媒体诽谤与权力造罪

从编发短信"诽谤"县领导被判有罪,发展到报道诽谤案的记者也被以诽谤罪立案侦查,这不仅仅是一个罪与非罪的判断问题。坚持罪刑法定原则同样要遵守程序法,司法机关不能轻易将涉嫌诽谤的自诉案件转换为公诉程序启动。对进行负面报道的记者,以诽谤罪立案值得高度警惕。开这样的先例,已经危害到正当的舆论监督权,乃至国民普遍的民主权利。避免权力造罪必须重新反思官员的"官"意识,归根到底是要进一步强化官员的公仆观,尤其是对滥用公权力者,如果尚未构成犯罪,也应令其承担相应的其他不利后果。     

慈善的认知及其影响因素——读布鲁克斯的《谁会真正关心慈善》

布鲁克斯认为宗教信仰、对政府经济运作的怀疑态度、工作和健康的家庭是美国社会个人慈善行为的影响因素。反观中国,在全民慈善时代即将到来之时,慈善的价值理念和制度框架建设亟待跟上。     

中国推出股指期货的市场影响

该文分析了股指期货交易的特点,剖析了中国股指期货交易制度和市场影响,提出来了股指期货改革的具体建议。     

历史与逻辑：司法审查的制度化机理

司法审查的理念和制度要素发轫于立法机关制定的法律要服从更高的法律以及权力要受到法律制约的历史性观念。这种制约观念经过漫长的历史演化成为一种意识形态并获得了法治理念的形式，其后与一定的社会政治条件相互作用，并通过制度要素的整合构成人类法治文明的制度基石。司法审查的制度化要素主要有：理性的司法主体是司法审查制度的主体要素；审查程序的司法化是司法审查的程序制度要素；各种形式的高级法是司法审查及其权能的依据；通过司法解释审查行政行为和立法行为的合宪性，是司法审查的内容要素；司法审查的国际化和全球化导致它的价值理念和制度安排突破民族国家的界限，成为人类法治文明生长的共同趋势和必然选择。我国建构司法审查制度要结合司法审查的司法性和政治性特质，形成宪法法院和普通法院相结合的审查制度框架。     

Civil Service Reform in Latin America: External Referents Versus Own Capacities

In the context of state reform and democratisation in Latin America, reinforcing public institutions becomes critical to sustaining and consolidating realised gains. In this area, civil service reforms are critical. But civil service reform initiatives in Latin American countries were designed with different degrees of compatibility with countries’ administrative traditions and with the role played by the civil service within the political system. The results of different initiatives are described in a brief review of six key features of nine Latin American civil services. Discussion of these results allows us to draw conclusions about the capacity to generate learning dynamics. A new conception of the civil service and its role in the political system appears more evident, unless the required political consensus for implementing and consolidating the new reform strategy for most Latin American public administrations is not confirmed.     

Restraining Gulliver: Institutional reform and the strengthening of state capacity and compliance

Governance in the developing world is fraught with problems of corruption, weak institutions, and inadequate expertise among bureaucrats. Failing to enforce laws and regulations is one way in which these problems manifest themselves. In this paper, we evaluate changes across three institutions charged with oversight or administration of labor justice in Mexico. We find that both autonomy from the executive and professionalization are necessary to improve compliance with labor law over time. Our study shows that professionalization can occur in several ways, including through training, merit hiring, and introducing experienced external administrators. The implications of the study are that reforms that increase the independence and legal authority of oversight institutions should be complemented by efforts to strengthen the professionalism of bureaucrats.     

Political interference and regulatory resilience in Brazil

Governments face a fundamental tradeoff between regulatory independence and control. Attempts of interference have the effect of reducing the system's level of commitment and credibility. On the other hand, an administration runs the risk that the autonomy delegated to regulators might be used to pursue outcomes that may harm their interests. This tradeoff is particularly relevant when there is an alternation of power with the arrival of a new political elite with different preferences. This paper uses data from a 2016 survey on regulatory governance applied to Brazilian regulatory agencies. This data is compared to a similar survey performed in 2005. The new survey results turn out to be surprisingly similar to those of a decade earlier, suggesting strong resilience of regulatory agencies despite significant attempts at political interference by powerful presidents. The factors explaining the resilience of regulatory governance in Brazil lie in its broader institutional endowment, which moderates the effects of executive interference.     

趋同还是存异——世界经济一体化下各国劳动关系的比较研究

在1945 -1975年期间的所谓资本主义的黄金时代,典型资本主义社会的劳动关系各具特色,而且总体是协调的,劳资双方在妥协基础上达到了平衡,形成了劳资两利的双赢格局.随着世界经济一体化的不断深入,各个国家的劳动关系产生了柔性化的趋同倾向.趋同确实发生,但模式多样性持续存在并且在现代全球经济中依然重要.对于中国而言,在尊重市场原则的基础上,不迷信市场,充分重视制度作用和历史传承才是解决中国劳动关系问题的关键.     

我国民族区域自治制度架构的理路辨析

民族问题求"解",是一个带有普遍意义的世界性课题。中国实行民族区域自治的现代抉择,是把统一与自治、民族与区域、历史与现实、政治与经济、制度与法律、民主与集中、自然权利与国家权利因素有机结合,成功开拓出一条被实践证实、广泛为世界关注的经验之路。这是一则浩大的社会"方程",惟国家性质、历史背景、政策导向、及至厚重的文化根植推定这种制度安排。     

判决中的不同意见公开制度研究

判决中的不同意见公开制度起源于英美法系国家，而为传统大陆法系国家所反对，这是由于两者在制度类型上的差异所致。但是，随着司法制度的现代转型，大陆法系国家也开始采行不同意见公开制度。我国现行司法制度与大陆法系国家存在着历史的亲缘性和家族相似性，这成为阻碍不同意见公开的最大制度屏障。我国是否适时引进该制度，关键在于司法制度的现代转型能否以及在多大程度上取得成功。