Fresh challenges faced on the ground by the Kingdom of the Sky: A quest for peace,harmony and stability

This article argues that Lesotho’s landlocked position, which inhibits trade and results in enclaves of the poor, not only leads to its dependency on South Africa, but also contributes to its instability. It points out that destabilisation remains a problem in spite of Lesotho having served as an excellent model of peaceful transfer of power in a strengthened democratic arena under its 1993 Constitution, as the country had just celebrated 20 years of relative peace. However, despite the 1991 Windhoek Declaration military coups, violence, violation of both human rights and human security continue to contribute to instability in Lesotho, requiring the frequent intervention of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and especially so following the attempted coup in 2014. Lesotho’s Coalition government, which is a prime-ministerial form of government, is discussed in some detail in this article. The role of peacekeeping forces is also examined. The article recommends demilitarisation as the only practical, viable and long term solution to the problem of recurring coups in this country. The authors conclude that a sustained campaign against corrupt activities by government, though laudable, has somewhat surprisingly served to weaken the foundation of the Coalition in Lesotho.     

科学发展观——我国公共政策评估的首要标准

公共政策评估标准是开展公共政策评估的前提。为了更有效、更科学地开展公共政策评估活动,应设立正确的首要标准,以首要标准来统率次要标准。科学发展观标准应当成为我国公共政策评估的首要标准:科学发展观标准是对以往我国公共政策评估标准的纠正和完善;科学发展观标准符合我国社会主义国家公共政策的本质要求;科学发展观标准顺应公共政策的发展趋势。坚持科学发展观作为我国公共政策评估的首要标准能有效提升我国公共政策质量,推进我国社会主义和谐社会建设进程。     

Japan’s new role in peace-building missions

Japan’s policy towards peace operations has been in a state of evolution. One of the issues on its peace operations policy was that the Japanese Government tended too much attention to possible tasks involving the Self Defense Forces (SDF). However, the Japanese society should consider the possibility of its participation in peace operations in the wider framework, such as multifunctional peace-building missions. In fact, the concept of peace-building is compatible with UN Millennium Declaration in 2000, and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also recommends that peace-building should be included as one of the priority issues in Japan's new policy on Official Development Assistance (ODA). Meanwhile, Japan will be required to participate in peace-building with the framework of multinational forces as well as the United Nations in the current post-9/11 era, such as its current mission in Iraq.     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Zumbansen , Ordnungsmuster im modernen Wohlfahrtsstaat. Lernerfahrungen zwischen Staat, Gesellschaft und Vertrag
Wesseling, The Modernisation of EC Antitrust Law     

融合中的整合：国内外重大事件与科学发展观教育

用科学发展观武装大学生的头脑，是高校思想政治理论课的重要任务。在目前国内外重大事件频发的背景下，把科学发展观教育融合在重大事件中，并对国内外重大事件进行整合，是实现科学发展观“三进”的重要方式。具体应该做到：先入为主，先声夺人，增强科学发展观的影响力；有破有立，破为了立，增强科学发展观的说服力；立场坚定，定而有法，增强科学发展观的引导力；充满感情，辅以理性，增强科学发展观的感染力；全面深入，深而有力，增强科学发展观的渗透力；灵活多样，活而有效，增强科学发展观的吸引力。     

尊重、保障人叔与构建和谐社会的研究

本文从当今中国人权入宪与和谐社会内涵入手,论证了国内外的宪法精神人权化的不同样式,阐述了人权的本位转移为构建社会主义和谐社会提供了理论基础,进而指出了“以人为本”、“人权至上”是当代宪法等法律和构建和谐社会的最高原则,宪法等法律应当有效地指导依法行政和提高法律运行能力,以便构建一个人人享有充分人权的和谐社会。     

仲裁的起源、发展及展望

仲裁作为一种与诉讼并行的民商事纠纷解决机制具有悠久的历史,其正式发端于古希腊和古罗马时代,发展于欧洲的中世纪,近代以来已发展成为解决国际商事纠纷的重要方式之一。本文即对仲裁在世界范围内包括中国的起源和发展进行较为详尽的叙述,而后对世界仲裁以及我国仲裁的发展前景进行了展望。     

安乐死的宪法学思考

安乐死是困扰人类的一个道德和法律难题,是一个多学科研究的问题。从宪法学的角度来看,安乐死主要涉及到:病人的生命权与人性尊严的竞合、病人是否具有死亡权或者能否放弃自己所享有的基本权利、病人的个人自决权与国家对基本权利的保护义务及其冲突三个问题。如果解决宪法学上的这三个问题,将为其他学科具体构建安乐死制度提供理论上的论证资源。     

发展社会学的思想溯源与两种理论模式

发展社会学是20世纪中期开始兴起的一门社会学分支学科,其思想渊源非常悠久,特别是19世纪的经典社会学理论为它的形成和发展奠定了重要的理论基础。早期的发展社会学理论主要是一种解释理论,用来探讨西方近代以来的社会变迁。它有两种基本的理论解释模型:一是社会进化理论,二是社会转型理论。这两种理论模式经过帕森斯的综合集成,最终演变为当代发展社会学的第一大理论———现代化理论。     

Towards a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights

The political settlement resulting from the Belfast Agreement recognisedthe fundamental importance of the issue of rights to a stable peace inNorthern Ireland. Indeed, the agreement provided for a Human RightsCommission, one of whose tasks is the drafting of a Bill of Rights thatwill reflect the political reality of the province. This paper arguesthat the proposed document will have to reflect an understanding ofrights and their protection resulting from the particular history ofNorthern Ireland. This specific understanding of rights appeared firstin the Anglo-Irish Agreement and has been gradually developed andconsolidated in the political agreements since. The planned NorthernIreland Bill of Rights will have to reflect this rights thinking. Thearticle also chronicles the recent work of the Northern Ireland HumanRights Commission in drafting the Bill of Rights to be presented to theSecretary of State for Northern Ireland in February 2002. Thereciprocal, if belated, moves in the Republic to set up its own humanrights commission will also be addressed as part of the process to drawup a Charter of Rights for the whole people of Ireland.