入世与我国对外贸易法的完善

我国改革开放和加入WTO的过程和结果首先应是按照WTO规则和我国在加入WTO谈判中的承诺 ,全面充实、调整和完善现行的外经贸法律、法规和规章 ,以建立起一个统一、公正和透明的对外经贸法律体系 ,而作为我国对外经济贸易基本法的《对外贸易法》则首当其中 ,应从其立法原则、外贸经营权、外贸代理制、服务贸易等方面加以完善。     

中国外交的宪法原则

《中华人民共和国宪法(1982)》规定了中国外交的基本原则、国家机构的外交职权、公民涉外的基本权利和义务。研究外交的宪法原则对于我国依法外交具有重要意义。     

中国发展涉外信托存在的结构性问题及其评析——以辽宁省涉外信托业发展现状为视野

涉外信托业的发展已成为一个地区市场经济发达的重要标志。随着国际经济活动日益频繁的发生,许多与辽宁省相关的涉外活动可能同时受数个不同国家法律法规共同调整。在这些国际活动中,作为英美法系国家的信托制度也不可避免地在辽宁省加以运用,与涉外信托相关的争议也会日益增多。辽宁省在发展涉外信托业务中存在诸多结构性问题,主要表现在涉外信托立法的不健全、社会信用制度的缺失、信托受托人责任界定不清以及涉外信托业务的不规范性等。有效解决涉外信托在上述领域存在的瓶颈问题,有利于辽宁省涉外信托业务的持续发展。     

社区归属感建设研究综述

随着我国市场经济的不断发展和完善,社区的地位越来越重要,和谐社区建设研究也越来越多,国内国外研究各有特点,角度也各有不同。文章主要从近30年来国内外社区研究的成果加以分析,从这些分析中找出我国社区归属感建设研究中取得的成绩和研究中存在的不足或者缺失,以此来引起对我国社区归属感研究的关注,并促进我国社会主义和谐社会建设。     

后危机时代跨国公司对华投资行为变化与我国外资政策调整

受全球金融危机的影响,跨国公司对华投资行为发生了很大的变化,它们大多采取缩减资本支出、控制生产成本和撤资裁员等应对之策.这些变化对我国的外资政策构成巨大的挑战,为抵御金融危机带来的不利影响,我国政府提出了一揽子振兴经济的政策措施,而外资政策是其中重要的组成部分.在后危机时代,我国政府需要重新思考与定位外资政策的走向,以便在未来更好地应对跨国公司对华投资的新变化.     

论涉外遗嘱法律适用制度的发展趋势———兼论 《涉外民事关系法律适用法》第 32、33 条的解释与完善简

在遗嘱的法律适用制度领域存在两大趋势：一是在体例结构上采用继承与遗嘱分立模式下的“遗嘱”体例;二是在同一制与区别制的应用上采用同一制。《涉外民事关系法律适用法》第四章采用法定继承与遗嘱分立的体例结构,在实践中将导致遗嘱法律适用制度结构残缺。在处理遗嘱方式法律适用时,该法采纳了同一制,但弃用了1961年《海牙遗嘱处分方式法律冲突公约》中的“住所”和涉及不动产时的“不动产所在地”连接点,弱化了公约在遗嘱方式上倡导的尽量使遗嘱方式有效原则。此外,该法第33条“遗嘱效力”概念语义含糊,必然给法院的审判活动带来困扰。鉴此,我国相关职能部门应当就相关法条做合理解释,并在必要时对相关制度予以修订。     

创新中缅边境外籍流动人口服务管理工作的路径分析——以德宏傣族景颇族自治州为例

随着边境经济贸易的迅速发展和对外开放的进一步扩大,外籍流动人口大量进入德宏州,这些人员一方面积极促进了当地社会和经济的发展,另一方面给边境地区的治安管理带来较大压力,影响边境地区和谐稳定。为了推进公安机关社会管理创新健康发展,就必须在社会生活中找到切入点和突破口,解决好流动人口——尤其是边境地区外籍流动人口服务管理问题。     

Between willing and reluctant entrapment: CEE countries in NATO's non-European missions

The article focuses on Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries' experiences related to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, three non-European theatres of Western military operations, in predominantly Muslim lands, in the decade between 2001 and 2011. CEE countries readily became involved in two of these foreign missions (Afghanistan and Iraq) because of their deep ties to Western politico-economic structures, without direct security interests compelling them to do so, but not without normative convictions regarding what were seen by them as virtues of the two missions. In Libya, however, they were reluctant to join the Western intervention. In light of this, the article is interested in examining how political elites within the region relate to the generally constrained security policy agency that they have. A key argument advanced is that such agency may be located in how external hegemony is mediated in elite discourses of threat and legitimacy construction. This as well as the three case studies outlined in the article show that the seeming changes in CEE countries' behaviour in fact boil down to a simple set of rules guiding their behaviour. Having identified this “algorithm” as an implicit pattern of CEE foreign policy behaviour, originating in the intra-alliance security dilemma within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), the article formulates its conclusions about the alliance policy of these countries largely within a neorealist framework.     

China’s road from socialism to global capitalism

Abstract

China’s engagement with global capitalism is driven by the emergence of a statist and private transnational capitalist class. Nevertheless, aspects of China’s foreign policy from the Maoist period still echo today. Consequently, elements of third world solidarity and opposition to Western domination continue to exist as China’s past is redefined to further its transnational strategies in Latin America and the US. The main Chinese investments in South America have been in energy and infrastructure among the left lead countries of the Pink Tide. In the US, Chinese capital has grown despite heated political rhetoric. This paper will examine how economic ties in South and North America reflect past and present conditions, and if China has initiated a non-Western globalisation.     

Stolen Art Restitution Claims and the Exhaustion of Local Remedies: How Foreign-Based Plaintiffs are Able to Succeed Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act

Stolen art restitution claims under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act (“FSIA”) present unique procedural issues that implicate the history, purpose, and objectives of the FSIA. At the forefront of these issues are how foreign-based plaintiffs are able to bring suits against foreign governments or foreign citizens in US Federal Courts. Whether these foreign-based plaintiffs must exhaust local remedies in their country of origin is another issue that these kinds of suits typically have courts resolve. This article provides answers to these issues through a historical discussion of the implementation of the FSIA and an analysis of recent case law.