全国司法厅（局）长会议在京召开吴爱英强调 坚持以科学发展观统领司法行政工作 努力为构建社会主义和谐社会作出新贡献

全国司法厅(局)长会议于2006年12月26日至27日在北京召开。司法部党组书记、部长吴爱英在讲话中指出,党的十六届六中全会对构建社会主义和谐社会作出了全面部署。构建社会主义和谐社会既为司法行政工作提供了广阔的舞台,又为司法行政工作提出了新的更高的要求。各级司法行政机关要认真学习贯彻党的十六大和十六届六中全会精神,充分认识司法行政工作在构建社会主义和谐社会中的地位和作用,进一步增强责任感和使命感,以科学发展观为统领,充分发挥司法行政工作职能作用,切实承担起服务构建社会主义和谐社会的重大职责和光荣使命。     

云南省司法厅学习贯彻六中全会精神

近日,云南省司法厅认真传达学习了十六届六中全会精神,要求全省司法行政系统各级各部门进一步增强“为构建社会主义和谐社会服务”的政治责任感和历史使命感,紧紧围绕“构建社会主义和谐社会”的总目标,立足司法行政工作职能,发挥优势,找准切入点,把握结合点,更好地为”构建社会主义和谐社会”服务。厅党委要求全省各级司法行政机关要把学习贯彻党的十六届六中全会精神作为一项重要的政治任务抓紧抓好,要紧密结合实际,以“如何围绕构建社会主义和谐社会发挥司法行政的职能作用”为内容深入开展     

司法行政工作良性循环发展的探索与思考

贯彻落实十七大精神,树立和践行科学发展观,在构建社会主义和谐社会的总体布局中发挥好司法行政工作的职能作用,为构建社会主义和谐社会提供保障和服务,是当前司法行政机关的重大历史使命。围绕这一使命,近年来,安徽省司法行政系统进行了一系列实践探索和理性思考。一、为什么要确立司法行政工作良性循环发展的理念提出安徽司法行政工作良性循环发展的课题,是基于我省司法行政工作实际,对于实现“十一五”期间安徽司法行政工作的跨越式发展,具有重要的现实意义。第一,实现良性循环发展是适应司法行政工作新形势的客观需要。构建社会主义和谐…     

为构建社会主义和谐社会提供强有力的法律保障

司法行政机关是依法维护公平正义、保障人民民主、塑造社会诚信、维护社会稳定的专门机关,在构建社会主义和谐社会中担负着重大责任。把握好工作方位,发挥好职能作用,为构建社会主义和谐社会提供强有力的法律保障和服务,是司法行政工作的一项光荣而艰巨的任务。一、司法行政工作的职能决定了它在构建社会主义和谐社会中的重要地位我们所要建设的社会主义和谐社会,是民主法治、公平正义、诚信友爱、充满活力、安定有序、人与自然和谐相处的社会。社会主义和谐社会的这些基本特征,既包括社会关系的和谐,也包括人与自然关系的和谐,体现了民主与…     

充分发挥基层司法行政职能作用 努力为构建社会主义和谐社会服务

按照党的十六届六中全会精神和全国政法工作会议、全国司法厅(局)长会议部署,司法部基层工作指导司已就2007年的司法行政基层工作作出安排。各级司法行政机关基层工作指导部门要以化解社会矛盾为主线,坚持建设、管理、工作并重,进一步加强基层司法行政业务、组织、队伍和基础设施建设,强化规范化管理,活跃各项工作,促进司法行政基层工作又快又好地发展,提高服务和谐社会建设的能力和水平,发挥司法行政基层各项职能作用,努力为构建社会主义和谐社会服务。     

2006年基层司法行政工作要点

2006年的司法行政基层工作要坚持以邓小平理论和“三个代表”重要思想为指导,认真贯彻党的十六大和十六届三中、四中、五中全会精神,紧紧围绕构建社会主义和谐社会的战略任务,按照全国政法工作会议、全国司法厅(局)长会议的部署和要求,以贯彻落实全国司法行政基层建设工作会议精神为龙头,立足抓好司法所建设和各项职能作用的发挥两项重点任务,进一步加强基层司法行政队伍、组织、业务和基础设施建设和规范化管理,以改革强化基层,以创新建设基层,以发展服务基层,促进司法行政基层工作又快又好地发展,充分发挥司法行政基层工作各项职能作用,更好地为构建社会主义和谐社会和全面建设小康社会服务。     

深入开展“法律服务和法律援助工作为构建社会主义和谐社会服务”主题实践活动

为深入贯彻落实党的十六届六中全会通过的《中共中央关于构建社会主义和谐社会若干重大问题的决定》,指导和推动律师、公证、基层法律服务、司法鉴定和法律援助工作进一步发挥职能作用,为全面建设小康社会和构建社会主义和谐社会做出新的贡献,全国司法行政系统将组织开展历时一     

充分发挥劳教机关职能作用 努力维护社会和谐稳定

构建社会主义和谐社会，是党的十六大和十六届四中全会提出的任务。维护社会的安全稳定，是构建和谐社会的一项重要工作，作为司法行政系统重要组成部分的劳教机关，只有加强劳教人民警察的思想政治建设，提高其执法行为，创新教育感化挽救手段，才能充分发挥劳教机关的职能作用，促进劳教人员教育质量的提高，在维护社会的和谐稳定做出应有的贡献。     

