政府规制与腐败

文章从经济性规制和社会性规制的角度对政府规制与腐败的因果关系进行了深入的分析 ,指出经济性规制具有限制市场竞争的特点 ,而市场竞争被抑制的领域必然会产生经济租 ,并导致公务员和政治家的腐败。而在社会性规制领域 ,规制手段的不合理性和规制执行的任意性成为腐败产生的温床和土壤。在此基础上 ,文章提出了有效减少腐败的规制改革方案。     

Gender and Race in the South African Film Industry: A Comparative Analysis of the Representation in South African Film Festivals

The role and representation of female filmmakers globally have been topics of discussion but have not been researched in depth to help garner significant change, especially in the South African film industry. The role of film festivals like the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) and Encounters help female filmmakers by giving them the platform to showcase their work as well as gain more recognition. However, the number of female filmmakers, and black female filmmakers in particular, are not recognised substantially at these festivals. South African box office reports also indicate that the film industry is dominated by white male directors and that not enough films are produced locally to meet up with the amount of international films that are screened at local cinemas, which is further indication that a gender and race discrepancy is prevalent. There is also the issue of female filmmakers being limited in the fiction film genre and as a result the film industry in South Africa and globally have more female filmmakers making non-fiction films than fiction films. This article will explore the issue of gender and race in the South African film industry, by focusing on the two biggest film festivals: DIFF and Encounters.     

The rise of the constitutional regulatory state in Colombia: The case of water governance

This article interprets the regulatory state in Colombia as the result of a dialectic process between transnational knowledge and domestic politics, which influence, transform, and inspire each other. Such a process results in an interesting constitutional variant of the regulatory state, in which neo‐constitutionalism becomes a counterbalance to the unchecked expansion of neo‐liberal regulatory practices. I, therefore, distinguish between neoliberal and constitutional regulatory states. As a result of neo‐constitutionalism, the domestic judiciary is empowered, and becomes a crucial actor to understand both the specific traits of this regulatory experience, and its interaction with global centers of power.     

英美国家公用事业监管机构研究及其对我国的启示

公用事业的私营化需要独立的监管机构来维护公共利益和消费者权益,英国和美国公用事业私营化的成功与监管机构的有效运作密不可分。本文总结了英美国家在电信、电力、天然气和水务行业四个有代表性的监管机构在组织立法、机构独立性、权力规范和监管监督方面的共性,以期对我国公用事业改革有所裨益。     

后危机时代我国金融创新监管的法律因应之道——以美国次贷危机为视点

在法律领域内,从金融创新监管角度研究美国次贷危机的论述很多,但经常自说自话,彼此之间并没有建立有效的联系。因此,运用金融学对美国次贷危机进行系统和深入的研究,对各种已有论说从微观（运用资产证券化和结构化金融技术设计出的次级抵押债券和金融衍生品）和宏观（上述金融衍生品的广泛交易,催生了一个还没有建立起有效监管的＂影子银行＂体系）两个层面加以整合,从而对次贷危机暴露出的金融创新监管问题实现一个整体和有机的把握,在此基础之上,从微观和宏观层面构建我国法律的因应之道就具有十分重要的意义。     

对我国食品安全现状的思考

食品是人类赖以生存和发展的物质基础,食品安全已远远超越人们对维持生命基本物质需要这样的简单层次,但我国的食品安全监管尚存在诸多问题,导致＂毒奶粉＂等食品安全事件频发。因此,需要从完善我国食品安全监管体制、建立食品安全监管的保障体系、提高食品安全监管效能、建立食品安全突发事件应急机制、建立食品安全监管的社会推动机制等五个方面提出对策建议,以此促进我国食品安全事业的健康发展。     

Public policy's bibliography: The use of research in US regulatory impact analyses

Major US federal regulatory decisions are developed and justified using regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) mandated by executive order. We examine the scientific citation activity in RIAs, a unique effort that we believe holds significant potential for understanding the use of science in policymaking. This paper reports preliminary findings from collecting and examining scientific citations in 104 RIAs from 2008–2012. We present evidence indicating that some agencies make extensive use of science in RIAs, that there is substantial variation in use across agencies, and show variation across journals and disciplines cited by regulatory agencies. Finally, we present analysis showing that regulatory policymakers make greater use of research published in highly cited scholarly journals. We conclude by outlining several future directions for research using these data.     

Secondary learning and the unintended benefits of collaborative mechanisms: The Federal Aviation Administration's voluntary disclosure programs

Along with other types of process‐oriented regulation, voluntary disclosure programs are increasingly used by regulatory agencies to supplement traditional inspection activities. Voluntary disclosure programs provide incentives, such as immunity or reduced regulatory enforcement to those submitting reports, while providing regulatory agencies with valuable information on existing risks and areas of non‐compliance. This article contributes to the discussion of voluntary disclosure programs by highlighting an important unconsidered benefit of such programs: the secondary learning they generate, above and beyond information about violations. Beyond the information submitted by firms contained in the self‐disclosures, the programs generate information and insights about the usual practices of the industry, the division of labor, typical problems, and ways to handle them – those details often invisible to those outside an organization or inside the organization but not “on the ground.” This additional information provides important benefits to both industry management and agency officials. We demonstrate the existence of secondary learning and describe the effect of the structure of voluntary programs on secondary learning with evidence from two case studies of the Federal Aviation Administration's voluntary disclosure programs: the Aviation Safety Action Program and the Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program.     

日本福岛核泄漏事故的法律省思

日本福岛核泄漏事故的发生有其历史的必然性,是上世纪50年代建立的日本式经济体制弊端在核电领域的折射。审视日本70年代建立的核电监督体制,其效率性存在不足,加之司法暧昧,一定程度上助推了事故的发生。     

非法集资的规制体系建构

非法集资犯罪活动近年来越演越烈,大案要案频发,带来一系列的危害后果。且非法集资与合法的民间借贷之间界限模糊,非法集资就像是悬在民间借贷头顶上的“达摩克利斯之剑”,实践中容易出现非法集资的错误认定,因此,划清非法集资与民间借贷之间的界限就显得尤为必要,应对二者作出正确的定性,根据非法集资的成因分析,采取有效规制措施遏制非法集资,促进民间借贷的健康发展。