Information and Environmental Policy: A Tale of Two Agencies

In recent years, scholars and practitioners have focused increasing attention on the role of information in achieving environmental policy goals. This article develops a framework for understanding how information is used in making environmental policy, and compares the kinds of information development and communication efforts undertaken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Environment Agency (EEA). The analysis suggests that institutional factors such as organizational structure and the mix of policy instruments used by the agency affect the kinds of information efforts undertaken. It also suggests possible areas of focus for environmental information efforts within the EPA and the EEA. These suggestions and the framework provided may also be of use to other environmental agencies.     

明清州县的狱具及凌虐罪囚

明清州县存在正规和非正规的监狱,虽然都纳入正规管理的范畴,但在设置、设施、管理等方面存在一定差异。明清王朝对狱具的种类、材质、形制、适用条件、使用方法都有规定。狱具可分为合法狱具和非法狱具,非法狱具是禁止使用的,但是统治者非但无法杜绝非法狱具的使用,而且还在条例中增加新狱具,使非法狱具合法化。合法狱具也存在许多不合法使用的现象,甚至还有新的发明创造,千方百计地凌虐罪囚,使狱囚身心受到严重摧残,即使惨死狱中也无处伸冤。     

论刑事程序法定原则

刑事程序法定原则是现代法治国家刑事诉讼普遍遵循的基本原则。然而在我国的程序法制化进程中这个原则发挥的作用却不尽如人意,存在大量违背程序法定原则基本要求的情况。本文提出刑事程序法定原则的实现途径,以期对解决现代我国程序法制化中存在的问题的解决有所帮助。     

人民警察“见危应救”浅探

我国人民警察的“见危应救”是指人民警察基于其法定职责和义务对人身、财产处于危险或灾难的公民应当立即给予拯救和援助。“见危应救”是《人民警察法》规定的人民警察应履行的法定义务之一。“见危应救”的警察主体范围是所有在职在编的人民警察,“见危应救”的时限要求民警迅速前往救助。同时人民警察还应不断提高服务助民的技能。人民警察“见危不救”应承刑事、行政和赔偿费用的法律责任。不属于人民警察危难救助义务范围事项等情形的,人民警察不要承担法律责任。警察“见危应救”与公民“见危应救”不同。     

我国物权法上确立居住权制度的若干问题与思考

居住权制度的确立是我国物权立法的重大突破。我国物权法上的居住权应当指法定居住权,意定居住权应由债法调整。居住权是一种特殊的用益物权,法定性是其本质属性,但居住权的期限、权能等亦应当体现出适当的柔性。居住权的设立属于私事务,无需公权力的介入。     

Recent trends in the European Union trade and investment policy towards China

The last decades＇ trend towards the creation of a world market of goods and services and the upsurge of China as a global competitor ought to be considered as an important challenge for the European Union. In contrast to this interpretation, the European Union policy towards China has suffered from an absence from a long run view. European institutional behaviour has been based on applying measures that were solely reactions to the policies launched by the United States. Finally, the difficulty of finding common interests among all member countries has been a constant in the relationship with China. The European Union has recently shown a clear concern about the unavoidable need of improving European firms＇ competitiveness, especially in order to overcome the Chinese access to the internationalised division of labour. Nevertheless, it is still difficult to observe a thorough treatment for the economic challenge of emergent economies as a whole in many European policy measures.     

结果加重犯内在关系及法定刑配置之思考

结果加重犯是以基本犯为前提的一种犯罪形态。从基本犯与结果加重犯以及结果加重犯的基本犯罪行为与加重结果之间的联系科学认识结果加重犯的内在关系,并以此为基础客观分析其具体法定刑配置,可以看出,结果加重犯的法定刑配置所追求的一个重要的基本目标是应大致遵循一定的基本标准,符合罪刑相适应的基本原则。     

培育新型资本市场,拓宽融资渠道,振兴吉林经济

培育新型资本市场即由传统型融资模式向新型融资模式转变,由单一融资模式向多元融资模式转变,拓宽融资渠道,实现多渠道融资,扩大融资规模。振兴吉林经济最关键是解决资金瓶颈问题,融资方式创新和融资渠道的畅通是解决资金难的主要路径。     

票据无因性原则之理论探讨及其立法完善

以《中华人民共和国票据法》制定的社会经济基础和政治背景为依托,对票据的无因性的历史根源、逻辑起因及内涵、合理性、理论基础进行分析,提出我国票据法的立法缺陷及其完善,从而使我国的票据的无因性更趋合理,与国际票据法接轨。     

The Behavioral Effects of Environmental Regimes: Collective-Action vs. Social-Practice Models

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics - Most observers agree that institutions play significant roles both in causing and in confronting large scale environmental...