近年来理论界关于“解放思想”研究的综述

党的十七大报告中指出"解放思想是发展中国特色社会主义的一大法宝",要坚持继续解放思想。特别正值纪念我国改革开放30周年,解放思想问题的研究成为近年来理论界的一个热点,主要涉及解放思想的内涵、解放思想的历程、解放思想的动力、解放思想的视野、解放思想的经验启示、解放思想的具体举措研究等一系列问题。     

和谐社会背景下的行政罚与刑罚的关系

宽严相济刑事政策背景下的惩罚体系调整是我国刑事政策面临的突出问题。我国在引进西方非刑罚化思潮时,对犯罪圈的大小、惩罚体系如何设计没有给予更多的关注。因此,应适当降低起刑点,扩大犯罪圈,以解决我国刑事政策厉而不严的问题。同时在兼顾效率和人权保护的基础上对我国二元制的惩罚体系做出相应的调整,适当扩大法院管辖案件的范围和数量,以此制衡行政权力的扩张。     

行政“圈层”社会：新兴社会组织的三种类型及其比较

转型期情境下，由于成立背景、角色功能、结构规模、职业形态、运作机制、资源依附度等的不同，在基层社会治理领域产生了三种新兴社会组织类型：枢纽型社会组织、专业性社会组织和社区社会组织。这三类社会组织分布于“行政性”和“社会性”的两端，呈现出一种渐进赋权、双向汲取、互惠共生、此消彼长的连续统，形成了一种介于行政“吸纳”和“借道”之间的，类似于“圈层”而又边界模糊的开放性政社关系图谱。这一关系图谱的实质在于，国家借助更为弹性、迂回、柔和的社会控制手段，构筑了一个行政与社会之间需求满足和利益表达的“缓冲带”与“减压阀”。     

划分盗窃犯罪圈的基本规律

定性盗窃须依据实体标准,《刑法修正案(八)》扩大盗窃犯罪圈却有收紧制裁圈之效;司法解释虽在立法基础上具体定性规则,数额的经年不变却可能令犯罪圈隐性扩张;为此,个案情节的适用能够起到内敛犯罪圈的作用。定性盗窃还须经程序控制,因为出罪案件未经刑事诉讼程序的过滤,相关立法及司法解释之疏漏可能被遮蔽,因动机、赔偿情节豁免出罪的理由可能不甚清晰。     

费正清的两岸关系论述及其台湾效应

冷战时期,以费正清为代表的美国学术界以台湾作为研究中国的基地,而费正清也积极地介入两岸关系与台湾事务。费正清的＂大陆—台湾＂论述可以分为三个时期：早期的＂亲共＂,中期的＂反共＂,与后期的＂两岸共治＂。费正清多变的面孔反映了美国不同时期基于美国国家利益而做出的对中国两岸政策的调整,而台湾对费正清体系的反应则体现了冷战时期西方同盟内部中心与边缘地区的矛盾,以及两种不同政治体制、不同文化之间的冲突。     

The virtuous circle of representation

Theoretical and empirical research shows that political representation is a dynamic process repeatedly connecting citizens and political elites. However, less is known about how citizens alone experience the process of political representation and connect electoral participation with representation. This article combines different literature pertaining to the representative process in a dynamic framework. It explores causality between electoral participation and perceived responsiveness in citizens' minds using unique panel data. By arguing for two-way causality and the existence of a virtuous circle, the paper refines the concepts’ relationship beyond traditional conceptions that currently dominate the literature on electoral behaviour and participatory democracy. The results indicate that the representative process may be a self-sustaining experience for citizens over time.     

By‐laws of I.A.I.

The launch of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) marks the most significant change to the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) since it was launched in 2004. In the wake of the Georgia war in August 2008 and yet another gas crisis in January 2009, the EU clearly needs a more constructive policy towards Eastern Europe. But both the ENP and EaP are based on a contradiction. They offer only the remotest possibility of eventual accession to the EU, but are still based on “accession-light” assumptions, applying the conditionality model of the 1990s to weak states that are a long way from meeting the Copenhagen criteria. The priority in the eastern neighbourhood is not building potential members states but strengthening sovereignty, in the face of an increasingly assertive Russian neighbourhood policy. The game is playing the west off against Russia for geopolitical reward.     

论我国刑法立法犯罪化的规律和原则细化

从1997年刑法修订到2011年刑法修正案（八）通过,我国刑法立法犯罪化规律呈现出以犯罪化为主,非犯罪化为辅,犯罪圈逐步扩张的情势.增加的41个罪名为法定犯,这其中又以保护公法益的罪名为主.犯罪化应当在抽象原则下进行细化,包括遵循当前的社会发展特征,遵循现阶段的刑事政策,与我国“立法定性＋立法定量”犯罪化模式相适应,注意刑法立法犯罪化与刑法体系的关系等.     

Korean elites: Social networks and power

During the period of rapid industrialisation, Korean business elites sought to establish a ruling alliance of state officials, politicians, business owners, and professional managers that formed a social coalition to influence the state and society as a whole, reinforced through extensive social and political networks with various ruling groups. The elite community has generated a high degree of self-recruitment and social closure through school, marriage and kinship networks. In this way, the leading sector of the Korean business elite has formed complex, often contingent, relations with the state elite, and acts as an integral part of the upper class in society.     

风险规制与专家理性——评布雷耶的《粉碎邪恶循环:面向有效率的风险规制》

布雷耶在《粉碎邪恶循环:面向有效率的风险规制》一书中分析了美国政府在规制那些不起眼的风险过程中所呈现的风险规制议程确定的随意性、规制缺乏连续性等情形。他认为产生这些问题的症结可以归因于一个邪恶循环,即公众对风险的认知、国会的反应以及规制过程的不确定。为打破这一邪恶循环,则需要建立一种以目标为导向的,去政治化的、精英式的"超级专家理性"制度。就我国风险规制而言,由于存在着与美国政府相似的问题,而布雷耶法官所提出的"超级专家理性"制度切中了我国风险规制体系的要害,因此,这项制度对于破解我国风险规制所存在的问题具有重要的启示意义。