浅析强制证人出庭作证制度——兼评《刑事诉讼法修正案（草案）》的相关规定

证人出庭作证是实现实体公正和程序正义的双重要求,在我国司法实践中普遍存在证人不出庭作证的问题。为解决这一问题,刑诉法修正案（草案）（以下简称《修正案草案》）中确立了强制关键证人出庭作证制度,然而这一规定能否顺利转化为实践中的法则还有待时间的验证。只有对该制度本身存在的问题进行相应完善,并辅以各方的共同努力才能充分发挥其保障司法公正的重要作用。     

Issues in Juvenile Program Implementation: A Case Study

Both adult and juvenile justice agencies seek to offer quality programs, but implementing a new program can be a difficult and daunting task. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the issues and concerns faced by one jurisdiction as a result of attempting to implement a new curfew check program. The goal is to share specific issues with general underlying solutions that may be utilized in other jurisdictions. An examination of the records of 79 juvenile offenders assigned to the program provides the information for this discussion. Results indicate that some basic assumptions of the program designers were incorrect, and that constant monitoring and the centralization of tasks were keys to program sustainability.     

司法调解的保密原则

调解保密原则的诠释，从形式上而言，调解程序保持封闭状态，即不公开进行；从实质上而言，调解程序中产生的信息将被禁止随意披露，即使是在诉讼程序中。这种诠释部分缺失于我国现有的司法调解中。司法调解保密原则的确立在于保障调解程序的安定性和诉讼的公正。但是，考虑到调解程序的安定性和诉讼程序的稳定性，司法调解的信息将被划分为“事实”信息和“行为”信息。前者被允许披露于诉讼程序中；只有后者，即调解程序中人们基于对调解的信任以自己的意愿追求某种法律效果产生的信息，将始终处于保密的范畴。     

试论行政诉讼级别管辖制度的完善

按照行政诉讼法级别管辖的规定,我国绝大多数的行政案件都由基层人民法院管辖。这种级别管辖制度的设置会导致司法不公正、司法资源的闲置和浪费、公民的诉权得不到保障和行政职权被滥用等问题。解决以上问题的根本方法是提高一审案件的管辖级别,一审案件由中级人民法院管辖,取消基层人民法院对行政案件的管辖权;相应调整高级人民法院和最高人民法院的审理范围;增设巡回审判机关,以解决对当事人造成的不便;建立＂异地交叉审理制度＂,作为对改革后的级别管辖制度的补充。     

现代司法理念下对法院诉讼行为的合理规制

在以诉讼体制改革为核心的司法改革的大背景下，由于民事审判方式改革的冲击，特别是关于诉讼模式选择的讨论，程序正义、程序本位作为现代诉讼理念已经深入人心。因此，架构全新的体现程序正义、程序本位现代诉讼理念的民事诉讼体制的核心在于现行民事诉讼模式的转变，即选择以辩论主义和当事人处分主义为基本原则的相对当事人主义诉讼基本模式。而实现这一转变的关键在于对法院诉讼行为的适当规制。     

对最高法《调解规定》之思索与再议

调解制度是我国特色司法制度之一。2004年9月最高人民法院《关于人民法院民事调解工作若干问题的规定》对于调解制度进行了较大力度的补充。五年来，其对我国民事诉讼产生了积极的作用，也显现了些许问题。本文以调解制度实际运行状况为切入点，对该规定在实际运行中产生的积极和消极方面予以探讨，并进行了简要的实证与法理分析。     

死刑案件补查补证的原因 问题及规制——以审判环节为中心审判人员提出为视角的分析

在刑事案件尤其是死刑案件的审理阶段，经常会发生补查补证情况，已日益成为影响到死刑案件审判质量的效率的问题。补查补证的产生原因是多方面的，也存在着一些问题，应当从多方面对死刑案件的补查补证进一步规制，即：制定补查补证程序；限定补查补证的执行主体；界定补查外的范围和标准；限制补查补证的次数；明确补查补证的处理；规定补查补证的责任等。     

对自首的再认识

自首从宽是我国刑法规定的一项刑罚制度 ,也是一项重要的量刑法定情节。自首的两个构成要件是自动投案和如实供述自己的罪行 ,其中更应该注意的是关于余罪自首的法律认定。刑法规定 ,对于自首的犯罪分子可以从轻或者减轻处罚 ,这一制度对感召犯罪分子主动投案 ,鼓励犯罪分子改过自新 ,有效惩治犯罪 ,具有重要意义。     

Can Us-Type Court Management Approaches Work In Civil Law Systems? Experiences From The Balkans And Beyond

The benefit of applying modern management approaches to court operations to ensuring access to justice, timely and transparent dispositions, and increased public trust in courts is recognized in many countries. In the USA, the art of applying modern management techniques to court operations has evolved over the past 30 years into a now solidly established profession. Since the underlying principles and techniques of modern court management, such as case flow management, goal-oriented performance measures, workload assessments, customer surveys, etc., are derived from general management concepts they are not tied to a particular legal system or framework and can be successfully applied in non-US systems if they are properly adjusted. Interested in the positive results of court management in the USA, researchers and practitioners in several European countries have been looking at the applicability of the approaches used in the USA to improve their own ability to manage court processes more efficiently.Since court management has become a main staple of reforming court operations in the USA, it is not surprising that US-funded development assistance in the Balkan states and other countries often involves transferring court management US-style into the newly evolving democracies as part of rule of law or commercial sector development assistance. These projects frequently introduce, among others, case flow management techniques that sometimes seem to be in conflict with underlying legal principles or procedural laws, and often defy the local legal culture. The US-funded assistance programs are often introduced parallel to efforts funded by European and other donors, which may take and suggest different approaches to the host country. As a result, confusion and insecurity about which approaches are appropriate for a particular country can arise and impede much needed reforms or lead to legislative and regulatory changes that do not mesh well or even conflict with other parts of the legal framework.This article reviews the role of US-based court management approaches in recent court reform efforts under way in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia and, in light of lessons learned there and in other countries, assesses the reform processes applied and their status. It also outlines how these court management approaches fit into non-US court systems, how they can be adjusted according to individual country needs and what the main obstacles are that such reform efforts generally face.     

论我国法院调解制度的重构——以协同主义诉讼模式为背景的分析

法院调解作为解决纠纷的方式之一在我国民事诉讼中占有重要的地位.法院调解的弊端从本源上是由我国职权主义诉讼模式下当事人与法院在诉讼中的角色分配不当、诉权与审判权的关系没有理顺造成的,对其加以完善应在新的诉讼模式下进行.在协同主义诉讼模式下重构法院调解制度,克服其存在的弊端,充分发挥其作用应成为我们的新选择.