Prisons or Problem-Solving: Does the Public Support Specialty Courts?

ABSTRACT

Recently, “problem-solving” courts have been developed as an alternative to imprisonment. They are often called “specialty” courts because they process and divert into treatment programs offenders who are seen as different from the general criminal population, such as those with mental health or drug problems, those who are homeless or veterans, and those who engage in domestic violence. Based on a 2017 national survey of 1,000 respondents, the current study examines overall public support for rehabilitation as a goal of corrections and then focuses specifically on support for different types of specialty courts. The analysis reveals that the American public endorses not only the rehabilitative ideal but also the use of problem-solving courts. Further, with only minimal variation, strong support for these courts appears to exist regardless of political orientation and sociodemographic characteristics.     

行政立法与人权保障——兼以行政许可和劳动教养为例分析

行政立法应当以保障和不侵犯人权来证成自己道义上的正当性。为了保障人权,必须对行政立法的权限和目标进行控制。行政立法不得限制基本人权,对非基本人权的限制也要程度适当。行政立法限制公民的权利、增加公民的义务必须有法律的授权。行政立法必须制约行政权力、保障行政相对人权利。在行政许可的设定上必须贯彻法律保留原则,劳动教养制度应当废除。     

劳动教养制度的存废与解决途径

劳动教养制度是极具中国特色的法律制度 ,自上世纪五十年代出现至今 ,为维护国家社会治安秩序作出了重要贡献。但是随着人们法治观念的增强和国家依法治国进程的推进 ,劳动教养制度存在的合法性、合理性和正当性根基均受到了质疑 ,废除劳动教养制度 ,针对不同的劳教对象重新构建新的法律制度取而代之已是势在必行。     

宪政——人类法治文明的最高结晶

文章从依法治国首先要依宪治国 ,实行法治关键要实行宪政立论 ,层层深入地阐析了宪政的涵义 ,宪政与宪法的关系 ,宪政的性质、特征及要义 ,宪政与民主、法治、人权的关系等重要问题。     

劳动教养立法涉及的主要问题再研究

对劳动教养立法涉及的劳动教养对象、性质、期限、适用程序、法律名称和与此紧密相关的法律协调等主要问题进行研究。     

小城镇发展与农村剩余劳动力转移

21世纪 ,中国面临着数以亿计剩余劳动力的转移问题 ,如何实现农村剩余劳动力向非农产业的转移 ,进而由非农化向城镇化发展 ,是我们亟待解决的课题。     

我国劳动争议的法律处理及立法完善

随着新世纪国家社会经济的发展,劳动争议的冲突呈现出了多样化、群体化等许多新的内容与特点,劳动法律滞后的问题已成为亟待解决的问题,劳动争议的妥善解决已成为构建和谐社会的一个关键环节。     

Unclogging Courts by Targeting Litigant Incentives: The Case of the Brazilian Labour Justice Reform

Overburdened courts hinder economic and social progress, yet successful court reforms are rare. Instead of boosting judicial resources or adapting procedure, Brazil tackled persistent backlogs and delays in its labour courts by replacing the pre-existing each-pays-their-own-costs (American) rule for allocation of litigation expenses with an alternative loser-pays-all (English) rule. Using a newly assembled court-level panel dataset and difference-in-differences approach, we show that the reform alleviated the courts' demand pressures and, most importantly, increased court efficacy in both adjudication and enforcement. The Brazilian experience offers valuable policy lessons about viable court reforms for other jurisdictions.     

德宏州全面建设小康社会面临的难题及对策

农民人均收入低、增长慢,城乡收入差距逐年扩大,是德宏州全面建设小康社会面临的突出问题.为此,一要抓农村剩余劳动力转移,二要抓城镇化建设,提高城市化水平.     

Remortgaging Women's Lives: The World Bank'sLand Agenda in Africa

In recent months, the World Bank has issued a series of draft policy reports on land relations. This is the first time in over two decades that the Bank has sought to review its policy on lending in the land sector. Access to the draft reports and participation in the consultation process has, however, been severely limited. Nonetheless, the World Bank expects to issue the final Report by the end of this year. This paper presents a gender analysis of the two draft documents that have been made available to date. It assesses their implications for gender relations in Africa. It explores the World Bank's promotion of formal rural credit and challenges the assumption of the availability of women's unpaid agricultural labour. The paper argues that, far from being over, the struggle over land relations which has characterised the last decade in Africa, must continue. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.