Rethinking Property Law modules: putting theory into practice

Property Law modules have a number of deficiencies at present. This article outlines the problems associated with Property Law modules, including the perception that Property Law is a difficult and boring module to study; overemphasis on the historical background of real property; lack of contextualisation; fragmentation of interests in real property; difficulties due to crossovers with other subjects; problems with resources; and issues concerning assessment. These problems should be remedied so that students can enjoy their study of Property Law and gain valuable skills that will enhance their employability. Moreover, given the recommendations contained in the LETR Final Report and recent proposals for changes to legal education from the SRA, this article provides a timely review of one of the Foundations of Legal Knowledge subjects. Accordingly, this article will make several recommendations in order to address the problems identified with Property Law.     

印度法制现代化进程中的法律移植

印度法制现代化是一个全面移植西方法的过程,英国法的引入推动了印度法制现代化的进程。法律移植通过为印度近代社会注入民主、自由、平等、权利等现代化基本精神促进印度社会转型的同时,对解决社会陋习等方面问题显得有些力不从心,传统文化的许多消极因素仍然困扰着印度社会及其诸多民众,贫穷、压迫和腐败依然存在,全面实现社会平等、自由仍然任重而道远。     

奥斯丁与凯尔森在法与国家问题上的分歧

在法律实证主义内部,各个时期代表人物的理论有所不同,奥斯丁和凯尔森关于法与国家关系的理论就不尽一致。由于哲学基础的不同、理论体系逻辑起点的不同以及理论追求的不同,奥斯的和凯尔森在论述法与国家的关系问题上就表现出了差异,厘清这些差异有助于深化我们对于法律实证主义的理解。     

理工院校法学专业实践教学对学生综合素质、创新能力的培养

法学教育中的实践教学不仅可以培养法科学生的司法实践能力,还可以为法科学生积累宝贵的司法实践经验,在法学教育中极其重要:首先,针对理工科院校法学教学长期与实践脱节,过分偏重于理论教学的现象,加强实践教学,培养学生的综合素质、实践能力和创新能力是当今高校教育教学改革的主题和重心.     

视频侦查的有效途径和方法

科技的进步和经济的发展,使得视频监控的应用领域越来越广泛,视频监控系统在防范和打击刑事犯罪活动方面的成效日益凸显,研究和掌握实践中行之有效的发现犯罪线索、收集犯罪证据和快速处置违法犯罪事件的途径和方法,可以大幅提高公安机关快速打击刑事犯罪的效率和提升社会治安综合治理的能力。     

毒品案件实物证据收集的实证分析

根据《关于办理死刑案件审查判断证据若干问题的规定》、《关于办理刑事案件排除非法证据若干问题的规定》以及《大连会议纪要》的新要求,本文通过对毒品案件证据特征的总结,结合实际分析研究了毒品案件侦查中物证、书证、勘验检查笔录和视听资料等实物证据的收集方法。     

刑事诉讼中私人违法取得证据之证据能力评析

刑事诉讼中如何处理私人非法取得的证据是一个理论和实践都不能回避的重要课题.美国的"私人放任模式"和德国的"利益权衡模式"分别是处理私人违法所得证据的证据能力的两种典型模式,这两种模式各有其不同的特征和利弊得失.私人违法取证在我国刑事诉讼司法实践中普遍存在,但立法规定和理论研究薄弱,私人违法证据的两种典型模式对我国证据立...     

我国未成年人受教育权的法律保护制度

未成年人的受教育权是提高未成年人的素质,为投身国家建设、参与社会生活奠定基础的一项重要的发展权。未成年人的受教育权的享有和行使,对未成年人的一生乃至国家的发展关系重大。我国未成年人受教育权的法律保护制度,既通过法律法规做了总的规定;又针对特殊未成年人包括流动未成年人、农村未成年人和残疾未成年人进行保护。     

Foundations for a ‘secret history’ of judicial review: a study of exclusion as bureaucratic routine

This article considers the effective exclusion of judicial review created by the treatment of urgent applications for funding by the Legal Aid Agency. Drawing upon new empirical evidence, I show that the recent approach of the Agency to urgent applications for judicial review funding was presenting lawyers with a dilemma of having to choose between three unhelpful options: risk doing work that was unpaid; refuse a case and put a client at risk; or wait for a decision before doing work and put a client at risk due to delay. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to extract – or even construct through imagination – a satisfactory justification for why the administration of a policy preference for a more restrictive legal aid system ought to incorporate a device of this kind. Though this analysis focuses on one small aspect of judicial review in practice, this article demonstrates the need for further and wider work on exclusions from judicial review. It also offers an example of the complex nature of exclusions in judicial review. Finally, it provides some instructive lessons on the challenges that further inquiry into exclusions of judicial review may encounter.     

Legal Capacity at a Crossroad: Mental Disability and Family Law

In this introductory essay to the Special Issue, I argue that both family law and disability rights law scholars should examine a key point of intersection across areas: legal capacity or the law's recognition of the rights and responsibilities of an individual. For example, parental termination proceedings center on parental fitness and functional capabilities. I contextualize the articles in the Special Issue by Leslie Francis and Robyn Powell on the role of reasonable accommodations for parents with disabilities in parental termination proceedings. In addition, I call upon legal scholars, family law courts, and practitioners to reimagine governing legal standards in family law according to principles of universal design to shift the baseline capabilities associated with parenting and parental fitness.