定原则、罪责刑相适应原则、刑法面前人人平等原则和刑事诉讼法的无罪推定原则.如果把其引入我国,它会遇到法律文化、国家本位价值观、不能有效预防犯罪以及不利于消除司法腐败等本土性障碍,所以,恢复性司法目前在我国不具有适用的土壤,应当缓行.     

程序法改革与中国的乡土社会

我国的程序法改革在某种程度上是一场以城市为背景的法制改革 ,在这场改革中应注意到我国农村社会的社会关系不同于城市的特殊性 ,并将这些特殊性对法制的要求反映在当前的程序法改革之中     

对农村社会控制弱化的思考

在改革开放的过程中 ,家族组织的复兴和地方恶势力的盛兴是造成中国农村社会控制弱化的主要原因。本文通过对其产生的历史根源及对现实和未来农村社会发展影响的剖析 ,揭示了在社会转型时期 ,倡导符合社会发展进步的价值观念、思想信仰的必要性 ,加强社会非正式手段控制的重要性。在确立和完善一种新的经济制度的同时 ,需建立起与之相适应的一系列民族文化、民族精神。     

SENSITIZING PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONCERNS: The Perspective of the New York State Parent Education Advisory Board

Education programs for divorcing and separating parents are a valuable vehicle for providing to parents the awareness, knowledge, and skills that can lead to a smoother transition and healthier outcomes for their children. Attention to safety concerns in referral guidelines, administrative protocols, and curriculum content is integral to the efficacious and responsible delivery of parent education. This article examines the recent experience of New York State in developing guidelines for safety and quality assurance in parent education programs.     

地方政府公共服务能力生长的动因分析

当前,我国地方政府公共服务能力生长的动因既存在于客观的社会环境之内,也存在于主体的内在需求之中。概括起来,地方政府公共服务能力生长的动因可归结为外部动因、内部动因和主体动因三类。而动因之间的相互作用、相互影响推动着地方政府公共服务能力的生长。     

Liberal Democrat Councillors: Community Politics, Local Campaigning and the Role of the Political Party

Liberal Democrats have long displayed the success of community politics since its adoption at the Liberal Party Assembly in 1970. Community politics, however, brings with it not only electoral success but an expectation amongst voters that Liberal Democrat councillors will act in certain ways as local representatives. The article presents the results of national research conducted amongst councillors of the three main parties, and compares the attitudes of Liberal Democrat councillors to aspects of local democracy with those of their Labour and Conservative counterparts. It identifies two types of Liberal Democrat councillor and uses these to explain the attitudinal differences and similarities found with Labour and Conservative councillors.     

关于地方政府依法行政若干问题的思考

以国务院《全面推进依法行政实施纲要》颁布为标志,我国政府机关依法行政进入了新的历史发展时期。但是,在对地方政府依法行政若干重要问题的认识上,仍值得进一步深入思考。而通过深入思考,对这些地方政府依法行政中带有普遍性和倾向性的问题进行认真梳理和评析,能够使我们更加全面、准确地认识地方政府依法行政的发展规律,更加自觉地、理性地推进地方政府依法行政。     

地方经济立法与经济发展——粤、浙、赣、湘、川、甘6省的比较分析

经济立法在中国地方立法中居于重要地位,在各省及各阶段的发展呈现出不平衡性,其总体上对地方经济发展的影响较大,但各项具体立法指标的影响程度存在明显的差异。其中,地方经济立法的数量、自主率及更新率,对地方经济发展的影响较明显,而地方经济立法的比率和地方经济发展则存在微弱的负相关关系。地方经济立法只是地方经济发展所需法治环境的一个方面,在加强地方经济立法的同时,相应执法与司法机制的完善也非常重要。     

ROMANCING THE COURT

Problem‐solving courts, created at the end of the twentieth century, make court‐based solutions central to addressing significant societal problems, such as substance abuse and its impact on criminal activity and family functioning. Yet, lessons gleaned from over 100 years of family court history suggest that court‐based solutions to intractable social problems have rarely been effective. This article asks three questions of the problem‐solving court movement: What problem are we trying to solve? Is the court the best place to solve the problem? What are the consequences of giving authority to a court for solving the problem? Answering those questions through the lens of specific examples from family court—the original problem‐solving court—leads to the conclusion that neither the structural issues that courts face, such as overwhelming numbers of cases, nor the momentous societal issues that problem‐solving courts have recently begun to shoulder can be adequately addressed through court‐based solutions. The factors that allegedly distinguish new problem‐solving courts from earlier exemplars, especially the family court, are both less unique and less successful than they have been portrayed by problem‐solving court enthusiasts. These factors alone fail to justify the expansion of problem‐solving courts without further evidence of their effectiveness. Moreover, the potential dangers inherent in problem‐solving courts are not theoretical. By examining illustrative examples from the history of the family court, the dangers become clearly apparent.