Timberland Investing and Private Property Rights in the United States of America

Investments in rural land for agriculture, timber, and other natural resource purposes occur frequently and globally. Fundamental principles of liberty and property found in the United States of America’s (“US”) legal system, from its origins to recent US Supreme Court decisions, continue to positively benefit holders of real estate in the Southern US, through a deep-rooted public policy of supporting private property rights and rural economic development. This stable rule of law enhances the long-term adaptability and sustainability of timberland as an asset class. This article is a commentary. It combines legal research methodology with the observations and conclusions of the authors. Its purpose is to demonstrate that the existence of alienable, documentable ownership, and related property rights create inherent stability and security. These principles form the basis of a culture that is defined by the rule of law and is “open for business.” This business mindset is particularly prevalent in the Southern US.

Research on Readjustments of Land Property Rights in Comprehensive land management A Case Study in Project Area of Fan zhen comprehensive land management in Tai＇ anCity

Research purpose： The paper studies readjustments of land property rights which practice in the project area of Fan Zhen comprehensive land management in Tai＇ an City. According to the study make reasonable suggestions, for the similar areas of readjuslments of land property rights provide experience. Research Methods： Investigating method and contrastive analysis method. Results： The right of the project a^ea to an adjustment measures properly, and has achieved good economic benefits, social benefits and ecological benefits. Research Conclusions： Developing the new rural consu＇uction the problem from the social, economic and environmental field, effectively protect the fundamental interests of farmers to get sustainable development.

The Innovation and Plights of Farmland Property Rights System Reform in Chongqing Municipality

Based on the background of national urban and rural comprehensive reform pilot area and the introduction of the profiles of research region and the data obtained by on-the-spot interview survey,the innovative models of farmland property rights system reform in Chongqing are introduced by applying participatory rural appraisal methods and examples. The innovative models cover buying shares of contract management rights,transforming from farmers to townspeople and mortgaging contract management rights. The plights exist in the reform are analyzed,among which the plights of buying shares of contract management rights are introduced from the following five aspects:the conflict with the present land contract laws,the possible new round of massive scale land loses,the confounded functions of government and enterprise caused by risk transference and the difficulties of handling assets when the contract management rights expired. Besides,the plights of the transforming from rural residents to urban residents are analyzed from four aspects,which include the particularity of reform,high financial pressure,emergence of interbedded people and difficulties of payoff of village-based companies. From the facets of limited mortgage area,risks of reimbursing the loan,legal risks of mortgage. The results show that the stock purchasing model of contractual management rights reveals the capital value of land and the model is of theoretical and practical significance in law and economics. However,the social security system is not perfect,so the stock purchasing model of contractual management rights can not be expanded. In addition,the participation of more famers and the expansion of enterprises are limited as well. The land comprehensive reform model of transforming from rural residents to urban residents is of positive significance to the comprehensive exploration of farmland property system reform,but this kind of model should be supported by strong economy. The stock purchasing model of contractual management rights is of significance to perfect the contractual management rights,but it conflicts with the existing laws and financial systems.

Property Rights, Institutions and Forest Resources Management in Developing Countries

The objective of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework stimulating the sustainable management of natural resources in Central Africa. Based on the forest resources, we show how good identification and allocation of property rights strengthen the joint management of forest resources. Cameroon is selected as an example, since the country represents one of the most forest-intense areas in Africa. In doing so, we first evaluate the performance of institutions in fostering sustainable forest management. Second we show how good elaboration and allocation of property rights may contribute to improving efficiency in forest management. Using the New Institutional Economic (NIE) theory we provide an outline of the potential relationships between forest management and property rights allocated to stakeholders involved in forest exploitation. Finally we provide two forms of institutional structures that could improve forest management efficiency: public-private partnership and multi-stakeholder management approaches. Public-private partnerships are joint project management processes operated by both private businesses and public entities in order to combine public prescriptive mechanisms with private operational roles. Multi-stakeholder management approach is also a co-management initiative combining public entities, private actors and local population to increase the involvement of local dwellers living in forest areas in the decision process.