构建人民调解、司法调解、行政调解结合机制的实践与思考

当前．如何应对多发多样的社会矛盾纠纷，发挥人民调解、司法调解、行政调解职能作用，彰显群众自治、政府服务和调解为民的社会管理新理念．有效化解社会矛盾纠纷．为构建社会主义和谐社会服务．是一个重大课题．     

关于整合司法行政工作职能的几点思考

当前,司法行政工作以其所具有的法制宣传、法律服务和法律保障等重要职能,在构建社会主义和谐社会的进程中扮演着越来越重要的角色,协调社会关系、化解社会矛盾、维护社会稳定、实现社会和谐的工作任务也对司法行政工作提出了新的更高的要求,如何在新形势下充分发挥司法行政职能作用成为一项重要课题。     

PTSD,Endophenotypes, the RDoC,and the DSM-5

The search for endophenotypes that stand between genetics and disease has been applied to the diagnostic entity of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Advances are being made in understanding the pathway to disorder in PTSD in terms of brain regions, neuronal networks, stress-related systems (e.g., the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis), and their underlying genetic and neurogenetic bases. The latter are affected by gene–environmental interactions and epigenetic effects, and the environment and context reciprocally interrelate with them, as well. Therefore, a primary focus on (neuro)pathophysiological intermediates in the disease pathway, as appears emphasized in the research domain criteria (RDoC) approach to etiology of psychiatric disorder, and to which the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM-5) subscribes, might detract from a more inclusive biopsychosocial approach that would be more applicable in the case of PTSD. The paper undertakes a comprehensive review of the recent literature in the areas of endophenotypes, neurogenetics, epigenetics, neural networks, HPA axis, neuronal networks, pathways, the PTSD five-factor model, allostasis, and the RDoC criteria for psychiatric diagnosis, and then returns to the topic of endophenotypes. Neuronal networks constitute one integrating area that could help in arriving at an appropriate model of PTSD endophenotype. Pathway analysis provides a rich field for discerning individual differences in PTSD development, more so than the static approach of using DSM-5 symptom criteria. A model of endophenotypes is presented, which considers these factors in relation to PTSD. The paper concludes with implications for the DSM-5, for practice and for court, especially that it would be premature to seek individual biomarkers of PTSD given the current state of knowledge, even if it is burgeoning.     

The good, the bad, the ugly, and the Colombian peace plan

Among the many wars thatColombia is fighting, there are two that itis definitely losing – those forgovernment legitimacy and against poverty.Although the country has always shown anearly infinite capacity to turn itselfaround, its traditionally praised democracyshows fresh signs of erosion that lookalmost impossible to reverse. With solidinstitutions no longer standing, theguerrillas, the paramilitary, the corruptjustice system, and the drug producerscontinue to thrive like perennial weeds.Massacres, bombings, kidnappings and thedestruction of infrastructure continue toproduce a devastating effect on theColombian psyche. The good, the bad and theugly mix together in a pitiable realismbetween civil society and state. Theoutcome is poverty, dissatisfaction, andlack of legitimacy and hope.     

Gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: the what, the why, and the how

The focus of Geeta Rao Gupta's plenary presentation of 12 July 2000 at the XIII International AIDS Conference is on the what, why, and how of gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS. Dr Rao Gupta discusses the factors associated with women's vulnerability to HIV; and the ways in which unequal power balance in gender relations increases not only women's, but also men's, vulnerability to HIV-despite, or rather because of, their greater power. She then addresses the question of how one is to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers of gender and sexual inequality. How can we change the cultural norms that create damaging, even fatal, gender disparities and roles? According to Dr Rao Gupta, an important first step is to recognize, understand, and publicly discuss the ways in which the power imbalance in gender and sexuality fuels the epidemic. She provides examples of sensitive, transformative, and empowering approaches to gender and sexuality and concludes that, in the final analysis, reducing the imbalance in power between women and men requires policies that are designed to empower women--policies that aim to decrease the gender gap in education, improve women's access to economic resources, increase women's political participation, and protect women from violence.     

Punishing the Awkward, the Stupid, the Weak, and the Selfish: The Culpability of Negligence

Negligence is a problematic basis for being morally blamed and punished for having caused some harm, because in such cases there is no choice to cause or allow—or risk causing or allowing—such harm to occur. The standard theories as to why inadvertent risk creation can be blameworthy despite the lack of culpable choice are that in such cases there is blame for: (1) an unexercised capacity to have adverted to the risk; (2) a defect in character explaining why one did not advert to the risk; (3) culpably acquiring or failing to rid oneself of these defects of character at some earlier time; (4) flawed use of those practical reasoning capacities that make one the person one is; or (5) chosen violation of per se rules about known precautions. Although each of these five theories can justify blame in some cases of negligence, none can justify blame in all cases intuitively thought to be cases of negligence, nor can any of these five theories show why inadvertent creation of an unreasonable risk, pure and simple, can be blameworthy.     

The Teamsters, the White House, the Labor Department

This paper examines the instrumental networks established between organized criminals and national politicians. Its major focus centers on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Department of Labor, and the Reagan Administration. We explore the organized crime influence that affected President Reagan's selection of Raymond Donovan as Secretary of Labor. The choice of Donovan resulted in several related investigations into Donovan's association with organized criminals primarily in the construction industry in New Jersey and New York. We explain and critique the investigations thereby establishing the instrumental quality of the networks and the politics of law enforcement. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.