完善我国法院民事调解制度的构想

法院民事调解制度在理论和司法实践中暴露出越来越多的弊端,有些规定甚至与现代法治的理念格格不入,因此有必要对这一制度进行改革与完善,对调解程序、适用范围、效力以及相关制度进行构建,使调解制度更适应社会主义市场经济的发展。     

论行政程序中的时效制度

行政时效是行政程序法的一项基本制度,法律后果是行政时效制度的核心要素。现代行政时效的设计应当在行政主体和行政相对人之间有所差异化。研究和科学制定行政时效制度对于今后制定统一的《行政程序法》具有重要的意义。     

刑事诉讼谦抑论

刑事诉讼谦抑具有历史规律、思想理念、法律制定等三个层面的含义,包括萎缩性、最后性、克制性、妥协性、宽容性等五个方面的内容。刑事诉讼谦抑化的过程以及谦抑理念的形成,具有广泛而坚实的刑事法一体化基础:刑法学基础、犯罪学基础、刑事政策学基础。应当考虑我国的制约因素,结合刑事诉讼谦抑的价值与限度,有意识地把谦抑理念逐渐融入到刑事诉讼立法与司法当中,以期形成较系统的谦抑制度。     

刑事证明责任分配新探

罗森贝克通过对实体法规范的精细分析,提出了证明责任分配的学说———规范说。罗氏从实体法入手研究证明责任分配的方法对我国刑事证明责任分配的研究具有启发意义。我国刑法规范之间存在着犯罪构成要件规范与阻却犯罪成立规范的对立,从重处罪规范与从轻、减轻、免除处罚规范的对立。我国刑事证明责任的一般原则应是控辩双方应对有利于己方的刑事法律规范规定的要件事实承担证明责任。     

Putting the Cart before the Horse: Accountability or Performance?

Conventional wisdom argues that a good set of performance measures builds accountability and that improved accountability generates better productivity in the organisation. By way of an analysis of a case study in one inland Chinese county, this article shows that the assumed relationship between performance and accountability is more rhetoric than real. In practice, the implementation of performance measurement in local China leads to an accountability paradox, in which enhanced accountability tends to hinder the improvement of government productivity. The implementation of the Chinese target-based responsibility system risks boosting the short term accountability of public employees while undermining the long term productivity of government agencies. With the deepening of China's market-oriented reform, this choice appears to put the cart before the horse.     

Parliament Scrutiny of Government Performance in Australia

This article examines how the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia seeks to hold responsible ministers directly and senior public servants indirectly accountable for the performance of departments and programs on the basis of published performance data and inquiries conducted by parliamentary committees. From the perspective of an outsider, the scrutiny process in the Australian parliament, although not without its problems, is more systematic and substantive than is the case in other parliamentary systems such as Canada. Creating a more meaningful dialogue in the Australian parliament on performance issues will depend more on changes to the intersecting cultures of the legislature, government and the public service than on organisational and procedural reforms to any of those institutions.     

In Search of Public Accountability: The 'Wenling Model' in China

This article specifically attempts to answer two interrelated research questions: firstly, how do democratic consultation assemblies (DCAs) heighten public accountability in the current institutional setting of China's sub-provincial localities?; and secondly, what can be learned, from the Chinese case, in relation to achieving public accountability elsewhere? To address the first question, this article will explore two particular variations of the DCAs, and will focus on the interplay between the managerial and democratic accountability orientations to address the second question.     

Audit for Accountability in China: An Incomplete Mission

This article argues against the conventional wisdom that accountability is the raison d'être of auditing activities. Audit, admittedly, is a part of the accountability architecture as it contributes to the financial health of a government and the effective management of public money. This does not mean, however, that audit necessarily generates accountability. China's experience with establishing a power audit regime shows that without enabling goals, impartial structural arrangements, and effective procedures, auditing for accountability only remains an incomplete mission.     

中国律师在公益行政许可听证中法律地位研究

该文认为,确定中国律师在公益行政许可听证程序中的法律地位,是律师参与公益行政许可听证工作的重点问题,这一问题既是重大的理论问题,又是立法及执法实践亟待解决的问题。     

我国应对突发事件的现状分析与对策研究

突发事件的发生有着极为深刻的国际国内政治的、经济的、社会的和自然的原因.我国在突发事件应对中存在着应急信息通报不及时、不充分甚至隐瞒信息,社会力量参与不足等问题.我们党要增强应对突发事件的能力,需要在提高和增强党员的能力和本领、完善我国突发事件应急机制、加强立法、强化依法办事、完善行政问责制、妥善处理群体性突发事件等方面做出不懈努力.