ALMOST,BUT NOT QUITE: THE FAILURE OF NEW YORK'S GET STATUTE

The quandary of Jewish women unable to remarry because of their husbands’ refusal to grant them religious divorces is a real problem affecting real people. Husbands are wielding this lopsided power to “extort” money from their wives, obtain favorable child custody settlements, property settlements, and child support payments. The burgeoning divorce rate is certain to exacerbate this problem. Already, this situation has garnered international attention. In the wake of New York's legislative attempt to remedy this problem, countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia, have promulgated legislative solutions to this dilemma. New York is the only state in the United States to pass such a statute. Unfortunately, New York's statute is flawed because it is of limited applicability and still allows for situations in which the Jewish wife is civilly divorced but religiously married. This Note proposes amending New York's statute to make it applicable to any and all divorce proceedings and to any barrier to remarriage. This Note will further recommend that the proposed amended statute should be adopted worldwide.     

红河州应对中国——东盟自由贸易区建设的发展方略

红河州要在中国——东盟自由贸易区建设中大有作为,必须进一步解放思想,拓宽开放面,创新投资环境,调整结构、发展特色经济,争取外援,加快人才培养。     

深化中国-东盟自由贸易区合作的总体思路与对策建议

经过10多年的建设发展,中国-东盟自由贸易区取得了显著成效。本文介绍中国-东盟自由贸易区发展现状,指出深化中国-东盟自由贸易区合作的总体方向,提出深化中国-东盟自由贸易区合作的对策措施。     

从NAFTA到USMCA:投资争端解决机制的变化、成因及启示

2020年7月生效的《美国—墨西哥—加拿大协定》在投资争端解决机制上一改《北美自由贸易协定》下偏重对投资者权利保护的“新自由主义”精神,回归对国家规制权能的重视。在适用对象、适用争议、适用程序上作出变化与革新。全球价值链收缩及“慢球化”、投资争端解决机制的内在合法性危机以及对东道国规制权力的削弱,是国际投资争端解决机制发生变化的深层次经济、法律与政治动因。《美国—墨西哥—加拿大协定》投资争端解决机制的变化与革新将进一步推动“卡尔沃主义”的回归以及加剧国际投资法体制内部的碎片化趋势。中国应积极支持及推进投资争端解决机制改革,使其发挥正面作用,同时辩证吸收“卡尔沃主义”的合理因素,积极探索诸如前置协商、投诉与帮助以及调解等解决投资者与东道国之间投资争议的多元渠道。     

Civil Liberties and the Korean War

This article addresses the unsuccessful attempts to suppress free speech during the Korean War, and in particular explains the attempts to silence three reporters of alleged atrocities by United Nations forces. In the absence of carefully targeted legislation, the three individuals – Alan Winnington (a journalist), Monica Felton (a women's movement activist) and Jack Gaster (a solicitor) ‐ were threatened with or investigated for prosecution for treason or sedition, and Winnington was unable to renew his passport until 1968. Drawing heavily on archival sources (including MI5 files, which unusually fail to redact the identity of one of the lawyers who was reporting to Special Branch about Gaster's activities), the article explores the threat to civil liberties from the administrative as well as the legislative and the judicial power of the state. The article concludes by drawing contemporary parallels, and highlighting the continuing relevance of the writings of Winnington, Felton and Gaster.     

略论共同抵押制度

作为特殊抵押之一的共同抵押制度,由于能够弥补普通抵押的固有缺陷,更加有效地实现保护债权人债权之目的,现已为大多数国家立法予以确认。本文将共同抵押界定为为同一债权的担保,基于数个不动产上成立之复数抵押权,并在此基础上对共同抵押的设立、效力等问题加以分析,以对该制度在我国的建立及完善提出建议。     

中国——东盟自由贸易区建设给中国区域发展带来的机遇与比较优势分析——以北京和东盟经济合作为例

本文以相关研究文献为基础,利用统计数据从实证角度分析中国——东盟自由贸易区建设中面临的发展机遇与比较优势问题。本文认为:随着中国与东盟各国双边和对比贸易投资关系的发展以及中国——东盟自由贸易区建设的不断推进,为中国外向型经济发展创造了新的市场机会和国际化环境,北京在中国——东盟自由贸易区建设中面临着新的发展的机遇;北京在参与中国——东盟自由贸易区建设中不仅具有优越的区位条件,还具有综合比较优势;如何抓住机遇,充分发挥北京在地理区位、研究开发与人才培养、经济辐射与金融服务、外向型经济发展经验等方面的比较优势,值得决策层和学术界思考。     

自由意志与法律意志

针对沉默权立法论争中的“自由意志”问题,从实际出发来探讨自由意志与法律意志这对命题,有益于我国建设法治社会的立法实践。     

“在”“自由者”之间——黑格尔“对立之统一与和谐”思想再思考

辩证法曾经作为认识世界与社会斗争的指导方法,在过去的几十年中,兴盛一时。然而随着时代的变迁,辩证法似乎要被打入冷宫。但实际上,黑格尔辩证法拥有其哲学自身的理路,对于它,庸俗泛滥的理解固不可取,简单的抛弃也非科学的态度。辩证法不是处世的小计谋,而是生命的大智慧,即是实现自由的方法和道路。在对自由的理解上,康德因其揭示了自由的先验来源而功不可没,然而,黑格尔的辩证法却使自由从康德的“天国”回到了“人间”,“对立统一”就是要使自我在他者中实现自身的自由,使自由成为存在于他者之中的现实;自由与必然的关系,不是自我对异己的消耗,而在异己中保持住自己,它既成全了自身,也成全了他者。在这个意义上,辩证法是要让人在天地之间找到自身的位置。     

中国-东盟自由贸易区的提出及趋势

“中国－东盟自由贸易区”是由中国总理朱镕基首倡并得到了许多东盟国家的积极响应。这一倡议的提出有着深刻而复杂的背景。中国与东盟同属发展中国家,正面临着各种各样的挑战。要使自由贸易区最终由理念变成现实,还必须逾越区内国家发展差异巨大、社会制度迥异、民族心态复杂等障碍。