民众法律认同初探

本文试图从民众的角度来理解法治,认为民众与法治的关系是法治的根本问题。如果法治是以确立民众在法治中的主体地位,确立民众对法律的真诚的信仰作为最终的目标,那么,在中国的传统和观实的压力下,要实现这一目的,民众的法律认同是一个必经的阶段。本文初步探讨了民众法律认同的概念、特点、意义、内容、方式等等。     

Towards a Jurisprudence of Emergency: Colonialism and the Rule of Law

This article revisits an infamous incident in colonial India -- the Amritsar massacre of 1919 -- in order to explore larger questions of the place of martial law and emergency in jurisprudence. By focusing on modes of power in the colonial realm, and the productive role of the colonies in the conception of modern law, it tests the claims of a rule of law and declarations of emergency. The argument tries to show how these two terms are, in fact, relational in theories of colonial discourse and of legal positivism. As such, it reads H.L.A. Hart’s, The Concept of Law and instances from the colonial archive against one another. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

An Evaluation of the Use of Videotaped Evidence for Juvenile Witnesses in Criminal Courts in England and Wales

For the first time, the UK Criminal Justice Act (1991) allowed the videotaped evidence of a child to be substituted for the child's evidence-in-chief in a criminal court. The present study is an evaluation of that legislation. One hundred and fifty children were observed testifying in a criminal court in the UK. The use of the videotaped evidence and subsequent cross-examination of the child witness (usually via the closed circuit television system) was also observed. The data base from the Lord Chancellor's Department of all trials involving child witnesses in England and Wales was also analysed. The results showed that the introduction of the video technology into the criminal courts reduced the levels of stress of child witnesses but did not increase the conviction rates.     

The Investigation and Trial of Criminal Offences in the New Century – The Need for a Radical Change

This is the text of the Liverpool Law Review Annual Lecture 1999. Mr. Justice Hooper speaks about the need for a radical reform of the practices and procedures and rules of evidence in the Criminal Courts in England and Wales. Radical reform is needed at all stages of the process including the investigation stage, the pre-trial stage and at the trial itself. Substantive law reform is also long overdue and there is a real need to consider a new approach by the adoption of a comprehensive criminal code. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

论技术侦察及获取证据的法律适用

技术侦察是 2 0世纪二三十年代伴随着科学技术的进步 ,以及犯罪的智能化、隐秘化和组织化而出现。刑侦实践证明 ,运用技术侦察是打击严重刑事犯罪有效而且必要的手段。但由于我国刑事诉讼法没有对技术侦察加以规定 ,因此对技术侦察手段及获取证据的合法性问题 ,诉讼法学界有不同的认识。根据《人民警察法》的规定 ,技术侦察的合法性是不容置疑的 ;为了保护公民的合法效益 ,更有效地发挥技术侦察在刑事诉讼中的作用 ,立法应明确规定技术侦察是一种法定的侦查手段 ,并对其适用原则、条件和程度作出具体规定。     

难以践行的誓言——关于法官法治信念的考察报告

当下的中国法治遇到了新的问题，主要是司法理念含有太多政治因素，而司法过程中包含着太多的人情等因素，法律效果反而变得不重要了，以至于法律不能以自身独立的方式调整社会关系。我们不反对法律工具主义，也不反对法律与政治之间的正常关系，但法律应该有自己的独立性，司法活动不能违背自身的规律和逻辑。科学发展观、以人为本无疑对司法有重要的指导意义，但要想使其更好地发挥理念的指导作用，我们就必须认真探寻其实现的方法和途径。法律的政治化和政治的法律化问题是一个重要的命题，我们必须认真研究。法治不等于政治，与政治有密切关系，法治对政治有约束作用，法治离不开政治的指导。然而我们必须清楚，法治服务于政治不能抛开法律的规则和程序来片面地追求社会效果。如果离开法律方法——这一基本的司法规律办案，将会彻底断送司法公正。     

On the Meta Rule of Energy Law: Contextual Reality Centered by Energy Transformation

The lack of the meta rule of energy law is the essential problem for the current conflict of energy law appositions and the valid establishment of theoretical systems. Therefore, it is crucial to set the energy transformation which symbolizes and normalize the energy revolution as the meta rule so that the problem is likely to be solved. The reason that energy transformation can be the meta rule is not only the result of reference of philosophical and law theories, but also the proved truth of the industrial revolution and Shale gas revolution in the U.S. Therefore, in establishing the energy law system in the future, the meta rule status of the energy transformation should be set up at the proper time to promote the normal development of the energy revolution in China.     

中国法治国法律文化的发展轨迹——以刑法文化的发展为视角

在中国传统法律文化中，国家权力主义和刑法工具主义色彩极为浓厚，政治国家占据着垄断地位，对社会进行全面的控制。法律文化的传播使我们看到，作为法治的根本标志之一的刑事法治，以刑法限制国家刑罚权，包括对立法权与司法权的限制，保障公民的自由与权利是人类社会的长期追求和共同期待。因此，我们要建设法治国的法律文化，使法律真正起到平衡利益、为和谐社会保驾护航的作用。     

浅析犯罪构成理论对侦查取证的影响

侦查取证以刑法的规定和犯罪构成理论为指导，围绕刑法的规定和犯罪构成理论的需求展开工作。犯罪构成理论直接指导侦查取证的进程，是推进侦查工作深入进行的实体法理论依据，为侦查取证工作的对象、内容和指向指明了方向和道路。侦查取证的结果则成为犯罪构成理论适用的基础和依据，犯罪构成理论能否得到全面的诠释依赖于侦查取证的结果。现行犯罪构成理论存在不足，导致侦查取证人员的思维倾向有罪推定，片面搜集证据或证据移交不全。     

浅谈计算机犯罪现场勘查

计算机犯罪是利用高科技手段进行犯罪。作为一种新型犯罪 ,其犯罪现场是不可见的 ,具有潜在性、后发性的特点。要做好此类犯罪的现场勘查 ,必须充分掌握其现场的保护方法、勘查方法、证据的收集等。