Brief Analysis on the Right of Privacy in a Perspective of Law and Economic

The development of the technology of network had been of great convenience to get access to information. However, it was undeniable that a bad phenomenon had become even more and more serious that others＇ information would be obtained by illegal means, and the research on the protection of privacy had increasingly aroused people＇s concern. The right of privacy not only had the usually outside personality characteristics, but also had a certain characteristics of property. This paper had attempted to study the right of privacy from the perspective of law and economics by interpreting the property in the right of privacy, in order to perfect the protection system of privacy in our country.

A Novel Digital Rights Management Scheme in P2P Networks

P2P networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. How to integrate P2P networks and DRM to offer a novel content distribution mode for digital media resources is a significant research project. In this paper, a novel DRM architecture in P2P Networks is proposed, three phases include content provide phase, content purchase phase and content access phase, are modeled, and key technologies are introduced. Finally analysis indicates that the proposed scheme has the characteristics of security, controllability and scalability.

数据产权刑法保护模式的构建

数据产权是一种具有财产权属性的新型权利,该权利与虚拟财产权和知识产权具有明显差异。数据产权属于刑法保护的公法益范畴,其应归属于市场经济秩序法益之中。现行刑法有关财产犯罪、知识产权犯罪和数据犯罪的规定均无法实现对数据产权的全面保护。刑法对数据产权的保护应以促进数据流通为主要目标,且应当覆盖数据处理的各流程阶段。对侵犯数据产权行为进行刑法规制时,应对“未经同意”获取数据行为审慎入罪。应增设妨害数据流通管理秩序罪,对“情节严重的”妨害数据流通管理秩序行为予以刑法规制。

数据产权法律构造论

在数字经济环境中,数据已成为一种新型生产要素,需要更好地挖掘和开发其经济价值。数据不同于传统有体物以及知识产权客体的特征和属性使其在法律制度构建和运行上也具有特殊性。数据产权制度是数据基础制度的核心内容,其应涵盖保护数据主体合法权益、协调和平衡数据利益关系、促进数据有序流动和分享、促进数据要素利益公平分配等内容。数据产权的法律构造旨在建立数据资源持有权、数据加工使用权和数据产品经营权的数据动态流转和价值实现机制,最终服务于数字经济发展目标。

土地经营权入股立法的反思与展望

自家庭联产承包责任制实施以来,关于农村土地承包经营权能否以入股等方式流转,在政策与法律层面经历了比较复杂的变迁过程。土地经营权入股在立法中得到确认是“三权分置”改革的重要成果之一,有利于在流转中更好地实现土地经营权的价值。土地经营权入股现行立法表达不规范、不统一,且与相关法律规定存在冲突,导致立法预期的实现受阻。以立法的基本原理来审视,立法用语不规范只是表面现象,土地经营权的性质不明才是立法困境的根源,对入股所致不利后果的担忧则进一步导致适用难题。实践中大量存在的“以租代转”、“名为入股、实为出租”现象表明,既有立法并不能有效满足土地经营权入股的需求,反而徒增解释与适用的混乱。为了弥合土地经营权入股的认知分歧,保持相关立法之间的协调,实现“三权分置”的立法目的,有必要在立法中统一相关表述,明确规定土地经营权的性质,移除土地经营权承载的不必要负担,让土地经营权真正成为“可以用货币估价并可以依法转让的非货币财产”,进而以“作价出资”取代“入股”。

知识产权法治建设的三个维度

私权保护、国家治理和国际协调是知识产权法治建设中的三个维度。知识产权的本质是人们依法就智力活动成果享有的私权,其客体是通过知识创新或经营劳动产生的特定信息,制度运行中出现的抢占信息资源并将其包装成知识产权客体牟利的乱象应予以纠正。基于信息的无形性,知识产权保护通常需要首先确定客体范围边界,然后对权利人予以及时充分的救济,因此需要行政和司法机关提供专业、便捷的确权及公正、高效的保护。这一建立在“以公开换保护”基础上的公权力介入特色,使得知识产权制度成为国家治理工具。知识产权保护还与国际贸易紧密相关,这一领域存在诸多国际条约。法治建设不能脱离本土实践,应基于地域性原则,结合经济学、社会学等原理,寻求国内国际法治协调发展的共赢之道。

