Building a New Model of Major-Country Relationship——An Interview with Orville Schell

正CHINA expert Orville Schell is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York.Schell began learning Chinese when he was 20,and in 1968 obtained his Ph.D.in Chinese History from the University of California,Berkeley.He has since specialized in news reports and books on East Asia,China     

“63-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP WITH CHINA”

正Even though the Sri Lankan envoy to the Court of Claudius Caesar in the first century A.D.mentioned about trade between Sri Lanka and China,it took 19 more centuries for the two peoples to develop an uninterrupted mutual awareness and friendship.Linkages of diplomatic,cultural and trade which occurred during that long historical episode could not register a lasting     

Veto power and power-sharing: insights from Burundi (2000–2018)

Veto power is a key institutional pillar of consociational power-sharing. However, the literature is divided on its impact for institutional functionality. While the founding father of consociational theory, Arend Lijphart, expects veto rights to be exercised sparingly by segmental elites, more recent scholarship emphasizes the need for restrictions (in terms of veto players, veto issues, veto points and procedure) in order to avoid abusive and disruptive veto practice. Burundi’s transition from ethnic conflict to ethnic pacification was strongly based on the use of military and political power-sharing, including consociationalism. This article examines the design of veto rights and their practice in Burundi over the past two decades. The analysis confirms that the institutional design of veto power matters, but it counters the hypothesis that a too enabling veto design induces the abuse of veto rights and disrupts consociational functionality. The Burundi case-study shows that the impact and “shelf-life” of veto rights are best understood by taking into consideration the intersection of veto power with other power-sharing institutions and practices, both formal and informal.     

论我国商事仲裁裁决执行的区际司法协助

中国内地与港、澳、台之间相互承认与执行仲裁裁决的问题,是区际司法协助的重要内容。内地与香港之间的商事仲裁裁决在1997年之前按照《纽约公约》承认和执行,1997年以后按照《关于内地与香港特别行政区相互执行仲裁裁决的安排》承认和执行。内地与澳门之间的商事仲裁裁决在目前按照《关于内地与澳门特别行政区相互认可和执行仲裁裁决的安排》承认和执行。内地与台湾之间的商事仲裁裁决根据1992年《台湾地区与大陆地区人民关系条例》承认和执行,但是该条例在实际操作上还存在一定问题,需要加以澄清。     

我国非犯罪化的立法路径

当前,我国犯罪一直呈上升态势,刑事司法工作压力巨大。在“宽严相济”刑事政策指导下,研究非犯罪化的立法路径对我国刑法体系的完善和刑事司法实践具有重要的理论价值和现实意义。刑法的进步和完善应遵循犯罪化和非犯罪化的双向思维模式。非犯罪化的立法路径是探讨如何在立法层面实现我国刑法的非犯罪化。我国非犯罪化的立法路径可从四方面进行设计：一是活化传统容隐制度;二是强化“但书”的出罪机能;三是增设正当化事由：四是确立无被害人犯罪的非犯罪化。     

解读新律师法第33条对侦查工作的影响和对策

新修订的《律师法》第33条规定赋予了律师会见犯罪嫌疑人、被告人“不受监听、不需批准”的特权,被看做是加强被追诉方力量、强化侦查阶段控辩双方对抗性的信号,对侦查工作将产生重大的影响。为此,侦查机关应认真解读新法条的内容和立法本意,作好侦查工作的调整和观念的转变,完成侦查模式由过分依赖口供向综合搜集利用证据的办案模式转变,开拓秘密侦查取证的新途径,并尽量做好律师会见过程中的防范措施。     

也论内地和香港相互承认和执行法院判决

内地和香港相互承认和执行法院判决是两地司法协助中的一项重要内容,具有重大的现实研究价值。内地和香港相互承认和执行法院判决是在一国两制下的不同法系间的区际司法协助,不同的社会体制、法律文化乃至不同的司法理念和体制决定了应该根据《基本法》中有关条款和两地的各自立法对符合条件的内地和香港的民商事案件按照程序相互承认并加以执行。     

论对向犯的定罪处刑

行为人之间存在相互对向关系的犯罪,刑法理论都应称之为对向犯.刑法对存在相互对向关系的犯罪的规定有一定的规律,可分为同罪同刑、同罪异刑、异罪同刑、异罪异刑和只规定处罚一方行为.不同类型的对向犯的定罪处刑原则不一.在法律规定只处罚一方的对向犯中,对法律不处罚的一方的行为不能根据刑法总则关于共同犯罪的规定作共犯定罪处刑.     

双务合同履行中的抗辩权比较分析

《中华人民共和国合同法》第66条、第67条、第68条、第69条规定了双务合同履行的同时履行抗辩权、先履行抗辩权和不安抗辩权.在立法上解决了守约方履行合同义务可能造成无法补救的损失,不履行合同义务又要承担违约责任的矛盾,是我国合同立法的重大进步.对同时履行抗辩权、先履行抗辩权和不安抗辩权进行比较分析,具有积极的理论和现实意义.