REVVING A NEW ENGINE

正China should its consumers and entrepreneurs play a lager role in driving economic growth.Every April, thousands of government leaders, business magnates and world-famous scholars gather at Boao, a small town that was once a fishing and agricultural village,to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference (BFA), discussing pressing global and regional issues in white tent-style halls with     

Private Business Boosts China＇s Economic Development

正SINCE the policy of reform and opening-up in 1978,China has traveled a course of high-speed development on its way to becoming the economic power it is today.In 2013,as the world’s second largest economy,China not only ranked second in receiving foreign     

Polarised narratives and complex realities in Tanzania’s Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor

This article assesses the controversy surrounding a high-profile agricultural investment initiative, the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), which aims to modernise, commercialise, and transform Tanzania’s agricultural sector. Drawing on a review of SAGCOT literature and findings from consultations with SAGCOT stakeholders and intended beneficiaries, the article outlines the polarised narratives of “opportunity” and “risk” informing SAGCOT debates, and presents research findings that challenge these narratives. The findings suggest that agricultural investments are rarely as glamorous or as gloomy in practice as the polarised narratives around SAGCOT suggest, and illustrate the challenges involved in directing agricultural investments in ways that balance multiple interests and objectives in practice.     

Justifying Exceptions to Proof of Causation in Tort Law

This article defends a set of exceptions to the general rule in tort law that a claimant must prove that a particular defendant's wrongful conduct was a cause of its injury on the balance of probabilities in order to be entitled to compensatory damages in respect of that injury. The basic rationale for each exception is that it provides a means of enforcing the defendant's secondary moral duty to its victim. The article further demonstrates that the acceptance of this set of exceptions does not undermine the general rule.     

自然资源国家所有权公权说再论

从宪法与民法之别、权利与权力之别以及宪法第9条的完整表述来看,资源国家所有权的公权性确定无疑.作为国家对于公共资源的一种“公权性支配”,资源国家所有权的实质是对资源利用的“积极干预”权,内容在于保障自然资源的合理利用,通过立法、行政和司法加以行使,并为这三种权力施加规范与限制.在实践层面,资源国家所有权只有衍生出以资源实际利用者为主体、以对资源物的合理利用为内容的私权性的“资源利用权”,才能真正形成资源利用秩序.日常生活中在民法层面使用的“国家所有权”的本质是“公共法人所有权”,其并非严谨的法律概念,其成立须一系列条件支撑,范围较窄,其与“宪法国家所有权”的区别是划分“国有私物”与“国有公物”的前提.资源国家所有权来源于主权但不等于主权,其为资源主权的积极行使创设权力载体和概念装置,具有重要意义.     

小型个私经济和非正规就业组织工会工作探析

随着非公有制经济的发展和就业安置社会化,小型个私经济和非正规就业组织蓬勃发展,并吸收了大量城镇下岗待业人员和进城农民工等弱势群体的就业,对传统基层工会的组织设置和工作方式带来了考验。面对这一新形势,我国工会要顺应形势、与时俱进,以社区工会建设为依托,积极推进个私和非正规就业领域工会工作,提高工会组织的覆盖面,加强这一领域从业人员的劳动维权工作,并调动广大个私业主、雇员和非正规就业人员参与社会建设的积极性。     

网络环境下私人复制著作权问题研究

在网络环境下,传统著作权法中为个人目的使用作品属于著作权限制的原则开始动摇。网络环境下对待私人复制的态度应以利益平衡原则为指导,在原则上将其纳入合理使用范畴时,给予一定限制。网络环境下私人复制及相关行为应区分不同情况确定其行为性质。为更好地调整因私人复制产生的社会关系,我国应利用《著作权法》第三次修改的大好时机对相关问题进行修改和完善。     

公法与私法的区分--哈耶克的进路

哈耶克关于公法与私法划分的理论独具特色.该理论以知识论、秩序论、规则论为理论基础,赋予了公法、私法以特定的含义,强调私法是公法的基础,批判私法的公法化,主张以公法实施私法.从中我们获益匪浅.     

司法解释与立法的耦合：中国国际私法和谐发展的时代要求

司法解释在理论上与立法同属中国国际私法的法源,从制度设计上讲,两者本应处于互动与耦合状态,然而,长期以来,部分司法解释超越立法已是不争的事实,本文拟就导致部分涉及国际私法内容的司法解释与现行立法"脱耦"这一现象的内在原因作一学理分析,提出若干值得反思的问题,并就促进两者的耦合,进而推动中国国际私法的和谐发展提出若干建议,     

私权神圣、公权神圣与平等保护——对物权保护方式立法趋势的探讨

近代以来,不同国家对财产的保护主要采取了私权神圣与公权神圣两种方式,随着经济、社会的发展和观念的更新,两种财产保护的法律原则都趋向于平等保护。这是世界物权立法保护的一大趋势,我国《物权法》确立社会主义市场经济条件下平等保护的原则反映了世界物权立法走向平等保护的这一趋势并具有中国特色,这一科学的选择也必将促进中国经济与社会的进一步发展。