The World on the Box: International Issues in News and Factual Programmes

A report on factual international programmes shown on UK TV in 2003 reveals that the total of hours broadcast is similar that of previous years. However, there has been a drop in the number of programmes on developing countries, and the definition of 'factual international' covers a misleadingly wide range - including game shows and travel programmes. The amount of developing country coverage on terrestrial TV is the lowest since the measurement began in 1989. Many serious programmes on developing countries are now shown exclusively on the new BBC digital channels. It appears that ITV is no longer fulfilling its public service remit to broadcast programmes covering 'matters of international significance and interest'. The proportion of foreign coverage in television news increased in 2003 across all bulletins, as a result of the Iraq war.     

多维视角下的中国国际地位分析

本文从GDP相关指标(传统GDP、绿色GDP和人文GDP)的排名、综合国力排名、国际竞争力排名、经济强国指数排名、《财富》全球500强企业数量排名等多个视角对中国国际地位进行了比较全面的分析。其中,经济强国指数研究是我们在国际比较领域的新尝试,该研究借鉴了综合国力评估、国际竞争力评价和人类发展指数等相关研究的理论和方法,通过深入分析国际权威数据库,设计了一套比较完整的经济强国指标体系,并计算得出各级各层经济强国指数。     

论刑事诉讼中的不良品格证据规则

不良品格证据由于与案件的争议事实无关联,因而,除了一些特定的例外情形,原则上法律将被告人的不良品格证据排除于法庭之外。但是,近些年国际上关于该规则的内容已有所变化。为了完善我国刑事证据立法和解决司法实践中的问题,我国亟待构建科学的不良品格证据规则。     

经济全球化与"体面劳动"

在经济全球化的背景下,世界各国劳资关系力量对比处于一种极端不平衡的状态之中.国际上关于"社会条款"和"体面劳动"的提议,或者是出于贸易保护的目的,或者是出于保障现实中被忽视和侵害的劳动者权益的目的,或者两者兼而有之.为适应加入WTO后的新形势,为尽早在中国实现"体面劳动",中国应该以国际劳工标准和"体面劳动"的内容要求为参照,完善劳动法律体系,建立起一套保障劳动者权益的法律机制.     

阿拉伯国际商贸中的代理制度

现代贸易合作必须在规则中展开,要发展和拓展阿拉伯国家各种现实与潜在市场,必须了解、研究、熟悉阿拉伯"商规",其中货物贸易既是阿拉伯商贸传统强项又是当代贸易流通的现实领域,一些阿拉伯国家制定商贸代理法,是一种市场准入与合作共赢的制度安排,构成阿拉伯"商规"的组成部分之一。     

比较法视野下的劳动者集体争议行动之法律规制

利益调整所引发的集体争议行动是市场经济背景下劳资争议的重要型态。基于劳资自治的保障需求,大多市场经济国家(地区)对劳动者集体争议行动这种侵权行为予以有限制的法律保护。我国因加薪所引发的集体停工频发,凸显了法律对集体争议行动失范及其法律秩序重构的必要。借鉴国外立法例,结合国情,我国宜采取消极立法模式,通过特殊的法律责任豁免制度和特殊的劳资利益争议处理程序,以规范劳动者集体争议行动。     

略论中国古代法律对天文研究的法律规制

中国古代法律禁止民间任意观测、探究、解释和传习有关星空的奥秘,只允许官方的天文机构研究和解读天文现象。中国古代法律对天文研究作出如此的法律规制,既是保证农业生产顺利进行的客观要求,也是"天人感应"这个流传很久、影响巨大的哲学观在法律制度上的具体体现。     

ACTA对我国国际贸易的影响及其应对策略

发达国家认为现有的TRIPS协议,虽一定程度上提高了国际知识产权的保护水平,但其在知识产权执法实践方面仍然不完善。所以,欧、美、日等主要发达国家又发起并制定了反假冒贸易协定(ACTA)。协议要求成员国强化打击假冒和盗版行为的力度,建立更高标准、更具体、更强硬的知识产权全球执法框架,并建立一个类似于世界贸易组织和世界知识产权组织国际机构以外的理事机构。ACTA的签订必将对国际贸易产生重要影响,尤其会给发展中国家的国际贸易造成巨大冲击。因此,应认真分析协议可能给我国带来的负面影响,并采取相应对策。     

罚款规约嬗变及其软治理路径——以甘孜州长须贡玛乡为例

因罚款规约具有的效用、法律执行中的疏漏以及额外因素的考量,致使罚款规约在长须贡玛乡形成恣意、泛化的现状。同时,实践也证明罚款规约的功能是有局限的,面对罚款规约在治理乡村中存在的问题,要坚持村规民约合法化,调适和配置好自治、法治、德治之间的平衡以实现“软治理”,需要对罚款规约进行必要、合理的矫正。     

Managing Power Transitions: Towards a 21st Century Concert of Powers

Power shifts and especially power transitions in the international system are often associated with (military) confl ict. Power Transition Theory (PTT) does offer an analysis of this phenomenon but no remedy. We suggest easing the tensions related to ongoing worldwide power shifts by introducing a new informal multilateral security governance institution, based on the idea of a concert of powers. The historical European Concert of the 19th century prevented the outbreak of great power wars for more than a generation by providing a cooperation framework, based on shared norms and common procedures. In this article we explore the possibility of utilizing a modernized concert of powers as a framework for managing the coming power shifts. In order to do so, we introduce two new elements in Power Transition Theory: (1) the importance of the (dis) satisfaction of the declining hegemon with the anticipated future order, and (2) a broader multilateral framework of major powers that overcomes the Power Transition Theory’s traditional bilateral “duel” situation. On this basis, institutionalized power transition management becomes possible. We then work out the norms, strengths and weaknesses of the historical concert and update it with a few new features that would be necessary for it to be successful in the 21st century.