Chronicling the Complexification of Negotiation Theory and Practice

The essay reviews the content of twenty-five years of Negotiation Journal , identifying themes and issues explored on its pages in the past, the current issues challenging the field's scholars and practitioners, and the issues likely to confront us in the future. It argues that while we in the field hoped for simple, elegant, and universal theories of negotiation and conflict resolution, the last twenty-five years have demonstrated the increasing complexification of negotiation theory and practice, from increased numbers of parties and issues, and dilemmas of intertemporal commitments, ethics, accountability, and relationships of private action to public responsibility.     

析宽严相济刑事政策在检察环节中的若干问题

宽严相济刑事政策是党和国家在当前新形势下惩治犯罪对策,构建和谐社会的理性选择。作为检察机关,如何正确理解和贯彻宽严相济的刑事政策,更好地为构建社会主义和谐社会服务,是当前司法工作中的重大课题。在此,本文结合司法实践对贯彻宽严相济的刑事政策的理解和适用等问题作一初步探讨。     

电子货币若干法律问题研究

在探讨电子货币定义与法律性质后,重点研究电子货币法律关系、终结性、权利异议、伪造电子货币中的问题、赎回义务等私法问题,及立法宗旨、发行商资格、监管和反洗钱等公法问题.     

全国人大调查权研究

调查权是立法机关固有的权力,由于议会调查权的行使能够有效地发挥监督政府的作用,因此,外国宪法和法律都对议会调查权作出规定。我国宪法和法律也赋予县级以上各级人民代表大会组织特定问题调查委员会的权力,同时,宪法还规定全国人民代表大会有监督权和重大事项决定权,这些权力的行使说明全国人大的调查权具有宪法依据。由于我国宪法没有明确规定人大的调查权,人大行使调查权的组织和程序也缺乏相应的法律规定,不利于全国人大充分行使这一权力,针对人大调查权难以启动的原因应采取相应的立法措施。     

行政诉讼中的事实审与法律审

行政诉讼中的事实,审查与法律审查的范围和力度等问题,在理论上和实践中一直未得到很好的解决。笔者认为,症结在于学术研究与实际应用之间的矛盾以及理论与实践的冲突。寻求两者之间科学合理的划分标准,发现其中的模糊区域,发挥司法能动性,以及建构司法审查模式,具有重要的理论价值和实践意义。     

国际组织与非传统性公共安全问题的国际治理

本文对全球化背景下的非传统性公共安全问题的属性、特征及其国际治理需求作出了分析,并在此基础上归纳出作为治理主体的国际组织的六项公共安全治理功能:问题提示功能、信息提供功能、标准设置功能、组织协调功能、绩效评估功能和外部监督功能。最后对国际组织在非传统性公共安全治理中的“民主赤字”问题及其消极影响进行了简要的剖析,本文认为,非传统性公共安全治理要达到真正的帕累托最优,有赖于国际组织的责任性问题的解决。     

老龄化背景下养老服务业发展问题与对策探析——以福建省为例

随着人口老龄化的加剧,养老服务业成为社会关注的一个重要话题。从对福建省部分地市老年人养老服务需求的实证调查结果看,老年人在家政服务、疗养服务和自我实现等方面有着较高的需求。然而福建省养老服务业在政策效应、养老理念、市场培育、专业人才等方面还存在着一些问题,福建省要立足本省省情,在民间资本使用和闽台合作方面发挥自己独特的优势,加快政府职能转变,加大政策支持和引导力度,逐步形成政府宏观管理、社会力量兴办、民间资本注入、按市场化要求自主经营的养老服务管理体制和运行机制。     

关于“三项建设”的实践与思考——以三明市公安机关为例

三明市公安机关在“三项建设”中取得了明显成效，以改革和加强城乡社区警务筑牢稳定防线，以改革侦查破案机制提高打击能力，以信息化建设推动现代警务机制的日益形成，以执法规范化建设提升公安执法公信力，以和谐警民关系建设增强公安整体素质，改善公安工作环境。坚持改革创新，精细运作，突破难点，务求实效，深入推进“三项重点工作”和“三项建设”，全面提升新形势下公安机关维护国家安全和社会稳定的能力和水平。     

UNBUNDLING THE ETHICAL ISSUES OF PRO BONO ADVOCACY: ARTICULATING THE GOALS OF LIMITED‐SCOPE PRO BONO ADVOCACY FOR LIMITED LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS

This article seeks to articulate the practical goal of unbundled legal services for the pro bono family law sector as it applies to limited legal services programs (also known as brief advice clinics), through the use of a goal spectrum, derived from the theoretical goal of access to justice. This article briefly discusses the status of the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, as they pertain to the ethics of unbundling. This article then focuses extensively on some practical considerations within the ethical issues of both the scope of representation and attorney competence in order to articulate an appropriate goal for unbundled legal services. Finally, the article concludes that service providers in limited legal services programs should explicitly identify and then perform an essential, discrete service that the client needs to have performed in order to help the client meet his or her ultimate objectives. The service provider and the client could then gauge the success of the limited scope representation based on whether and how well the specific service has been provided.     

From Identity Verification to Behavior Prediction: Ethical Implications of Second Generation Biometrics

In this article, we will compare ethical issues raised by first and second generation biometrics. First generation biometrics use characteristics readily visible to the naked eye to ensure that the person identified is the person he claims to be, whereas second generation biometrics focus on behavioral patterns with the aim of predicting suspicious behavior or hostile intentions. While the collection of biometric features for identification is visible to the person involved, capturing biometric features from a distance may go unnoticed. Our study of a range of U.S. and European projects of second generation biometrics, particularly of Future Attribute Screening Technology and Automatic Detection of Abnormal Behaviour and Threats in crowded Spaces, shows that if data subjects are not aware of the processing of their data, and if behavioral patterns are interpreted without any knowledge of the subject's will and motives, there are risks of discrimination and stigmatization. Thus, second generation biometrics raise some new ethical concerns besides issues of integrity, privacy, and data protection and further underscore the importance of the principle of informed consent in order to maintain public trust.