THE SEXUAL SUBALTERN IN CONVERSATIONS “SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN”: LAW AND THE OLD POLITICS OF COLONIALISM

Ratna Kapur’s recent book entitled Erotic Justice proposes a new politics of postcolonialism whereby the sexual subaltern disrupts the normative principles of the universal, liberal, legal domain. Kapur traces legal strategies regarding censorship, sex-work, homosexuality, sexual harassment, trafficking and migration which travel a treacherous path, countering allegations of ‘unIndian’ and Western practice with cultural histories of ‘authentic’ sexual legitimacies, towards a new politics of desire. Kapur frames her analysis through postcolonial feminist theory as providing a tool for feminist struggle, yet distinct from and disruptive of a liberal project of global sisterhood. This review deeply values the role of the sexual subaltern which disrupts the tenets of a linear, progressive liberalism. Drawing upon Indian feminist and Western feminist perspectives, the review considers how the distinct position of the postcolonial sexual subaltern subject informs the generic role of law as a tool constructing relations of domination regarding gender, sexuality, caste, property and religion. Kapur observes that both the West and the Hindu Right have engaged with liberal legal principles. This engagement, I argue, exposes and informs law as a historical and contemporary tool of gendered legal colonialism, for sisters to disrupt across the Western and Eastern terrains.Review of Ratna Kapur’s Erotic Justice, Law and the New Politics of Postcolonialism, London: Glasshouse Press, 2005, 219 pp., ￡26, ISBN 1-90438-524-9     

试论惩治恐怖活动的新罪名

《刑法修正案 (三 )》为惩治恐怖活动犯罪 ,增加了一些新的犯罪。对新增犯罪的罪名表述、构成特征、刑事责任和司法认定等均值得急需研究 ,以便能够指导司法实践。     

论美英等国反恐怖军事行动的国际法依据及其存在问题

美英等国反恐怖军事行动依据的是国际法上的自卫权,同时,具有联合国安理会的授权。但是,从国际法的角度和国际关系的实践来看,存在三个问题,即自卫权的延伸和扩展、证据问题和审判问题。国际关系是国际法的实质渊源,变化着的国际关系正在为国际法充实相应的内容。     

Securitization,insecurity and conflict in contemporary Xinjiang: has PRC counter-terrorism evolved into state terror?

ABSTRACT

In the Introduction to this special issue, I first provide an overview of the programme of 'de-extremification' and mass internment in Xinjiang since early 2017. I then situate this development against the ‘ideological turn’ in Chinese Communist Party policy under President Xi Jinping, highlighting the new emphasis on stability maintenance and ideational governance. Next, I explore experiences of (in)security in Uyghur communities in- and outside of Xinjiang in the era of internment to consider how far PRC counter-terrorism initiatives have now evolved into state terror. In doing so, I apply Ruth Blakeley's (2012) definition of state terror as a deliberate act of violence against civilians, or threat of violence where a climate of fear is already established by earlier acts of violence; as perpetrated by actors on behalf of or in conjunction with the state; as intended to induce extreme fear in target observers who identify with the victim; and as forcing the target audience to consider changing its behaviour. Finally, I discuss the six contributions to the special issue.     

我国恐怖主义犯罪与普通刑事犯罪冲突研究

由于我国《刑法》对恐怖主义犯罪没有明确的法律界定,导致与相关普通刑事犯罪在法律适用上产生冲突,给司法实务中的定罪与量刑工作带来了很大的不便,也不利于对恐怖主义犯罪的惩治和预防。因此,论述恐怖主义犯罪与相关普通刑事犯罪之间的冲突、分析冲突产生的原因、提出解决冲突的具体对策具有重大的理论和实践意义。     

Simplicity and Spook: Terrorism and the Dynamics of Threat Exaggeration

It has been common, at least since 1945, to exaggerate and to overreact to foreign threats, something that seems to be continuing with current concerns over international terrorism. This paper sketches threat exaggeration during the Cold War and applies the experience from that era to the current one. Alarmism and overreaction can be harmful, particularly economically. And, in the case of terrorism, it can help create the damaging consequences the terrorists seek but are unable to perpetrate on their own. Moreover, many of the forms alarmism has taken verge on hysteria. The United States is hardly "vulnerable" in the sense that it can be toppled by dramatic acts of terrorist destruction, even extreme ones. The country can, however grimly, readily absorb that kind of damage, and it has outlasted considerably more potent threats in the past.     

Guantánamo Bay: Towards Legality?

This article outlines the US Supreme Court's approach to the habeas corpus entitlements of suspected terrorists detained in Guantánamo Bay and argues for the extension of constitutional habeas corpus rights to them. The article considers two ways in which the Supreme Court might carry out this task: first, 'the territorial approach' (based on domestic legal principles of 'unincorporated territories' and principles of leasehold), and secondly, 'the extraterritorial approach' (based on international purposive approaches to the reach of human rights treaties exemplified by the European Court of Human Rights' Article 1 jurisprudence). For reasons of effectiveness of protection, the Article expresses a clear preference for the latter. The House of Lords decision in R (Al-Skeini) v Secretary of State for Defence (2007) is proposed as a template for such a development. Finally the article refutes arguments rejecting such a development based on the 'trade-off thesis' and perceptions of judicial competence.     

跨国公司人权责任研究——人权法新发展及中国的应对机制

跨国公司作为私的行为主体，是否应当承担国际人权责任，成为尚无普遍共识的议题。在民族国家并存的国际社会结构体系内，基于人权目的，由跨国公司母国及东道国对跨国公司的人权违反行为实施防范或惩处行动，被设定为最佳模式。在构建政府主导模式的同时，我国应充分培育和发挥民间人权力量，推动跨国公司尊重和保护人权。     

跨国公司人权责任之法哲学考量与实证分析

尊重和保护人权是传统国际法主体应尽的责任。跨国公司作为私的行为主体，是否应当承担国际人权责任或言承担何种性质的国际人权责任，尚无普遍共识。在民族、国家并存的国际社会结构体系内，基于人权目的，由跨国公司母国及东道国对跨国公司的人权违反行为实施防范或惩处行动，被设定为最佳模式。我国应积极参与国际组织制定跨国公司人权责任体系的行动，表达中国立场。在构建政府主导模式的同时，我国应充分培育和发挥民间人权力量，推动跨国公司尊重和保护人权。     

国际反恐联合侦查研究

面对日益猖獗的国际恐怖主义犯罪,国家之间只有实施联合侦查,才能够及时、有效地侦破此类案件。在联合侦查过程中,合作各方应严格遵守订立的协定,在国际和国内法律许可的范围内,积极选择各种有效的途径和方法,密切合作,共同开展侦查行动。针对联合侦查实施中的各种阻碍因素,我国立法和司法实践应采取务实的态度,作出立法调整和司法观念的转变,建立适应国际趋势的联合侦查制度。