谈冒用型信用卡诈骗罪

备受关注的许霆一案,使人们开始关注刑法中有关信用卡的犯罪。冒用他人信用卡是信用卡诈骗罪的客观行为表现之一,也是认定犯罪的难点之一。刑法仅规定盗窃他人信用卡并使用的以盗窃罪论处,而没有规定对其他非法获取他人信用卡并使用的行为如何认定。应考虑到行为人实行前一非法行为的方式,及与后一冒用行为的关系,来确定行为的性质与罪数。     

To P or not to P? The Usefulness of P‐values in Quantitative Political Science Research

This contribution gives a short overview over the mechanics of significance testing in inferential statistics, in particular linear models, and tries to put the discussion about the usefulness of p‐values into a broader perspective of scientific practise. This discussion needs to be embedded into the larger debate about the credibility crises faced by empirical social science research. In particular, it seems of utmost importance to discuss what the profession as a whole, journals, publishers, as well as editors can do to encourage better research practise that generates reliable and useful empirical findings.     

Ethnicity and electoral fraud in Britain

Several reports have highlighted that, within Britain, allegations of electoral fraud tend to be more common in areas with large Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities. However, the extent of this association has not yet been quantified. Using data at the local authority level, this paper shows that percentage Pakistani and Bangladeshi (logged) is a robust predictor of two measures of electoral fraud allegations: one based on designations by the Electoral Commission, and one based on police enquiries. Indeed, the association persists after controlling for other minority shares, demographic characteristics, socio-economic deprivation, and anti-immigration attitudes. I interpret this finding with reference to the growing literature on consanguinity (cousin marriage) and corruption. Rates of cousin marriage tend to be high in countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, which may have fostered norms of nepotism and in-group favoritism that persist over time. To bolster my interpretation, I use individual level survey data to show that, within Europe, migrants from countries with high rates of cousin marriage are more likely to say that family should be one's main priority in life, and are less likely to say it is wrong for a public official to request a bribe.     

论国际私法上的法律规避

国际私法中法律规避问题的实质涉及法哲学中一对基本价值———正义与安全———的二律背反。本文认为 ,在此问题上 ,法官透过当事人的表面行为探究其内心真意的做法是必要和合理的 ,即个别正义的价值在这个问题上具有优先性。在规避外国法行为效力的问题上 ,通过对法律规避行为的本质 ,其与公共秩序保留的关系及一些实际操作中具体问题的分析 ,得出结论 ,规避外国法和规避国内法的行为一样构成法律规避 ,应受法律规制。     

从《刑法》第167条看合同诈骗犯罪中的国家被害

在对国有企事业单位实施的合同诈骗中 ,犯罪分子利用相关主管人员在签定、履行合同中的失职行为 ,侵害国有资产 ,国家作为犯罪行为恶果的直接承担者是该类犯罪的被害人。国家在合同诈骗犯罪中属于状态被害人 ,在当前社会转型期间 ,其财产被害性更较以往增大 ,须在加强立法、健全管理体制以及深化国有企业改革等方面抓好被害预防。     

网络诈骗现状与预防体系的建构

网络诈骗是一种新型的犯罪方式,是一种有别与普通诈骗的高科技犯罪,其隐蔽性强、渗透性强、危害范围广的特点也决定了应对其进行深入的研究。我国经济的快速发展带动了网络的快速发展,网络诈骗对我国经济的影响范围也日益加大,而我国对此的立法和执法还存在很多问题。因此,有必要从立法完善、执法改善、技术加强、社会各方协调等方面来构建网络诈骗的预防体系,以便更好地预防网络诈骗,减少经济损失。     

Insurance fraud in Taiwan: Reflections on regulatory effort and criminological complexity

The nature and prevalence of insurance fraud has been studied only to a limited extent, even in the USA and Europe. Nevertheless, national authorities have pressed ahead with various approaches to control such fraud. This paper briefly outlines the nature and difficulties around measurement of insurance fraud and reviews key international trends in the regulation of fraud. It then presents the findings of an empirical study of insurance fraud in Taiwan and recent proposals for anti-fraud control. It analyses these findings in the context of actual practices of insurance companies which give evidence to the idea that ‘moral hazard’ is embedded in the institutional arrangements, social relationships, and moral economies of private insurance.     

对盗窃数额在认定方面的一点思考

盗窃罪在我国属于常见多发的财产型犯罪。盗窃数额对盗窃罪的定罪与量刑具有关键的作用,立法上规定了“数额较大或者多次盗窃”,“数额巨大或者有其他严重情节”、“数额特别巨大或者有特别严重情节”及“有下列情形之一”几种情形作为定罪及量刑情节。因此正确的认定盗窃数额在司法实践中具有重要的意义。本文从一个小的方面来谈一下对盗窃数额的认定。     

Fraud,Legal Formality and Equity

This article seeks to examine thecurrent scope of the equitable principle that``equity will not allow a statute to be used asan instrument of fraud'. In particular, itexamines the meaning of fraud in this contextand the question whether the so-called rule inRochefoucauld in Boustead [1897] 1 Ch.196 can be applied legitimately in theenforcement of informal rights for the benefitof third parties.     

广东城中村问题及其成因探析

广东城中村形成的原因是多方面的，既有政策、制度上的原因，也有经济利益的趋动和管理滞后等方面的原因。城中村的改造与综合治理是一项复杂而艰巨的任务。目前，首先，要加强城郊村落建设规划的落实，健全相关法规体系并加大执法力度，确保新的城中村不再产生；其次必须认识到城中村的改造成本是城市化过程中必须支付的，必须加快城市廉租房的建设和城中村的改造步伐。