国有企业负责人经营业绩考核:制度特征分析与指标维度优化

业绩考核制度是落实企业责任、激发企业活力,并由此推动经济社会运行的重要机制。在对比股东主导和市场主导两种业绩考核逻辑,分析、认知国有企业负责人经营业绩考核制度的基础上,探究了业绩考核制度的本质特征,即国有企业负责人经营业绩考核制度是一项以考核为抓手的产权管理体系,是以目标设定与过程管理为核心的“自驱式”机制设计。强调应唯经营(而非考核)出业绩,并且正向激励与风险容错是业绩考核赋能企业发展的重要属性。现行业绩考核指标体系还难以引导国有企业高质量发展,建议围绕“产业布局、经营生态、创新驱动、风险管理、财务收益”五个维度进一步优化国有企业负责人经营业绩考核指标,且以年度考核为核心,形成导向明确、相对稳定、可预期的考核指标体系,并赋予企业负责人一定的自由裁量权,以提高考核制度效果,助力中国经济高质量发展。

中国式数据信托的生成逻辑、困境检视及优化路径

数字经济是以数据资源为关键要素的新经济形态,数据要素是数字经济深化发展的核心引擎。数据信托并非个人信息保护或数据安全保障的制度安排,而是一种新型的数据财产管理机制,其对于破除数据要素流通障碍、促进数据价值创造、推动数据要素市场化配置具有重要的现实意义,具有内在的生成逻辑。我国的数据信托在理论和实践上存在功能定位模糊、信托财产法律属性不明、信托当事人确定困难等诸多困境,严重制约了数据信托的探索和发展。应立足于我国数据要素市场的实践需要和现行信托法律制度,秉持以数据财产转移为基础的数据财产管理之功能定位,明确数据财产权的法律属性,厘清数据信托当事人,构建中国式数据信托法律制度,促进数字经济的健康发展。

对高质量专利管理工作的思考——以河北省农林科学院为例

高质量专利是衡量高校、科研院所科技创新实力的一项重要参考指标。文章以河北省农林科学院为例,介绍了河北省农林科学院高质量专利管理工作的相关做法,分析了专利管理工作中存在的问题,并针对问题从加强立项过程管理、注重建立引导性政策、打造专业团队等方面提出了加强高质量专利产出的对策和建议,以期为省级农业科研院所的高质量专利管理工作提供参考。

管理层风险偏好异质性、股权结构与股权激励模式组合

近年来,越来越多上市公司在推出的同一期股权激励计划中同时包含两种以上股权激励模式。以2006—2020年实施股权激励模式组合计划的沪深A股上市公司为研究对象,实证研究管理层风险偏好异质性对上市公司股权激励模式组合选择行为的影响,并探究股权结构对两者关系的调节作用。研究发现:管理层风险偏好异质性越大,公司越有可能选择股权激励模式组合,以匹配管理层异质性的风险偏好,从而实现管理层风险承担总水平最优;股权结构对管理层风险偏好异质性与股权激励模式组合选择之间关系具有显著的调节效应,国有控股和股权集中度增大能够弱化管理层风险偏好异质性对股权激励模式组合选择的正向影响;股权激励模式组合能够匹配管理层风险偏好异质性,使得管理层风险承担总水平实现最优,进而提升公司价值。

为形成新型生产关系提供数据法治保障

随着大数据、人工智能等数字技术的飞速发展与广泛应用,数据已成为推动经济社会发展的重要驱动力。数据不仅成为一种新型生产要素,而且还引发传统生产模式和生产主体关系发生变革,因此,必须形成与之相适应的新型生产关系。在此背景下,形成新型生产关系需要遵循数据法治逻辑,建立明晰的数据产权制度、合理的数据流通制度和公正的数据权益分配制度。为此,有必要制定综合性的数据法律规范、建立跨部门协同的数据治理机制、推动数据技术的负责任创新和构建数字化的权利救济机制。

