工会参与劳动争议调解的几个问题

《劳动争议调解仲裁法》对劳动争议调解作了一些新的规范:劳动争议调解组织由单一的企业内调解扩展到多元的社会调解;工会在劳动争议调解中的身份更进一步明确,调解组织调解的劳动争议范围也扩大了。《劳动争议调解仲裁法》的颁布实施,将解决长期以来在劳动争议调解中的一些难点以及工会在劳动争议调解中的尴尬地位等问题。但同时劳动争议调解仍有需要进一步完善的地方。     

WTO争端解决机制的强制性及对内国法的影响

WTO争端解决机制因其以规则导向为主的司法模式、强制管辖权和强制执行力等独特性区别于GATT的争端解决机制,克服了长期为学者所诟病的“软弱性”,使其强制性得以确立和加强,并被认为是对传统国际法的一种突破和发展。以规则导向为主的司法模式为WTO争端解决报告实现对内国法律之影响提供了一种可能;进而,随着强制管辖权和强制执行力的确立,这种可能性上升为一种必然性,这种影响无论在力度、广度,还是深度上均强于ICJ和NAFTA。事实上,WTO争端解决报告也迫使或促使多个主权国家撤销或修改其法律法规以符合WTO义务,其对成员方内国法的影响不可谓不大。     

论消费者纠纷专门仲裁解决机制的构建

消费者纠纷属于民事纠纷的一种,但其有自己的特点.按照《消费者权益保护法》的规定,消费者纠纷可以通过多元化的解决方式得以化解,但多元化的解决途径其实并不多元化,尤其是具有迅速、便利和准司法性质特点的仲裁机制的作用没有被发掘出来.在分析消费者纠纷各种解决方式的基础上,提出建立消费者纠纷专门仲裁解决机制的若干措施、建议.     

构建中国本土化ADR制度的思考

在当代,随着社会主体在价值观和文化传统及利益冲突上的多元性,多元化纠纷解决机制的建立已经成为一个世界性的课题.各国通常把法院以外的各种非诉讼纠纷解决方式统称为替代性纠纷解决方式(ADR).ADR的研究和利用已经成为一种方兴未艾的时代潮流,并发展成为多元化纠纷解决机制的重要组成部分.当代中国的ADR与世界各国一样,处在日新月异的发展之中,同时,中国的ADR及整个纠纷解决机制还面临和经历着特殊的重构过程.西方国家成熟的ADR制度或许可以为我们提供某些技术设计层面的参考,然而,中国目前首先需要解决的问题是:我国在现阶段应用和倡导ADR制度是否合乎时宜?我们应该如何构建一个既兼顾法律文化传统又符合当今司法理念的中国化的ADR制度?将结合上述问题进行研究和探讨.     

人民信访制度的现代重构

人民信访是具有中国特色的民愿表达和纠纷解决机制,它在当前面临着法律上和现实上的困境,需要积极进行重新设计和调整.建立人大主导之下的一元信访体制,是比较合理和可行的选择.在健全国家层面信访监督的同时,还要注意调动和发挥其他相关制度的积极作用.     

行政争议的中立评估及其制度构建

行政争议的中立评估机制是指由具备专门解纷知识的中立评估员对纠纷进入行政复议、行政诉讼等渠道的审理前景进行预测的一种制度。它能在降低当事人过高的解纷期望、促成当事人之间达成和解、克服评估式调解的弊端等方面发挥积极作用,亟待引入我国行政争议解决领域之中。中立评估机制处于合意型行政争议解决机制与决定型行政争议解决机制的连接点...     

Arbiters with guns: the ambiguity of military involvement in civilian disputes in the DR Congo

Based on extensive field research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), this article elucidates the logics, processes and readings surrounding certain ‘extra-military’ practices enacted by the Congolese army, namely the processing of various types of disputes between civilians. Exceeding the boundaries of the domain of ‘public security’, such activities are commonly categorised as ‘corruption’. Yet such labelling, founded on a supposed clear-cut public–private divide, obscures the underlying processes and logics, in particular the fact that these practices are located on a blurred public–private spectrum and result from both civilian demand and military imposition. Furthermore, popular readings of military involvement in civilian disputes are highly ambiguous, simultaneously representing it as ‘abnormal’ and ‘harmful’, and normalising it as ‘making sense’ – reflecting the militarised institutional environment and the weakness of civilian authorities in the eastern DR Congo. Strengthening these authorities will be vital for reducing this practice, which has an enkindling effect on the dynamics of conflict and violence.     

Using Blogs in Teaching Negotiation: A Technical and Intercultural Postscript

This article reexamines an earlier experiment in the use of blogs in teaching negotiation when undertaken in a different cultural environment. I briefly examine two core factors — technical competence and cultural preferences in communication — as well as a student preference to reserve the use of social media for purely social and informal communications. Parallels are also drawn with the technical and cultural contexts of developments in online dispute resolution.     

问题与出路：对我国劳动刑法出场形态的慎思

劳动刑法兴盛于西方发达国家,但冷落于中国现行刑法之中,这种冷落与中国当前劳动刑法实践中理论研究薄弱、行政干预频繁、法律体系缺位密切相关,由此导致了刑法介入劳资关系的扭曲与变形,无法合理组织对劳动犯罪的反应。基于劳动刑法不同于传统刑法的特别属性,劳动刑法在中国出场之时主要应该实现：对集体劳动争议行为的去犯罪化与轻刑化,对劳动者个体犯罪的适当非犯罪化和轻刑化,以及对雇佣者劳动犯罪的合理犯罪化和重刑化。     

“MORE OF A STREET COP THAN A DETECTIVE”: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARENTING COORDINATORS IN NORTH CAROLINA

This research project examined roles and functions of parenting coordinators (PCs) identified by AFCC's Guidelines for Parenting Coordination and other literature. The researcher used a semi‐structured interview schedule that included information about practices, procedures, and a series of five case‐based vignettes that contained commonly occurring ethical and legal dilemmas in PC practice. The results found that PCs generally saw their role as enforcers of existing orders and primarily used skills in conflict management, parent education, and information coordination with other professionals. PCs would use arbitration powers to make minor decisions or refer to court as a last resort.