Observations of high velocity bloodspatter on adjacent objects

In a recent homicide investigation, high velocity backspatter was observed on the sleeve cuff of the accused. These minute droplets were discovered only after microscopic examination and were limited in number. A study was initiated to determine if these were truly backspatter droplets or transferred blood produced from light contact with a bloody item. It was observed that the backspattered blood was primarily limited to contact or near contact shots. An exception was a shot into an already bloody surface. It was found that backspattered blood would deposit on the shooter's shirt sleeve irrespective of the weave pattern. Transferred blood was observed only on the fiber tops. This information was found to be useful in reconstruction of events in suicides as well as possible homicides.     

Corporate Governance in Spain (with an Application of the Power Indices Approach)

This paper describes the governance system of Spanish listed firms in the early 1990's. Although the institutional setting of the Spanish Stock Exchanges differs little from other European national markets, we found important differences in several aspects of corporate governance. In particular, some of the standard mechanisms of control (e.g. boards and institutional shareholders) do not play an active role, whereas ownership is relatively concentrated. Moreover, power indices suggest that controlling blocs of large shareholders are very likely to form. We thus conclude that the ownership of shares is a pivotal mechanism in the governance of Spanish corporations.     

Democratization and Environmental Policy–Making in Korea

Democratization in Korea since 1987 has led to the gradual establishment of a diverse set of institutional arrangements—competitive electoral systems, local autonomy, freedom of the press, and freedom of association—that facilitate the articulation of diffuse environmental interests in policy–making processes. Yet, as illustrated by the cases of the Youngwol Dam project and the Wichon Industrial Complex, the policy–making system is still unsettled by numerous environmental protests and by difficulties in resolving distributional conflicts among different groups and communities. To resolve these difficulties, Korea needs to overcome some adverse legacies from its authoritarian era and to develop multiple channels and mechanisms for citizen participation in policy–making and for conflict resolution among different groups and communities. The experience of Korea illustrates the complex dynamics between democratization and environmental policy–making.     

非传统安全对执政党的考验

非传统安全是相对于传统安全的概念。实现以人为中心的安全才能从根本上维护国家安全,非传统安全理论主张以实现“人的安全”达到“人类安全”。和平条件下非军事威胁已经成为国家安全的主要威胁。对社会突发事件要立足于从源头上防范。执政党只有树立以人的全面发展为中心的国家安全观,才能从根本上保障国家安全。     

论毛泽东、邓小平反腐败思想的特色

本文论述了毛泽东、邓小平反腐败思想的特色:毛泽东把思想教育放在反腐败斗争的首位,把民主监督作为反腐败的基础,把群众运动作为反腐败的主要手段;邓小平把制度建设作为反腐败的根本,把“两手抓,两手都要硬”作为反腐败的原则,把思想教育和法制建设相结合作为反腐败的途径。文章还从时代背景、实践基础、思维方式三方面分析了产生特色的原因。     

论和谐社会如何构建党的思想建设

党的执政能力建设是一个广泛涉及党在思想建设、组织建设、制度建设、政权建设乃至领导水平、管理方法等各方面的复杂的系统,其中党的思想建设状况占有首要地位,它对党的路线纲领方针政策的制定和实行,对和谐社会的构建起着重要的思想保证作用。     

房屋双重买卖的法律思考

房屋双重买卖中,房屋所有权的取得独立于双方签订的债权合同,其发生以物权的公示为要件,办理产权登记的买受人才取得房屋所有权。但两个订立买卖合同的债权行为的效力并不受成立先后的影响,买受人都享有对出卖人的请求权。所有权未实现的买受人均可主张违约损害赔偿请求权,特定情形下的买受人可主张侵害债权的损害赔偿请求权和债权人撤销权。我国应当借鉴大陆法国家的经验,建立不动产预告登记制度,以从根本上控制房屋双重买卖的发生。     

The ADA on the Road: Disability Rights in Germany

This paper examines the impact of a "disability rights model" on the emerging disability rights movement in Germany. Traditional German disability politics and activism are based on the expansion of welfare and special needs provisions rather than on equal rights and integration. Inspired by the 1990 Americans with Disability Act, German activists adopted a disability rights model and successfully worked toward the passage of a constitutional equality amendment in 1994 and ant-discrimination legislation in 2002. Using the literature on rights mobilization, this paper argues that German disability activists use rights talk to both support and contest culturally specific approaches to disability rights, equal treatment, and the role of the state in guaranteeing welfare rights. The globalization of disability rights should not be viewed as an imposition of American norms but as a more complex process of adaptation and cultural transformation that involves constructing locally legitimate approaches to disability rights with an American import.