数字经济背景下反垄断法的时代使命

数字经济领域日益严峻的垄断问题引发了全球范围内的反垄断热潮,理解数字经济背景下反垄断法的时代使命,有助于我们更好地把握反垄断执法的方向和力度。首先,反垄断法肩负着维护经济民主的使命,它贯穿于经济运行的各个环节,在当下中国集中体现为实现共同富裕的伟大目标。其次,反垄断法肩负着维护政治民主的使命,数字平台通过各种方式获得了广泛的政治权力,而技术性反垄断忽视了反垄断法的政治性基因。再次,反垄断法肩负着促进知识共享的文化使命,“知识垄断型资本主义”严重阻碍了知识传播,要重视知识产权领域的反垄断。最后,反垄断法还肩负着维护劳动力市场自由竞争、保障劳动幸福的社会使命,长期忽视劳动力市场反垄断会导致劳动者不断被剥削,我们需要在既有的消费者福利标准外为反垄断法注入劳动者福利标准。

再流转中土地经营权的登记效力规则研究

再流转中的两种土地经营权在登记能力、登记效力上采区分原则。再流转阶段,基于土地承包经营权的土地经营权承继土地承包经营权的流转规则而采登记对抗效力,“未经登记,不得对抗善意第三人”应解释为未登记可以对抗恶意第三人以及能对抗善意第三人的必要条件为已登记,登记对抗效力表现为登记公示相较于其他公示方式的优先性与相对公信力,占有使用及向发包人备案作为认定第三人善意的实质调查内容在司法实践中发挥作用。以其他方式承包取得的土地经营权再流转须“经依法登记取得权属证书”为管理性规定,同时暗含登记连续性的目的,采登记生效效力的形式正当性在于此类土地经营权再流转的物权变动在实证法上的相对独立性,进而适用不动产物权公示的原则性规定,实质正当性在于通过市场机制高效利用农村“四荒地”土地资源的价值取向。另外,可结合此类土地经营权再流转的特殊规制目的适用善意取得制度。

农地产权的结构变化·权能功效和规模经营

运用文献研究法、对比分析法和制度分析法等研究方法,从产权结构角度阐释其变化历程和权能功效,进而揭示农地产权结构与农地经营模式的互馈。研究发现:农地产权结构的变化经历了所有权与使用权一体,所有权与使用权初步分离,所有权、资格权及使用权再分离等发展阶段,权能划分越来越细、权能内涵界定更趋清晰。农地产权正持续进行合理性变革,农地权能的分解具有中国特色,更加注重农民权能利益保护,并与农地经营模式关联紧密。未来农地产权结构和农地经营模式的创新需要国家从政策措施、经济措施、法律措施等方面进一步完善和予以保障。

基于产权视角的政府投资农村水利设施可持续供给研究

随着乡村振兴的不断推进,农村水利设施的重要性愈发凸显。为探究如何提高设施的可持续供给水平、实现政府投资农村水利设施持续性高质量供给,基于案例分析,梳理总结出产权明晰度、运行秩序合理性和农民管护积极性是政府投资农村水利设施供给可持续性的主要影响因素,并结合产权理论、交易费用理论、集体行动理论、制度分析与发展框架等理论,构建了产权明晰度、运行秩序合理性、农民管护积极性对政府投资农村水利设施供给可持续性影响机理的理论模型。基于对华东地区多个省份农民的问卷调查,运用SPSS 26.0和Amos 24.0软件进行分析,结果表明:(1)产权明晰度、运行秩序合理性、农民管护积极性分别与政府投资农村水利设施供给可持续性正相关;(2)运行秩序合理性、农民管护积极性在产权明晰度与政府投资农村水利设施供给可持续性之间存在中介作用,农民管护积极性在运行秩序合理性与供给可持续性之间存在中介作用。

一校两制:产业学院建设的制度设计

作为产业学院建设的两种主要形式,独立法人产业学院目前尚缺乏与之契合的法律制度及实践运行条件;二级学院产业学院是当前的可行之选。为了在现有法律制度下实现办学自主权的最大化,特提出“一校两制”的建设构想,即在同一所高校内,产业学院与其他专业二级学院分别实行两种不同的体制机制,高校的法人性质不变,产业学院与所属高校间保持既属性认同又路径独立的张力关系。“一校两制”,意味着在高校开辟一个办学“特区”。产业学院将享有特殊的办学政策,更加宽松、灵活的管理体制和运行机制,具有更强的独立性。