收回死刑复核权面临的难题及其破解

It is of great significance for the Supreme Court of China (SCC) to take back the power of having judicial review for death sentences. For that purpose, first, we have to amend the procedures for judicial review for death sentences, including precisely defining the responsibility of the SCC to review death sentences, determining appropriate modes of review, prescribing the time limit of review, allowing the participation of defense lawyers and prosecutors, etc. Second, we must also amend the appellate procedures for capital cases, including holding hearings, comprehensive trial of key cases, and adjusting the time limit for the second instance. Third, we must improve relative systems that can directly affect the trial quality of capital cases, including the improvement of evidentiary rules, the reform of judicial committees, and the forbiddance to change an original sentence into a death sentence. Long Zongzhi, professor, chairs the academic commission at Southwestern University of Politics and Law. Meanwhile, he takes the vice chair of the supervising committee of legal education in the Ministry of Education of China. He advanced the theory of dual structure of criminal litigation in early 1990s and put forward the theory of relative reasonableness in late 1990s, which exerted great influence in academic law. Moreover, he has published a great number of works on criminal litigation, judicial system, and evidence law.     

司法过程中的商谈与诚信原则

司法过程中的对话沟通是现代司法的特质,是实现司法公正的重要保证之一。诚信原则是现代司法的本质要求。在我国现阶段,通过司法过程的对话沟通树立司法公信力,是实现司法公正,促进司法独立,加快我国民主法治进程、建设和谐社会的重要出路。     

美国斯坦福大学《学生司法宪章》探析——以学生权利为视角

斯坦福大学《学生司法宪章》在受指控学生的权利保护方面规定了二十二项具体内容，在普通学生的权利保护方面突出了尊重其平等参与权的特点。这些实体权利与程序权利充分体现了权利平等、正当程序、人民主权的思想，同时也让民主治校的理念成为现实，这些重要意义也能对我国高校学生处分程序制度设计起到有益的借鉴作用。     

司法文书的社会价值探究

司法文书是现代司法理念的载体，是打击犯罪、保护人民、维护社会和谐的工具，是整个司法活动的综合再现。它所反映的不仅仅是法律实务工作者的个人素质、学识水平，而且也反映了司法机关的执法形象、执法水平，影响着司法机关的公正性和权威性，对维护社会和谐起着不可低估的作用。为推动司法改革的进程和保障法治国家建设的成果，应深入探讨司法文书的社会价值，以提高司法文书自身的价值，促进司法文书更趋规范化、合理化，发挥司法文书应有的功能。     

试论刑事审前程序的司法控制与监督

我国刑事诉讼法赋予公安机关在侦查阶段享有除逮捕之外一切强制侦查方法的自行决定权,易导致严重侵犯公民基本权利的现象发生;同时我国检察监督存在乏力与滞后的问题。因此,在刑事审前程序中建立相应的司法控制和监督制度显得尤为重要和迫切。本文针对我国刑事审前程序司法控制与监督缺失的现状,对我国刑事审前程序司法控制与监督的原则和具体设想做了一些探索。     

高职院校法律专业的进路与出路

统一司法考试对高等职业院校法律专业的生存和发展带来巨大冲击，也出现了要求取消高职院校法律专业的呼声。高职院校法律专业要摆脱困境，其进路是要走出思想误区，端正思想认识；出路是要有准确的办学定位，以市场为导向，构建多元化的教学课程和实践课程体系，着眼于学生应用能力的培养，形成差异化能力。     

陕甘宁边区民事调解制度的群众化

主张人民的事情由人民自己做主的决策理念,使得陕甘宁边区民事纠纷的解决主体群众化。主张以诉讼外方式为主以减少诉讼的纠纷解决理念,使得陕甘宁边区民事调解运作方式逐步民间化。陕甘宁边区民事调解群众化的过程,是我国人民调解制度形成与完善的过程,同时又是中国特色司法制度的建立过程。     

最高人民法院裁判、司法解释的法律地位

The decisions and the legislative interpretations of judicial interpretations of the Supreme Court of China can be considered as a part of Mainland China’s customary law, and carried by decisions and judicial interpretations. Customary law is the very source of its normal force and they are supposed to be an informal source of the law for they have the required characteristics for substantiating customary law. Accordingly, the legislative judicial interpretations and decisions of the Supreme Court that are qualified to be promulgated in the Gazette of the Supreme Court should be standardized by the requisites of customary law and have the quality supposed to be universally fair. Cao Shibing is a senior judge of the Supreme Court of China majoring in civil law, and he was awarded the doctorate of law by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Till now, he has published an amount of academic works, for instance, On Anti-monopoly Law (1996), Resolve of the Problems in the Suretyship Law of China and its Prospect (2001), On Insolvency Law of China (2003), and his translated book in Chinese (1998) —The Death of Contract (originally written by Grant Gilmore in 1995).     

刑事司法国际准则对我国法治建设的价值思考

刑事司法国际准则是联合国及其下属机构为各国刑事诉讼程序所建立的基本权利保障标准,准则产生的理论基础是自然法思想,现实动因是人们对二战的反思以及人权保障运动的国际化。学习、借鉴准则对于我国法治建设具有重大的意义,从宏观层面而言,准则有助于促进我国司法制度的法治化建构;从微观层面而言,准则有助于实现个案的审判正义。     

法律援助在实践中存在的问题及对策——以苏州市为例

我国法律援助制度自20世纪90年代初建立以来,得到了长足发展,各地不但设立了法律援助机构,而且还拥有了一批素质较高的法律援助队伍。本文以地方建设法治化政府的实践为例,分析了苏州市法律援助的特点,认为地方政府应从人民群众最关心、最直接、最现实的利益问题入手,不断加强和改进法律援助这一政府职能,为社会提供积极有效的法律服务。