中国古代判词的伦理化倾向及其可能的效用

判词是古代司法官员审理案件的具结文书。中国古代判词融情、理、法于一体，运用情感和道德的说理艺术，具有明显的伦理化色彩，但其注重寻求个案的实质正义和宣教意义，不失为中国传统法律文化中的一份值得珍惜的遗产。重新认识和评价古代判词的内在精神实质及其效用，有利于革除我国现行司法判决文书刻板化、程式化的弊端，推动司法文化的改革和进步。     

A Political Economy Perspective of Judicial Review in the European Union: Judicial Appointments Rule, Accessibility and Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice

The paper examines the benefits the sovereign member states of the EU expect to derive by granting the European Court of Justice the power to review the collective policy making decisions of the EU legislative bodies. Using the methodology of constitutional political economy it investigates the one-country one-judge rule of judicial appointments in the ECJ, the restrictions imposed on litigants to access the ECJ and the limits on the jurisdiction of the ECJ to review EU legislation. It also analyses how the presence of judicial review affects the size of the policy measures taken by the policy makers.     

议社会转型期人民法院的改革

近几年来,各级人民法院对司法改革进行了很多尝试,取得了不少有益经验。但法院改革是一个系统工程,不是法院一家就能完成的。我国法院改革存在着缺乏组织性和系统性等问题,对此应选择适合我国实际情况的改革路径。     

论法院之友制度及其在我国的移植障碍

作为现代审判机构民主措施之一的英美法院之友制度,颇为我国诉讼法学界所关注与推崇,有论者甚至建议将之移植到我国以推动审判的民主化进程。然而,尽管该制度的某些观念和因素可用于完善我国现有制度,但从我国的现有国情来看,完整地移植法院之友制度尚无必要。     

Contrastive analysis of Chinese and American court judgments

Whether in legal practice or jurisprudence, court judgments or case briefs are one of the most important legal genres for the legal profession. This paper aims to examine contrastively the linguistic characteristics, moves and rhetoric of Chinese and American court judgments, with the aim of specifying the rhetorical preferences that are characteristic of “standard” judgments. Legal cultures are employed to account for the generic and rhetorical differences. This study also has an underlying pedagogical motivation in that the results would be of great value and interest to the Chinese students of Language for Legal Purposes （LLP） and the lawyers practicing foreign legal affairs.     

简论马锡五审判方式的当代价值

当代中国，随着市场经济的发展，以伦理为本位的传统的马锡五审判方式虽已显现出一些弊端，并在司法改革中遭到摒弃，但笔者认为，目前“城乡二元化”生态结构的中国社会，特别是中国的农村，马锡五审判方式不仅有其存在的现实合理性，而且仍在发挥着重要的独特作用     

宪政秩序中法院的角色

对法院所扮演的角色的充分认同是实现宪政秩序和法治的基本条件,而对于司法权的的认识将影响到对法院的预期和定位。只有在对法院的角色进行全面充分认识的基础上,才可能有一个正确的定位。在这个意义上,司法制度的完善和发展是我国法治进程中的重要一步。     

"犯罪人-被害人和解"的制度设计与司法践行

“犯罪人-被害人和解”可谓是当下西方刑事法领域的焦点性话题之一。作为“犯罪人-被害人和解”运动的有力推进者,德国的立法与实践动向,尚未得到国内学界的应有关注。文章不仅对德国“犯罪人-被害人和解”制度的整体立法设计进行了分析,而且对“犯罪人-被害人和解”在德国实务上的具体运作、判例发展亦予以近距离观察。透过此种立法与司法的交错考察,文章试图以德国经验为基点,进一步反思“犯罪人-被害人和解”践行的成果、问题及可能出路,以提供前瞻性的、比较性的借鉴。     

How Many Offenses are Really Committed per Juvenile Court Offender?

This article compares juvenile court petitions and self-reported offending between ages 13 and 17 for 506 boys followed up in the Pittsburgh Youth Study. There were 2.4 self-reported offenders for every petitioned offender, and 80 self-reported offenses for every petitioned offense. The prevalence of self-reported offenders stayed constant with age, but the prevalence of petitioned offenders increased with age. Conversely, the individual offending frequency stayed constant with age according to court petitions but increased with age according to self-reports. Therefore, prevalence and frequency did not vary similarly with age, and did not vary similarly in self-reports and court records. With increasing age, more and more of the self-reported offenders were formally petitioned, but they were formally petitioned for fewer and fewer of their offenses. The probability of an offender being petitioned to court increased with the number of offenses that he committed, but the probability of each offense leading to a court petition decreased with the number of offenses committed. There was little overlap between self-reported and official chronic offenders. It is concluded that researchers should always measure both self-reports and official records in studying offending, and that the juvenile court should seek to intervene earlier in delinquency careers.     

口供的证明效力与补强

口供是指犯罪嫌疑人、被告人在刑事诉讼中就其被指控的犯罪事实以及其他案件事实向公安司法机关所作的陈述,具有真实性、自愿性.口供可划分为庭外供述和庭上供述,就审判阶段而言,庭外供述必须转化为庭上供述才能作为定案的根据.在共同犯罪中,同案被告人口供不能作为证人证言使用,即使同案被告人口供一致,仍需其他证据予以补强.