Private Policing in Context

This article considers the development, growth and significance of private policing in a wider context. Section one suggests that the rebirth of private policing is associated with - and, in effect, demands - a change in the conceptual framework with which policing is analysed. While section one addresses the conceptual context of private policing, section two examines its theoretical context by considering various explanations for the post-war growth of commercial security. Moving from specific to general accounts, it is suggested that two explanations - one based upon sociological accounts of the development of modern societies, the other on genealogical accounts of developing mentalities - provide a crucial context for understanding contemporary changes in policing and governance. In the next section, two of these changes - the growing influence of risk-based policing and the increasing significance of diverse patterns of governance - are considered in the context of the fragmented forms of security provision (commercial, municipal, civil and state policing) which are prevalent today. A short concluding section offers some final thoughts on how these arguments impact on the governance of policing. One of the implications contained in this article is that the re-emergence of private policing needs to be considered not only as a problem, but also as an opportunity to identify and address critical questions of contemporary governance.     

Party expenditure and electoral prospects: a national level analysis of Britain

The effectiveness of campaign spending is a hotly contested issue. Much of that debate concentrates upon predetermined or assumed campaign periods. Yet, in a party and electoral system such as Britain, parties are continually campaigning. Party expenditure may therefore have a constant and cumulative effect. This article examines whether increased party spending at the national level is electorally significant. It analyses annual data from 1959 to 1994 and concludes that there is insufficient consistent evidence wholly to support this proposition.     

自诉案件强制处分的经济分析

公诉与自诉案件强制处分的限度应有所不同。自诉案件强制处分的经济分析模式,可比较各强制处分的成本与收益,确保其适用效益的最大化,可弥补比例原则的缺陷。比例原则与经济原则的相互补强,有助于自诉案件强制处分的正当化运用。     

准据法选择的新方法:基于人本视角的研究

Traditional theory often emphasizes the abstract national sovereignty not private rights. The value and rules of the method to choose applicable law need to be constructed. In the theory based on the protection of people and the private rights, The method to choose applicable law should be on the premise of respecting national sovereignty, which should attach more importance to the protection of private rights, respect the principal position of people, give play to the role of the body of the people, safeguard the interests of the people, pay attention to the value of people, be placed in the equal status of domestic and foreign law, emphasize the foreign-related civil and commercial disputes solved properly and protect the civil right from damage.     

浅谈消防部队建立新型经费保障机制的途径

目前,消防经费严重不足与经济、社会高速发展的矛盾,已成为制约消防部队发展的关键问题。为此,应积极探索建立消防部队新型经费保障机制的途径。     

破解农民融资难题——农作物与农产品抵押

农作物与农产品抵押为农民的融资难题提供了一个可行的解决方案。农作物抵押是不动产抵押,应由林木主管部门或者公证机构办理抵押登记。农产品既可以设定固定抵押也可以设定浮动抵押。然而,根据《物权法》的规定,只有农业生产经营者可以设定农产品浮动抵押,但农业生产经营者的概念并不明确,而且作为抵押物的农产品的范围也有待进一步廓清。与此同时,我们还需要解决好抵押权竞合的问题。     

台资企业的资本结构特征以及在中国大陆的融资行为:以大苏州地区为例

鉴于台资企业在两岸经济的重要地位以及当前两岸金融合作的乐观态势,研究台资企业的资本结构特征以及在中国大陆的融资行为,具有重大现实意义.由此,本文对大苏州地区的台资企业进行了问卷调查,获取了第一手的台资企业(研究样本)财务资料和融资信息,对台资企业的资本结构特征以及在中国大陆的融资行为进行了深入的研究.研究发现,台资企业的负债融资主要是依靠经营性负债和(或)短期性借款;向金融机构借款的比率并不高,且借款形式以短期借款为主;向大陆中资银行或金融机构的融资是台资企业重要的资金来源,尤其是在周转金安排上;造成台资企业在大陆借贷困难的主要原因是宏观经济政策、法令限制和企业自身财务的不佳.最后,基于研究结论,本文提出了相应的政策建议.     

私有财产刑法保护的比较研究

中外对私有财产刑法保护在立法模式、保护对象及保护手段等方面均存在一定差异,我国现行刑法对私有财产保护尚有不足之处。在我国刑法中宜将无体物、财产性利益的保护作出明文规定,对私有财产和公有财产给予相同的保护,对财产犯罪宜限制适用死刑。     

两型社会：新型农村城市化过程中民间金融制度安排研究

随着武汉城市圈和长株潭城市群被国家确定为“两型社会”试验区，并被赋予先行先试的政策创新权，“两型社会”逐步成为中国城市发展的新方向，如何促进“两型社会”建设也就成为新焦点。农村城市化是“两型社会”的一个核心内容，该文从农村城市化资金供给和需求方面入手，探讨民间金融的制度安排，为解决“两型社会”建设中农村城市化资金缺口提供一个思路。     

“人肉搜索”刑事规制正当性思考

已经过去的2008年是中国法治史上不平凡的一年,也是网络文化急剧发展的一年,＂人肉搜索＂引擎响彻中国。而全国人大代表要求＂人肉搜索＂入刑化的呼声也惊醒了国人,人们开始对＂人肉搜索＂现象进行反思,以确保其健康、平稳地发展。