Governance of a public sector joint venture: the control challenges of dominated owners

Local governments increasingly choose to provide a wide range of services through cooperation with other local governments. Providing complex services through intergovernmental units creates collaboration risks and collective action dilemmas that need to be mitigated. Based on a longitudinal case study, an investigation is made into the dynamic processes in the governance of a public sector joint venture (JV) and the control challenges of dominated owners. The findings illustrate that the approach to mitigating collective action dilemmas is far less rational than that prescribed by the normative literature, resulting in control challenges at later stages in the relationship. Limitations in the assessment of collaboration risks are explained by drawing on resource dependence theory (RDT) arguments. Dynamic processes in the JV relationship create the need to adjust the governance system. However, adaptability is constrained by power asymmetry and control complexity.     

Signaling virtue: voluntary accountability programs among nonprofit organizations

This article examines the structure of nonprofit voluntary accountability and standard-setting programs, arguing that these programs can be understood as collective action institutions designed to address information asymmetries between nonprofits and their stakeholders. Club theory and the economics of certification suggest that such programs have the potential to provide a signal of quality by setting high standards and fees and rigorously verifying compliance. Such mechanisms can signal quality because higher participation costs may allow only high-quality organizations to join. The article examines the implications of signaling theory using an original dataset on the structure of 32 nonprofit accountability programs across the globe. While many programs set high standards for compliance, the key distinction between strong and weak programs is the use of disclosure or verification mechanisms to enforce compliance. Contrary to theoretical expectations, compliance standards and verification do not appear to be substitutes in creating stronger voluntary programs.

政策执行的委托代理困境及其化解思路

由于政策制定者与政策执行者的相对分开,使得政策制定权与政策执行权产生分离,导致政策执行过程中委托代理关系的形成,使政策执行极易陷入委托代理困境,从而导致政策执行失败.其主要原因是政策制定者与执行者之间存在着信息的不对称、利益的不一致和权责的不对等.通过对政策执行者的监督、激励以及对其败德行为的惩罚,可以有效地化解政策执行中的委托代理困境从而防止政策执行失败.     

民事申请再审案件受理程序规范化改造

2007年民事诉讼法修订以来,关于再审程序划分的“三阶构说”日渐占据民事诉讼学界的主导地位.应从“三阶构说”的理论基础出发,结合现有法律规定,深入研究并完善民事申请再审案件受理程序具体内容,并针对其中若干疑难问题展开讨论,提出进一步完善申请再审案件受理程序的理论方向和具体构想,力求建立起更加完善、更具有操作性的民事申请再审案件受理程序.     

第三人诉讼形态中的诉讼费用分配问题初探

于2007年4月1日开始实施的《诉讼费用交纳办法》对司法系统与民间社会均产生了深刻影响。但是，需要指出的是，我国现阶段的诉讼费用制度还不够完善，关于参加之诉的第三人与本诉当事人之间就如何分配诉讼费用的问题面临“无章可循”的司法适用障碍。本文通过对诉讼费用的法经济学思考以及第三人诉讼制度法理的综合考量，对完善我国第三人诉讼形态下的诉讼费用分配制度提出可行性建议。     

紧急避险制度初探

紧急避险是我国刑法理论上的＂正当化事由＂,其鲜明特点是法益与法益之间的正当冲突。文章通过对紧急避险的理论现状分析,讨论紧急避险的限制条件,得出对正当防卫不能实行紧急避险的结论。     

略论物上请求权

作为大陆法系物权法制度的特有概念,物上请求权在民法体系中具有重要地位.2007年,我国制定并颁布了《物权法》.在此基础上,对物上请求权的相关问题进行研究,具有相当的理论与实践意义.应当从物上请求权之概念出发,认识其性质与类别,辨析其与诉讼时效之关系,进而探讨其私力救济之问题,并结合《物权法》现行规定之纰漏提出可行的完善建议.     

合法行为的作为义务研究

合法行为可以引起作为义务，但要进行分类讨论，有责行为可以引起作为义务，无责行为则要结合刑法的价值具体问题具体分析。实质作为义务的满足是考虑的重要因素，刑法谦抑性是考虑的必要的因素，关键是利益的衡量。     

论案外人异议之诉的废除

以程序性争议与实体性争议的分类为基础的案外人异议之诉,并不符合民事诉讼的法理。案外人异议之诉和案外人执行异议,实系分别以强制执行法的当事人主义和职权主义为基础。因此,制度的法理基础完全冲突的案外人异议之诉和案外人执行异议,无法在强制执行法中并存,二者必废其一。强制执行中的当事人主义和职权主义本无优劣之分,但需要结合一国的国情予以选择。从当前的国情出发,我国应当废除案外人异议之诉。     

强化诉讼监督能力的实证研究

强化诉讼监督能力是新一轮司法改革的重要内容,也是检察机关提高法律监督能力,强化诉讼监督实效的必然要求。如何强化检察机关诉讼监督能力,实现检察工作科学发展,是当前检察工作的重大课题。