非法证据排除审理程序的困境与完善

我国非法证据排除规则在审判实践中极少运用，基本处于休眠状态，其中一个重要原因是非法证据排除的审理程序设计不尽完善。新修订的《刑事诉讼法》虽然明确了有关非法证据排除的审理程序，但仍未有明显改观。本文通过抽取某中级人民法院审理的百件刑事案件为样本，辅之以对法官的问卷调查，以实证研究的进路检视法律设计困境，提出从确立衡平裁判观、补强非法证据排除庭前程序、细化法庭调查程序、明确救济方式、规范法官自由裁量权等方面完善该规则的审判适用程序。     

论我国侦讯取证的现状与制度完善

侦讯取证与人权保障是案侦活动的两个方面，但它们不是均衡发展的。维护人权观念的崇高，不能也不应掩盖打击犯罪在先的事实真相。侦讯活动与限制人身自由是同步的。考察我国的未决羁押与律师会见，如实供述与不自证其罪，相对的默示沉默权，辩护取证的显形化与规则化，律师在场权与全程同步录音录像，口供自愿性的证明能力，司法甄别、排除和认定口供的复杂性等问题。回答如何处理证据的法律真实和客观真实、形式真实和实质合理，取证打击犯罪与保护人权的关系。它们在侦讯取证制度的完善中，需有相应的配套举措。     

Diversity Management in World Politics. Reformist China and the Future of the (Liberal) Order

Given the widely shared belief that, following a long period of crisis, the American-led liberal world order is now in transition, the question arises: what comes next? Considering China’s ‘parallel order-shaping’ project with respect to the liberal order as a harbinger of a ‘multi-order world’, it is reasonable to expect a concert-like mode of ordering, which will draw on a new common language to reach consensus among proactive stakeholders at the global level. Those interested in maintaining the liberal character of this arrangement, such as the EU, should therefore steadily engage in the process leading to its establishment in order to gain and retain full membership while enhancing their discursive power.     

论对商品房预售合同购买人权利的保护及其完善

商品房预售合同购买人直接基于合同享有的权利为债权。预售合同登记与否不影响购买人享有债权,但对购买人权利效力的强弱有影响。现行司法解释在一定情况下赋予购买人权利以物权效力保护,但在权利定位、对抵押秩序的影响和与物权法定关系等方面存在明显不足。大陆法系民法承认物权与债权区分的局限性,以预告登记制度保护不动产物权受让人。我国应借鉴预告登记制度,更新认识并改造预售合同登记制度,完善购买人权利保护。     

公务员个体自主性的伦理思考

公务员在行政组织中很容易出现“代理转换”的危险,从而导致公务员个体自主性缺失,当面临不道德的组织和组织的上级不负责任的行为时缺乏应有的道德责任感,丧失正确的判断力,甚至于以忠诚或服从为借口,从事非道德的行政行为。随着我国新公务员法的正式实施,彰显公务员个体伦理自主性,培养公务员个体伦理自主性显得尤为紧迫,伦理自主性将成为公务员承担道德责任、有效抵制行政腐败的内在动力。     

国家现代治理从制度建设到体系建构的发展

党的十九届四中全会标志着中国特色社会主义制度进入了体系建构的发展阶段。党领导推进国家治理现代化的进程体现着从制度建设到体系建构的发展,制度一项项建立起来是体系建构的先决条件,体系建构着眼于制度间的衔接和整合,是制度的整体效能得以彰显的必然要求。中国特色社会主义制度建设伴随新中国的成立而开启,伴随改革开放创新实践而开展,伴随进入新时代而完善。推进国家治理现代化的新时代实践,对中国特色社会主义制度提出了体系建构的新任务。以习近平同志为核心的党中央深刻认识制度体系建构的极端重要性,党的十九届四中全会形成新的思想认识,作出了新的战略部署。全会通过的《决定》从多个方面体现了中国特色社会主义制度体系建构的重大战略思想。     

‘Civilizing’ the pastoral frontier: land grabbing,dispossession and coercive agrarian development in Ethiopia

ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes frontier dynamics of land dispossessions in Ethiopia’s pastoral lowland regions. Through a case study of two sedentarization schemes in South Omo Valley, we illustrate how politics of coercive sedentarization are legitimated in the ‘civilizing’ impetus of ‘improvement schemes’ for ‘backward’ pastoralists. We study sedentarization schemes that are implemented to evict pastoralist communities from grazing land to be appropriated by corporate investors. It is argued that frontier imaginations of pastoral lowlands legitimate coercive practices of ‘emptying’ the lowlands for investments. ‘Improvement schemes’ enroll private investors and enterprises affiliated with Ethiopia’s ruling party in the politics of ‘thickening’ state presence in the pastoral frontier. Agricultural extension packages serve to expand state control over sedentarized pastoralists and make lowland resources more extractable, for investors and for the ruling regime.     

Holding on tight – NPM and the New Zealand performance improvement framework

The New Zealand Government's Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) is aimed at public sector organisational improvement. The PIF exemplifies how the characteristics of new public management (NPM) challenge the evolution of performance systems attempting to go beyond performance management. The paper provides an empirical example of the operation of the PIF, using a theoretical frame derived from the literature. The analysis suggests that the PIF design does not yet mitigate the effects of gaming, synecdoche, and reputation-protecting behaviour. The common graded ratings continue to hold the attention of those to whom the PIF is important, acting as a proxy for the whole performance of the organisation. This is a case study of how, despite promising adaptations, performance improvement efforts remain hampered by NPM limitations.     

Public administration reform for Aboriginal affairs: An institutionalist analysis

Persistent underperformance of public policy and program implementation in Aboriginal affairs is widely recognised. We analysed the results of two case studies of attempted reforms in public administration of Aboriginal primary health care in the Northern Territory, using a framework based on the institutionalist and systemic racism literatures, with the aim of better understanding the sources of implementation failure. Implementation of the agreed reforms was unsuccessful. Contributing factors were as follows: strong recognition of the need for change was not sustained; the seeds of change, present in the form of alternative practices, were not built on; there was a notable absence of sustained political/bureaucratic authorisation; and, interacting with all of these, systemic racism had important consequences and implications. Our framework was useful for making sense of the results. It is clear that reforms in Aboriginal affairs will require government authorities to engage with organisations and communities. We conclude that there are four requirements for improved implementation success: clear recognition of the need for change in ‘business as usual’; sustainable commitment and authorisation; the building of alternative structures and methods to enable effective power sharing (consistent with the requirements of parliamentary democracy); and addressing the impact of systemic racism on decision-making, relationships, and risk management.     

我国司法鉴定制度的现状与完善

良好的司法鉴定制度会对法律的裁决产生积极影响,不仅有助于司法公正的实现,也是保证案件质量、取信于民的机制之一。当前,我国的司法鉴定制度较为混乱,立法不完善,机构不健全,设置重复,管理分散,缺乏必要的监督和制约机制。我国现行的司法鉴定制度已不能适应当前司法公平、公正目标的追求。因此,应当借鉴英美法系和大陆法系国家先进的司法鉴定制度,立足我国国情,制定出符合我国国情的司法鉴定制度。