“Consuming” national identity in Western Ukraine

This paper represents an attempt to study national identity in the post-Soviet context through the lens of everyday life practices. Building on ideas of banal nationalism and consumer citizenship, and with support of empirical evidence collected in L'viv, Ukraine, this paper demonstrates how national identity becomes materialized in everyday life through consumption practices and objects of consumption. While exploring objects and practices that are not originally national in scope but infused with national meanings by ordinary people, it will be shown how consumption becomes an arena for the expression and renegotiation of national self-portraits. Differences in national meanings among residents of L’viv belonging to two different language groups will highlight the diversity of ways and means by which people express their national sensibilities. By exploring national meanings in everyday consumption practices of Ukrainian citizens, this study aims to provide an alternative perspective on post-Soviet nation-building and contribute to the current debate on the position and identity of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine.     

日本消费者团体诉讼制度评析

为了保护消费者合法权益、防止经营者使用的不当格式条款或不当经营行为对消费者造成损害,日本的消费者团体可以向法院提起禁令请求诉讼。这一具有强烈公益色彩的诉讼制度提高了消费者保护的实效性,减轻了消费者个人维权负担。但这一新制度所存问题尚多,需继续给予完善。     

保证保险二元性思辨及其法律适用

从一种抽象概念演变为我国消费领域中较为普遍的商业动作行为,保证保险的出现及其发展仅仅经历了短暂的近十年时间,然而对于保证保险性质的混乱认识及立法上的空白,直接导致对保证保险关系当事人之行为无法进行统一规范和调整,笔者认为,保险公司以其保险人身份介入消费信贷关系中与保证人身份进行兼容,从而为各方当事人及司法实践提供了对信贷风险可选择的两种救济模式,并以此区别并优越于单一保证模式,并本着私法自治、司法权被动性之精神为保证保险纠纷公正合理地解决对保证、保险双重模救济模式进行了理性选择。     

Thoughts on building a just market society

This paper explores the tensions that exist in contemporary society between the individual as citizen and the individual as consumer. The power of the global market place can potentially drive the polity, so it is necessary to raise questions about the means to secure a healthy civic and political life. Financial capitalism, knowledge capitalism and social capitalism are explored as a means of understanding the nature of modern market capitalism. Can financial knowledge and social capitalism be turned into a virtuous circle of innovation, growth and social progress? The paper suggests that trust is the glue, the cement of a just society, and the dimensions of this trust are explored. Finally, the paper examines the nature of stakeholder society. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications     

Franz Böhm and the issue of codetermination

In The Economic Codetermination Right of Workers in the Firm, Böhm undertook the mental exercise of systematically analyzing all variants of economic systems discussed at that time, including their mixed forms, as well as codetermination at the company level and the board and industry level with all their combinations. This explains why his article extends over 230 pages. It is not feasible to closely discuss all of these variants. Instead, this article concentrates on those ideas that are still meaningful today or, in other words, on what Franz Böhm has to contribute to the question of the effects of codetermination today.     

消费诉讼制度探析－探求构建我国消费诉讼制度

消费诉讼在我国 ,不是一种特别诉讼 ,也没有自身专门的制度体系 ,有关规则适用民事诉讼法的一般规定。然而 ,由于消费诉讼自身凸显的特性 ,适用一般民事诉讼规定已经明显不足 ,文章从分析我国消费诉讼现状入手 ,借鉴国外及我国港台地区消费诉讼 ,以探求建立我国消费诉讼制度     

对"知假买假"者索赔问题的法律思考

、近几年，对“知假买假”索赔；有的地方法院予以支持，有的地方法院则不予支持。产生这种现象的根本原因是我国《消费权益保护法》中的有关“消费”基本法律特征的规定，使人们对“知假买假”的“消费”身份产生歧义。所以，应尽快修改《消法》，以明确“消费”的身份。“知假买假”作为“消费”应该是确定无疑的，理应受到法律的保护，而“卖假”的行为具有严重的社会危害性和违法性，理应受到法律的制度。支持“知假买假”索赔可以刺激和鼓励广大消费与不法销售作斗争，制栽和惩罚销售假冒伪劣产品的不法行为人，从而有效地遏制生产、售销假冒伪劣产品的行为，通过强化对消费的保护，维护消费权益，最终还可以起到净化市场的积极作用。     

释解有线电视网络经营者的缔约责任与合同义务——以一起涉费纠纷诉讼案为例

讨论在强制缔约条款缺位的情况下,如何确认用户与有线电视网络经营者的合同关系,从而要求后者履行相应的合同义务。     

建立我国消费长效机制的法律探讨

我国经济结构调整，急需通过拉动和扩大内需等途径来完成。建立扩大消费需求长效机制，是我国第十二五规划的重要内容之一。建立扩大消费需求长效机制，涉及众多法律因素，如消费市场法律环境状况、消费激励政策与调控机制、居民收入分配机制、居民信用诚信体系、居民社会保障制度等。我国消费市场诸多法律因素，影响和制约了消费长效机制的建立和完善，针对上述影响因素，进一步建立和完善与我国消费长效机制相关的法律制度，保障我国消费长效机制的有效持续运行。     

《蒙特利尔公约》第五管辖权规则论析——以航空旅客运输消费者权益保护为视角

第五管辖权是作为调整国际航空运输某些规则的1999年《蒙特利尔公约》对华沙公约体系进行现代化和一体化过程中的创新因素之一，其功能在于能够更加全面、公平地维护航空旅客运输消费者的合法权益，以体现该公约制定的宗旨和原则。借鉴第五管辖权的创新性规定及对消费者权益保护的特有属性，我国在未来修订《民用航空法》时亦应适时加入相应条款。