Unclogging Courts by Targeting Litigant Incentives: The Case of the Brazilian Labour Justice Reform

Overburdened courts hinder economic and social progress, yet successful court reforms are rare. Instead of boosting judicial resources or adapting procedure, Brazil tackled persistent backlogs and delays in its labour courts by replacing the pre-existing each-pays-their-own-costs (American) rule for allocation of litigation expenses with an alternative loser-pays-all (English) rule. Using a newly assembled court-level panel dataset and difference-in-differences approach, we show that the reform alleviated the courts' demand pressures and, most importantly, increased court efficacy in both adjudication and enforcement. The Brazilian experience offers valuable policy lessons about viable court reforms for other jurisdictions.     

民法本位新论

民法本位是民法的根本指归.近、现民法本位未变,即都是权利本位、个人本位.个人本位比权利本位更为本原,称其为民为本位,则更确切.可在广义社会法下的经济法和行政法中确定社会本位乃至国家本位.民法本位是民法的出发点,民法价值是民法的归结点,均蕴含并体现在民法基本原则中.     

Remortgaging Women's Lives: The World Bank'sLand Agenda in Africa

In recent months, the World Bank has issued a series of draft policy reports on land relations. This is the first time in over two decades that the Bank has sought to review its policy on lending in the land sector. Access to the draft reports and participation in the consultation process has, however, been severely limited. Nonetheless, the World Bank expects to issue the final Report by the end of this year. This paper presents a gender analysis of the two draft documents that have been made available to date. It assesses their implications for gender relations in Africa. It explores the World Bank's promotion of formal rural credit and challenges the assumption of the availability of women's unpaid agricultural labour. The paper argues that, far from being over, the struggle over land relations which has characterised the last decade in Africa, must continue. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

台湾现行文官制度存在的问题及改革建议

本从宪政架构、人事机构、人事制度三个方面，分析了台湾现行官制度存在的问题，并提出政府管理企业化、协调各机关关系、完善法制建设等改革建议。     

侵权行为法归责原则演进的法理学思考

侵权行为法归责原则的演进适应了民法从个人主义本位向社会本位的转变。演进的过程从个人的视角观察,实现了人的解放与发展;从社会发展的角度看,体现了以效率为追求的进化性发展路径。归责原则的演进实现了司法视角的转换,但无过错责任原则并没有否定矫正正义的价值取向。     

广西法院系统适用简易程序的调查与分析

本文针对广西法院系统多年来适用简易程序的情况进行了总结。     

银广夏诉讼案实体法分析——《证券法》的虚假信息民事责任制度设立

对《证券法》的民事制度增设和完善工作的必要性 ,人们已达成普遍的共识。本文的行文正是基于如此基调之下 ,结合银广夏虚假信息披露案 ;同时从经济学角度 ,进一步分析虚假信息民事制度设立的可行性和效率性 ,作出一套完整、明晰的虚假信息民事制度的设计 (选择 )。     

社会资本视角下中国善治问题研究

经济全球化和政治民主化浪潮的加速发展催生了社会对善治的诉求,但是,社会资本与善治之间存在着结构性制约与依赖的关系。我国政权的性质和谋求发展的政策取向决定了我国对善治的必然选择。目前,我国现代社会资本还相当缺失,制约了善治模式的普遍形成。发展公民社会的现代公民意识,增强公民的主体意识、权利意识和参与意识;发展公民社会的公共精神,提高公民社会的认同、信任、合作和互助水平;培育民间组织的发展,形成现代社会资本的网络结构,对于我国善治的普遍形成具有重要的意义。     

军地互涉案件侦查管辖重构

明确军地互涉案件管辖的职责分工是解决互涉案件侦查冲突的关键。军地互涉案件侦查管辖模式的转换与重构首先需要从犯罪学的角度重新分析互涉案件的应然范围,再从军事法学的角度考察军地侦查机关冲突的原因,最后总结既存互涉案件管辖模式的利弊,提出新的矛盾解决思路和制度设计,服务于军事秩序和社会利益的维护。     

中国行政诉讼调解制度的现状与课题

对制度的设计者来说 ,建立完备的行政纠纷解决方式的体系 ,是保障行政相对人的合法权益 ,促进行政机关依法行政的必然要求。为制度的使用者考量 ,也应建立多种纠纷解决方式 ,从而落实当事人的程序选择权。面对行政诉讼调解制度出现的困境 ,中国行政诉讼制度的重构需要解决一些重要的课题 ,如在调解中怎样实现自愿与平等协商 ,如何实现调解与审判的协调 ,如何保障当事人的反悔权利以及和解契约的拘束力问题等等