Russia’s civil service: professional or patrimonial? Executive-level officials in five federal ministries

ABSTRACT

The issue of poor performance of the Russian federal bureaucracy is addressed by linking performance to type of official, through analysis of biographical data on deputy ministers and division (departament) heads in five federal ministries since 2012, supplemented by internet searches on behavior, particularly of a corrupt nature. Education, previous career experience, and recruitment, including its timing relative to superiors and subordinates, are analyzed, in order to determine whether officials behave primarily as members of patrimonial teams, as members of problem-solving organizations, as self-serving individuals, as the instruments of capture by commercial organizations, or as servants of bureaucratic agency interests. The data do not strongly support any one conclusion, but problem-solving officials have the strongest presence.     

论我国民事行政检察建议的定位与改革

我国现行民事行政检察建议制度存在诸多问题,其原因是对民事行政检察建议定位存在误区。民事行政检察建议不是法律监督行为,而是具有一定约束力的事实行为。可以借鉴行政指导理论,将民事行政检察建议定位为检察指导行为。民事行政检察建议制度改革应当明确民事行政检察建议的范围、完善民事行政检察建议的程序、提高民事行政检察建议的理论水平、提供公正的司法救济。     

重构我国行政诉讼类型之设想

行政诉讼类型化是20世纪以来各国行政诉讼制度发展的共同趋势之一。行政诉讼的类型化有助于公民诉权的切实维护和行政法治进程的推进,因而是一国行政诉讼制度变革的核心问题。我国的行政诉讼类型比较单一,难以回应司法实践的需求。为此,必须在借鉴域外经验和关照社会现实的基础之上,重新构建我国行政诉讼的基本类型。     

论“其他组织”在我国民事法律主体体系中的地位

“其他组织”是我国法的特有概念 ,它现实是且应当是法定的第三民事主体。应当在我国民事基本法的总则编主体制度中对其作出规定。基于其与法人 (组织 )的对立统一 ,应改称为“非法人组织”。非法人组织的民事责任 ,应根据其目的上的营利性与否 ,进行区别对待     

律师从事证券业务对第三者的民事法律责任研究——兼与注册会计师比较

近几年来,由于证券市场的风起云涌,人们对证券市场中介机构的法律责任日益凸现.中国证监会等证券市场监督机构也加大了对证券市场中介机构的处罚力度,但对于市场中介机构,尤其是与证券市场发展息息相关的会计师事务所与律师事务所应该承担的民事法律责任,特别是对于第三者,主要是证券投资者的民事法律责任却缺乏明确的规范,尽管其行政责任已经很明确[1].本文拟从股票发行上市及交易的角度,对律师对第三者(主要是指证券市场投资者)的民事法律责任制度(以下简称"律师对于第三者的责任")作出初步的研究.     

Reliability of Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Criteria in Florida

The present study investigated the reliability of Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) civil commitment criteria under Florida's Jimmy Ryce Act. The purpose of the study was to determine if, independently, 2 evaluators would reach the same conclusions about the same client (n = 295). According to civil commitment criteria outlined by the United States Supreme Court (Kansas v. Hendricks, 1997), SVPs must display a mental abnormality predisposing them to sexual violence and a likelihood of future sexual violence. The interrater reliability of 8 DSM-IV diagnoses applied by evaluators to determine whether a client has a "mental abnormality that predisposes him to sexual violence" was found to be poor to fair (kappa = .23 to . 70). The interrater reliability of risk assessment instruments used to determine "likelihood of reoffense" was good (ICC = .77 to .85). The recommendations made by evaluators regarding whether or not to refer a client for civil commitment demonstrated poor reliability (kappa = .54). Implications for practice and policy are explored.     

动荡与发展:民国时期民事诉讼制度述略

民国时期的民事诉讼制度建设,以清末修订的《民事诉讼律》为基础,但由于时局的发展和社会的变迁,又呈现出一种与清末不同的景观。仅就立法技术层面而言在改革的方向、进路等许多方面,当前的民事诉讼制度变革都与民国时期有着某种共通之处,因此,对民国时期民事诉讼制度发展历程的回顾和检视,有可能为当前的改革提供某些有益的启示。     

国际商事仲裁程序的法律适用及其新发展

国际商事仲裁程序的法律适用既包括仲裁程序法的适用,又包括仲裁规则的适用,两者既有联系而有所区别。当事人和仲裁庭享有适用仲裁程序法与仲裁规则的选择权与确定权已得到多数国家仲裁立法的肯定。非内国仲裁理论的提出与发展是对"仲裁受仲裁地法支配"的传统观点的冲击,它在未来的国际商事仲裁实践,尤其是网上仲裁中将发挥重要的作用。     

论立案审查程序中的人权保障

刑事案件立案审查阶段公民人权的保障,无论是立法、司法的实践,还是理论研究本身,都没有予以足够的重视。公民在立案审查程序中的人身权利缺乏有效保障的情况比较严重。其深层的原因依然是打击犯罪与保障人权之间的利益冲突。缺乏严格的法律约束的法外审查,一方面实现着诉讼程序难以完成的揭露和证实犯罪的任务,另一方面又极易违背刑事诉讼法保障人权的宗旨,抵消刑事诉讼程序本身所企求实现的部分价值。为此,应当将健全刑事诉讼法制,维护公民诉讼中合法权益的努力延伸到立案前司法机关对案件的审查过程。     

News media reporting on civil litigation and its influence on civil justice decision making

The news media have the potential to act as a powerful influence on the civil litigation system, influencing decision making in particular cases and on the system more generally as media reports influence the decision making of various participants in the system. This paper reviews the research that has examined the relationship between news media reporting and civil litigation and proposes a framework that integrates this work and provides guidance for future research efforts. Specifically, we discuss the nature of media reporting on civil litigation, perceptions of the civil litigation system held by the public and legal actors, and the potential influence of news reporting about civil litigation on the decision making of jurors, judges, civil litigants, and policymakers. Overall, the research suggests that news reporting of civil litigation presents a systematically distorted picture of civil litigation and that this reporting can influence perceptions and outcomes of civil litigation in various ways. However, there are many gaps in the existing research that need to be filled. The proposed organizational scheme helps to identify ways that future research can provide links between the findings of existing research and to identify ways in which this research can be extended to new areas.