'The Lady Doth Protest Too Much' Kosovo, and the Turn to Ethics in International Law

Most international lawyers approved of the 1999 bombing of Serbia by the members of the North Atlantic alliance. But most of them also felt that it was not compatible with a strict reading of the UN Charter. The article describes the argumentative techniques through which international lawyers tried to accommodate their moral intuitions with their professional competence. The urge to achieve this, the article argues, arose from a general turn to ethics in the profession that has been evident since the end of the Cold War. This has often involved a shallow and dangerous moralisation which, if generalised, transforms international law into an uncritical instrument for the foreign policy choices of those whom power and privilege has put into decision-making positions.     

关子进一步深化队、所协作的思考

公安体制改革以来,责任区刑队走上了规范化、等级化轨道,派出所、警署的基础工作也得到了明显加强。但是责任区刑队和派出所、警署的整体意识不强,优势不能互补。要在提高对队、所协作重要性认识的基础上,建立和完善更具操作性和有效性的队、所协作运作机制。     

uBuntu, Pluralism and the Responsibility of Legal Academics to the New South Africa

Neo-liberalism often reduces pluralism to a social fact based on the collapse of the big ideals that once claimed to stand in for the ideal of humanity. Tolerance of inevitable value diversity is all that can be offered by the rationalized modern western state. This understanding of pluralism is completely inadequate in the post colony. Ernst Cassirer offers a philosophical understanding of symbolic plurality that allows us to respect divergent symbolic forms, including myth and religion. This understanding of pluralism opens the space for respect for the customary law and the great indigenous ideals such as uBuntu which has often been denigrated as mythical and thus outdated or, worse yet, not law at all. This denigration is inseparable from colonial violence, and demands a process of transculturation as integral to this struggle to transform the new South Africa into a society that lives up to the Constitution’s call for the respect of all of its citizens. This respect can only be done if there are serious economic reforms and a challenge to the hegemonic neo-liberal capitalism.

“全国首例非法证据排除案”法理研判

全国首例非法证据排除案反映出非法证据排除规则在实践操作中需注意概念、效力、标准、程序四个重要的技术问题。非法证据是以严重侵犯人权的非法方法收集的证据,实践中要注意区分非法证据与瑕疵证据,切勿将非法证据误判作瑕疵证据。就效力而言,非法证据排除规则的"射程"应当及于侦查前程序。就判断标准来讲,除典型的刑讯逼供行为之外,疲劳审讯也应当纳入"等"字所指范畴予以禁止,而突破社会基本道德底限的威胁、引诱、欺骗性取证也应作为非法证据予以排除。在程序上审查非法证据,应当坚持举证责任倒置的原则,由控方承担证明证据取得具有合法性的举证责任,被告方仅承担"争点形成责任",同时控方应当举证证明至"排除合理怀疑"的程度。     

人类命运共同体视域下中国责任建构研究——基于对"中国责任论"的反思与批判

面对百年未有之大变局,中国积极承担国际责任,倡导和构建共赢共享的人类命运共同体.作为中国责任体现的人类命运共同体是对中华优秀传统文化基因的传承,是中国共产党对世界责任的自觉担当,是中华民族实现从站起来、富起来到强起来的历史性飞跃,是实现中华民族伟大复兴的必然要求.在建构人类命运共同体过程中,中国承担和履行人类命运共同体的价值责任、中国的国内责任和国际责任、人类的未来责任.人类命运共同体是对形形色色的"中国责任论"的正面回应和超越,是中国负责任大国的体现和担当.     

R2P: “State of Play”

Abstract

Is R2P the most effective tool the international community has to prevent genocide, or the newest neo-imperial norm perpetuated by the most powerful states? In a dramatic performance of the key debates within R2P, each of these views is presented before Aristotlean and Tocquevillean insights are drawn upon to find a middle ground rooted in citizen resistance against mass atrocity crimes. R2P can both become a more effective tool of prevention and gain needed political legitimacy by drawing on the rich historical tradition of citizen resistance to empower local actors defying regimes engaged in mass atrocity crimes.     

企业社会责任脉络考辩:理论、法律与技术

疏理自由主义、现实主义,尤其是马克思主义企业社会责任理论脉络,是认识作为从大工业时代向信息时代过渡的中介与转换环节的企业社会责任实质的关键.在企业实践的历史演绎中,考察与辨析公司法人所有权及其制度构建,是理解企业社会责任逻辑演绎和体系构建的重中之重.企业社会责任既是企业联系内外部关系的中介工具,也是信息时代企业关系体系的重要组成部分.在中国社会与环境问题上,政府——企业社会责任合作平台建设发挥着不可或缺的主导作用.     

西方公共治理理论研究综述

从20世纪80年代至今,西方学者对公共治理理论的研究取得重大进步。理论研究涉及公共治理的研究背景、概念界定、核心理论、研究困境以及与传统公共行政、新公共管理理论的比较分析。国家空洞化的现实背景成为公共治理的研究起点,公共治理的内涵界定并不明晰,至今仍未形成一致的概念,网络管理理论则成为公共治理的核心观点。公共治理同时面临治理失效、民主责任的研究困境,与传统公共行政、新公共管理有着明显的区分,公共价值管理也成为公共治理研究的新视角。     

Active in Not Being Active (AINBA): how East Asian powers accept R2P

This article explores and compares the positions of two major powers in East Asia—China and Japan—towards the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) norm. R2P calls for collective international responsibility in the event that states are unwilling or unable to protect their people. Evaluating the mainstream argument in the literature that China and Japan have recently been welcoming the R2P norm, we ask the following questions: To what extent have China and Japan aligned themselves with R2P? How do international and national factors play out to influence their R2P stance? To summarize our findings up front: unlike what much of the current literature says, China and Japan's acceptance and practice of the R2P norm are largely pro forma. We argue that they both appear active in participating in the debates but only in order to remain inactive. In other words, they are active participants in the debates and discussions on R2P, but their aim is not to further its usage but to contain its effects. Their current stance on R2P is characterized by what we will call ‘Active in Not Being Active’ (AINBA). The article discusses the key sources and rationale for their AINBA policy with regard to R2P.     

Responsibility attribution in coalition governments: Evidence from Germany

Models of coalition governance suggest that political parties pursue the interests of their electorate through the ministerial control of policy in their portfolios. Yet, little is known whether voters reward or punish coalition parties for policy performance in their portfolios. This study investigates voters’ evaluations of the policy priorities of coalition parties and their responsibility attribution in twenty policy areas using survey data from Germany. Specifically, we investigate whether voters attribute policy responsibility equally across coalition parties, along the jurisdictional lines of ministerial portfolios, or to the dominant party in the coalition. Our findings suggest that party size, prime minister status, and ministerial portfolios are decisive for responsibility attribution.