From contention to social bargaining: labour unions and democratic consolidation in Spain

The main objective of this article is to examine how the links between trade unions and affiliated political parties of the left influenced the strategies of labour during the transition and the early years of democracy in Spain. It argues that political partisanship is a key factor for understanding the unions' strategies. After a period of intense labour conflict during the transition to democracy, labour mobilization decreased and Spain's unions and other social actors initiated distinctive processes of social bargaining, starting in 1979. The central argument is that the relationship of unions and political parties in the authoritarian and transition periods was a major factor in conditioning strategies in the post-authoritarian period. In the end, the consolidation of Spanish democracy has led to the strengthening of the main trade unions. Contrary to what happened in other historical periods they used this power to contribute to governability and the consolidation of the new democratic regime.     

Determinants of cabinet size

A large literature examines the composition of cabinets in parliamentary systems, but very little attention has been paid to the size of those cabinets. Yet not only is the size of the cabinet related to the division of portfolios that may take place, cabinet size is also related to policy outcomes. In this article, a theory of party size is considered which examines how coalition bargaining considerations, intra‐party politics and efficiency concerns affect the size of cabinets. Hypotheses derived from the theory are examined using an extensive cross‐national dataset on coalition governments which allows us to track changes in cabinet size and membership both across and within cabinets.     

有价证券诈骗罪客观方面若干问题研究

有价证券诈骗罪在客观方面表现为使用伪造、变造的国库券或者国家发行的其他有价证券进行诈骗活动,其行为有伪造、变造、虚假权利质押、恶意买卖、冒用、空买空卖等不同的方式,犯罪使用之物也包含虚假的地方政府债券、金融债券、国家有价证券、外国有价证券众多形式,颇为复杂。     

“讨价还价”的背后——对现行市场销售模式的法理批判

当今,讨价还价已经成为市场销售的主要模式。讨价还价虽然与自愿和公平有联系,但并不反映自愿与公平;相反,讨价还价与欺诈联系在一起。从效率的角度看,讨价还价也不能反映真实的市场供需关系;相反,它极大地增加了市场的交易成本以及政府的决策成本和管理成本,也抑制了供应商的生产积极性。商品的价格不只是人与自然的关系,更反映了人与人之间的关系,因此,商品价格的确定就不只在于效率,更在于公平。商品价格的公平性就在于成本加合理利润,因此,成本与利润信息的充分披露可以保证消费者在讨价还价中免于欺诈。集团购买以及标准合同也在一定程度可以弥补消费者讨价还价能力的不足。而作为消除讨价还价的销售模式最为有效也最为现实的办法,莫过于以明码实价的方式代替明码标价的规定。对此,政府的价格调控措施必须有所作为。     

美国涉外证券民事诉讼管辖权制度研究

文章以美国联邦证券法律体系中的涉外证券民事诉讼管辖权制度为对象,从管辖权的“法律基础”与“合理依据”两方面着手,重点论述了联邦证券法下的级别管辖、一般管辖问题。同时,对美国1971年《第二次冲突法重述》的相关规定及其在实践中遇到的问题进行了一定探讨。文章认为,对涉外证券立法严重滞后于相关实践的我国而言,美国在涉外证券管辖权方面的立法与实践,对我国相关制度的构建具有一定的借鉴意义。     

Negotiating Effective International Environmental Agreements: Is an Objective Approach to Differential Treatment Possible?

The negotiation of international environmental agreements is rendered less effective and more costly than necessary on account of the incentives for rent seeking. This article argues that the problem of rent seeking in this context is complicated by the legitimate demand for the differential treatment of relevant heterogeneity, when insufficient information is available to distinguish between demands based on legitimate differences and rent-seeking. In order to reduce the overall costliness of the totality of international resource agreements, the general rule should be that differential treatment should be provided only in exceptional circumstances. A corollary to this rule is that differences that do not affect future negotiating costs may be considered in current negotiations. This points to differences that are exogenous to the bargaining process, such as a country's physical location. It is argued that development status of a country is another such factor, since the incentives to pursue development are unlikely to be affected by its recognition in current negotiations. Furthermore, the failure to recognise development status as a legitimate basis for differentiated treatment implicitly rewards the early identification and exploitation of unmanaged resources. Restriction of differential treatment to a small number of such differences enables the focusing of negotiations, and the structuring of discussions. A case study of the Montreal Protocol illustrates how the differential impacts of a uniform standard may be estimated, once the range of impacts is delimited.     

认罪认罚案件量刑建议问题研究

在认罪认罚案件中,检察机关提出的幅度型或精准型量刑建议都是控辩双方合意的产物,也是审判人员最终作出量刑判决的重要依据,审判人员“一般应当采纳”。但对于检察机关提出精准的量刑建议是否存在理论上的正当性以及实务上的可操作性,理论界和实务界仍存在不同意见,实践中也存在部分审判人员“不愿接受”或“勉强接受”精准量刑建议的情况,影响着认罪认罚从宽制度总体功能的发挥。为解决此问题,有必要从理论上明确检察机关量刑建议权以及法院审判权的性质及关系,使审判人员内心“愿意”采纳精准的量刑建议;在实际操作层面需要加强精准量刑建议本身的合理性和合意性,使审判人员经过审理后,“能够”采纳精准的量刑建议。此外,根据具体情况,还需要明确精准量刑建议的变更和补救问题,促进量刑公正。     

操纵证券市场若干问题研究

操纵证券市场的本质是价格操纵 ,操纵价格是一种最常见的证券欺诈方式。操纵市场行为可大体分为“虚伪交易型”、“实际交易型”、“恶意散布、制造虚假信息型”与“其他操纵行为”等四大类。建立完善民事赔偿责任制度能够有效的遏止操纵市场行为 ,保护投资者的合法权益。     

中国版证券集团诉讼制度研究--以新《证券法》第95条第3款为分析对象

新《证券法》第95条第3款确立了我国证券民事纠纷领域由投资者保护机构主导的"默示加入、明示退出"集团诉讼制度。美国律师主导的退出制集团诉讼、我国台湾地区投资者保护机构主导的加入制团体诉讼,以及我国香港地区证券监管部门主导的证券民事赔偿制度,均取得了不错的实践效果。我国证券集团诉讼作为一项新事物,存在缺乏相应的程序性设计、投保机构的性质和职责不够明确、律师在集团诉讼中的角色定位不够清晰等不足。结合域外集团诉讼经验和我国具体实际,建议细化证券集团诉讼的案件选取、适格原告登记、原告退出权公告、法院审理判决、赔偿金支付等诉讼流程,明确投保机构公益性质及其诉讼代表人职责,并鼓励律师参与集团诉讼。     

证券市场投资者权益的民法保护

长期以来 ,我国对违法、违规上市公司及有关责任人进行的是行政、刑事处罚 ,而在民事责任制度方面则存在诸多缺漏 ,忽视了对受害者给予民事赔偿救济。应尽快建立、完善和启动我国有关证券的民事赔偿制度。