试论我国“隐蔽作证”制度的建构

近年来,随着审判方式改革的日益推进,证人出庭作证成为司法实践部门和法学理论界共同探讨的热门话题。其中,刑事诉讼中证人不出庭作证成了问题的焦点。从根本上讲,我国证人不出庭作证的主要原因在于缺乏有效的保护措施,证人作证的风险过大,特别是在暴力犯罪以及“涉黑”犯罪中,证人一旦出庭作证,就存在被打击报复的风险。法律虽然规定了对证人的保护措施,但这种措施更侧重于事后救济,不能真正缓解证人出庭作证的风险。如何加强证人保护力度,促使证人出庭作证,从国内外司法实践来看,建立“隐蔽作证”制度可以成为一项重要的选择途径。     

我国政府采购监督制度之重构

我国政府采购监督制度无论是在立法上还是在实践中均存在诸多问题,而问题的根本在于我们对政府采购监督制度建构的法理基础缺乏应有的认识与深入的研究。本文通过对政府采购监督制度建构法理基础的分析,提出了我国政府采购监督制度进一步完善的具体内容。     

经济转型期的政府职能与土地市场发育

土地市场的发育和繁荣与政府所提供的制度规则与激励是分不开的。但由于经济转型期政府职能的“缺位”与“错位”等问题使土地市场的发育仍然存在许多不足。对经济转型期政府在土地市场发育中的职能缺乏规范的分析,对政府在土地市场发育中的职能认识不清是产生上述问题的原因。经济转型期政府职能定位不同于成熟的市场经济国家,对市场的培育非常重要。因此,政府应该在明晰土地权利、培育竞争主体、维护土地市场竞争秩序等方面发挥作用;同时,实施有效的公共政策供给以调控土地市场,从而维护土地市场的良性发育。     

Contracts, Compacts and Control: New Labour and Personal Responsibility

The 2004 report Personal Responsibility and Changing Behaviour: The State of Knowledge and its Implications for Public Policy by the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit is an attempt to draw together social science literature that explains why it is difficult for governments to influence individual citizens. Underlying this is the idea that across diverse areas of policy, state provision of services often has much less impact on outcomes than does an individual's behaviour. Therefore to improve outcomes, government needs to be able to encourage 'personal responsibility'. The authors focus mainly on the role of contracts in changing behaviour in a whole range of different areas; from ASBOs and crime prevention, to home-school agreements and education policy. This report appears to underpin much of the thinking within New Labour as to future policy, and reveals how ideas of personal responsibility are likely to be key to New Labour's manifesto commitments prior to the 2005 general election.     

Is there a relationship between election outcomes and perceptions of personal economic well-being? A test using post-election economic expectations

Do individuals believe that an election victory by their favored candidate will improve their personal economic well-being? Previous work has either adopted an approach that is not well suited to determining this relationship, or ignored this question to focus on perceptions of macroeconomic conditions. In this paper we adopt a new approach that allows us to determine the relationship individuals perceive between elections and personal economic welfare, examining the relationship between vote choice, the election outcome, and post-election expectations for personal economic well-being. We find that economic individualism plays an important role in shaping the relationship individuals perceive between election outcomes and their personal economic well-being. Individuals who reject economic individualism do perceive a relationship, with those viewing an election outcome as favorable more optimistic in their expectations for personal economic well-being than those who view the election outcome as unfavorable. Conversely, election outcomes do not influence the expectations of economic individualists.     

Recent Developments to British Multicultural Theory,Policy and Practice: The Case of British Muslims

Since the early 1970s, there have been highly sophisticated arguments and conceptual discussions put forward in relation to how Western liberal democracies might wish to manage their diverse ethnic minority populations. It is apparent, however, that in the current climate, the important principles of unity and diversity are insufficient to challenge differing forms of ethnic, racial, and religious inequality. This paper argues that because of its underlying assumptions and modus operandi in the post-September 11 climate, British multiculturalism has been ineffective, even supporting some commentators' suggestions of a return to assimilationism. There is a new era in post-September 11 political hegemony, economic determinism and structural and cultural racisms, with European government rhetoric and public policy almost exclusively aimed at Muslims—whether as existing citizens or as part of a process of limiting immigration (which has tended to be from mainly Eastern European, North African, and Middle Eastern sending regions and nations). The example of New Labour and how it has attempted to deal with multiculturalism in Britain is a case in point. The discussion explores the changing concept of multiculturalism with special reference to British Muslims and debates that emerge in relation to identity, nation and civil society. It is argued that the experience and treatment of British Muslims is important to explore and appreciate in the current climate as it provides a test case for the future of (a) British multiculturalism and (b) British Muslims in society per se.     

巨额财产来源不明罪的是与非

巨额财产来源不明罪是新时期适应我国反腐败斗争形势的需要由刑法规定的一个新罪名,虽然该罪在司法实践中发挥了很大作用,但其问世后逐渐成为遭诘难最多的刑事法律条款,至今该罪的诸多方面既存在理论上的分歧,也面临实践中的考验,因此还期待立法上的进一步完善。     

刑讯逼供的证明机制

对刑讯逼供存在与否的证明属于程序性事项的证明,其证明同时涉及一般的证明标准和程序性裁判中的证明机制问题。刑讯逼供的事实具有特殊性,这种特殊性使对这种事实的证明在实践中很难完成,因此应当明确:刑事实体法追诉中的刑讯逼供证明的证明责任由新的公诉机关承担,证明标准也应于普通案件中的证明标准有所不同,同时,法官不应承担证明责任。     

超现实主义视域中的达利与拉康

超现实主义思潮的表现方式和颠覆现实的内里逻辑是拉康早期理论兴趣的重要来源之一。但是,与超现实主义的旨趣,即力图打破现实的物性生活,追求未被世俗物欲毒化的理想境界这个兴奋点不同,拉康并不是在现实生活背后肯定性地发现惊异之美,而是致力于颠覆式地揭露出人之生存面相背后的倒错悲剧。     

依法行政下的行政许可--以自由裁量权为视角

行政行为的自由裁量权不可忽视或否认,科学的态度是考虑如何将自由裁量权控制在合理范围内.行政许可存在自由裁量权,但应比其他行政行为得到更为严格的控制.而在事前、事中、事后相结合的法律机制中,程序控制更应受到重视.