隐性超期羁押的表现形式、成因及遏制对策

隐性超期羁押在司法实践中客观存在,其表现为＂形式合法而实质非法＂,出现该现象与司法人员执法观念偏差、现行法律制度不完善、机制不健全、司法资源匮乏、分配不合理有一定联系。只有建立科学执法理念、完善法律制度、健全机制、合理配置司法资源,才能从防范机制上遏制隐性超期羁押。     

Confronting Religion: Veiled Witnesses,the Right to a Fair Trial and the Supreme Court of Canada's Judgment in R v N.S.

The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R v N.S. is significant because the majority seems to endorse an understanding of confrontation that assumes a defendant's right to a fair trial is imperilled by a witness who seeks to give evidence while wearing the niqab. The case is of interest because it permits reflection upon the interrelationship between the right to a fair trial and the right to confront witnesses enshrined in Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Given that the European Court of Human Rights conceptualises confrontation in epistemic terms, it is argued that it would be unlikely to find that a conviction based upon evidence from a niqab‐wearing witness would infringe the right to a fair trial. This note examines the value of demeanour evidence and whether the majority in R v N.S. was correct that the abrogation of the ability to assess demeanour evidence necessarily undermines trial fairness.     

Telecommunications regulation: Creating order & opportunity in UK digital terrestrial television Whitespace

This paper considers how the UK Regulator, in collaboration with stakeholders, is attempting to create a new market opportunity for advanced networked services using interleaved Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV) Whitespace, that is, valuable spectrum released and reorganised post the digital switchover. It discusses inter alia a key issue, which is how the Regulator will balance the technical requirements needed to create a commercially viable network, against his competing obligation under the Communications Act 2003 to maintain order and avoid interference to DTTV and Programme Making & Special Event (PMSE) users. Particular consideration is given to the outcome of field trials and areas of forward risk for the Regulator.     

检察机关应对证人出庭作证若干问题探析

证人证言作为八种法定证据类型之一,在刑事诉讼中占据着重要地位。但长期以来,证人出庭难是我国司法实践中不可回避的顽症。新《刑事诉讼法》对证人出庭制度做出了完善,在明确证人出庭作证范围的基础上,规定了强制证人出庭作证、证人补偿制度和证人保护制度。可预见的是,随着新《刑事诉讼法》的实施,证人出庭将成为常态,检察机关势必要在保证证人出庭、应对证人翻证、有效出庭支持公诉、公诉人才建设等方面建立健全相应的制度和措施,方能有效地履行指控犯罪职能,应对新《刑事诉讼法》实施给检察机关带来的各种挑战和风险。     

审判管理何以可能——以“大日子”涉诉信访为例

当前审判管理工作的重点是要对审判质效和审判绩效进行科学考评,以确保司法公正、廉洁、高效。"大日子"涉诉信访现实地存在于我们的司法体制中,其所涉的许多案件都与政策和立法关联很深,并常常打破司法规律,对审判管理产生着很大的影响。无视这种影响,审判质量管理所要求的立案率、上诉率、申诉率等指标便难以达成,审判效率所要求的收结案动态平衡会很难实现,依托于审判质效管理的审判绩效管理也无法运作,反而有被刻意迎合和被架空的危险。应该淡化"大日子"的影响,择机废除涉诉信访,及时修正审判质效评估体系和审判绩效考评指标,使我们的司法能够稳定地、循序渐进地发展。     

The role of cognition in fitness to stand trial: a systematic review

The aim of the current paper was to systematically review the quality and design of the literature examining cognition and fitness to stand trial (FST). Ten empirical studies published between 1970 and July 2013 met the inclusion criteria. All studies utilised cross-sectional designs and six were prospective. Study quality was appraised based on FST research guidelines. The study quality was highly variable. Intelligence was controlled statistically in only half of the included studies. Cognitive processes, specifically, processing speed, verbal memory and visuoperceptual skills differentiated fit and unfit groups. Aspects of executive functioning, including social knowledge and abstract thinking, influenced FST. Future studies should use prospective consecutive designs and multivariate statistical strategies that control for potential confounds. Comprehensive assessment across a number of cognitive domains is needed in order to validate research conducted to date and guide forensic assessment of FST.     

辩护权对构建刑事简易化审判程序的作用

刑事审判程序简易化构建蓄纳在权利与权力双向协调组合型的诉讼结构内,且以律师有效参与为权利保障的犯罪嫌疑人、被告人辩护权为核心的公民权利为优位价值。现代刑事简易化审判的程序意义首要的就是满足权利主体人性尊严的程序保障要求。     

量刑建议工作机制研究

量刑建议作为我国刑事诉讼领域的一项改革措施,日益受到司法机关及社会公众的关注。文章对量刑建议的价值、提出原则以及具体制度操作等方面进行了分析论证,以求进一步促进我国量刑建议制度的完善。     

试论刑事二审抗诉的必要性原则

2012年新修改的《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》未对检察院的抗诉权作出相关修订,而在司法实践中却存在现行刑法第385条的两条款适用之争,从而影响了法律的统一适用。厘清两条款的关系．关键在于明确第2款系第1款的注意性规定。两条款之争议在司法实践中不宜通过抗诉的途径加以解决,反而应注重运用刑事诉讼具有的谦抑性属性,使抗诉的必要性成为刑事二审抗诉除“确有错误”之外的第2项考量原则,并从错误的性质、程序错误或审判人员违法对实体的影响大小、被害人对判决的态度以及是否具有可替代性纠错途径等角度综合考量抗诉的必要性。     

中国刑事审级制度的反思与重构--基于法理学的视角

两审终审制虽有利于节省司法资源,提高司法效率,但却是建立在有害司法公正的基础上,存在诸多体制性弊端。故为最大限度的实现正义与效率的兼顾,保障刑事诉讼之惩罚犯罪和保障人权之目的,需要从法理学的视角剖析刑事审级制度,并通过三审终审的制度设计,实现当事人的复审救济权,避免申诉、审判监督等复查程序对刑事审级制度的侵蚀和瓦解。