Young children's responses to cross-examination style questioning: the effects of delay and subsequent questioning

In a single experiment with 5- and 6-year-old children, we examined whether the changes that children make in response to cross-examination style questioning vary as a function of delay and/or persist in subsequent interviews. Children visited the local police station; 1–3 days later they were interviewed in a direct examination format. Either 1–3 days or 8 months later, children were interviewed in a cross-examination format designed to persuade them to change their original responses. One week following the cross-examination interview, the direct examination questions were repeated. Relative to direct examination scores, the accuracy of children's reports decreased significantly during cross-examination, irrespective of delay. When children were interviewed again 1 week after cross-examination, however, their responses (and their accuracy levels) were very similar to those observed during the direct examination interview. That is, during cross-examination, children made changes to their earlier testimony even when their memory for the event remained intact.     

我国《海商法》承运人迟延交付确定标准之不足

分析国际公约、国外立法例和中国法律关于迟延交付的规定,指出中国《海商法》关于承运人迟延交付仅规定"约定时间"标准之不足,提出在《海商法》迟延交付中引入"合理时间"标准的修改建议。     

试析航班延误的法学概念

航班延误是我国当今社会的热点问题。世界范围内的航空运输,航班延误不可避免。在法学层面,我国立法未明确界定航班延误的概念。当航班延误时,航空消费者与航空承运人之间的诉讼时有发生,司法机关也难以做出公正的裁判。近两年来,法学理论界和司法界对于航班延误给予了相当的关注和研究,并认为解决航班延误的法律问题,其概念的界定是关键。航班延误的法学概念是深入研究航班延误法律责任制度的理论基础和技术支撑。     

Dynamic risk and violence in individuals with an intellectual disability: tool development and initial validation

Without a violence risk assessment designed for people with an intellectual disability (ID), assessors are reliant upon tools developed for mainstream offenders or develop their own tools. This study describes the early stages of development of the Current Risk of Violence (CuRV), an informant-reported measure of dynamic risk for aggression in adults with an ID. The pool of items was generated from a multitude of sources. Predictive accuracy for aggression was tested prospectively among 64 adults with an ID and history of aggression. The 34-item CuRV was found to be a brief, uncomplicated risk assessment. Initial findings revealed good predictive validity over a five-month period: area under the curve (AUC) range from .72, 95% CI [.59, .85] to .77, 95% CI [.66, .89]. These preliminary findings suggest that the CuRV may assist staff to perform assessments of risk in busy clinical settings. Future research effort is needed to fully explore the psychometric properties of the CuRV.     

An Economic Theory of Court Delay

Delay undermines the performance of courts around the world. Its implications and possible solutions, however, are not so widely understood. The assessment of the efficiency of delay as a rationing mechanism requires a general theory, which looks at the effect on the number of conflicts, suits, settlements and trials. The outcome is somewhat disturbing: delay may be socially beneficial, but the assumptions seem prohibitively strict. The policy implications are that court delay is best reduced via increases in court fees and improvements in legislative and judicial quality.     

违法解雇期间工资支付法律问题探讨——基于我国台湾地区劳动立法与学说的考察

摘基于劳动关系的特殊性，我国台湾地区“民法”规定雇主违法解雇劳工受领迟延期间应当继续支付工资。雇主支付工资时有权扣除劳工因不服劳务所直接减省的费用，但不得扣除劳工转向他处服劳务所取得的工资或故意怠于取得的利益。劳工要求雇主支付被违法解雇期间的工资应当具备法定条件，并应当就雇主受领劳务迟延及工资报酬之计算等权利发生要件负举证责任。     

The U. S. Policy toward DPRK: Opportunities and Constraints

布什政府上台以来,始终未能阻止朝鲜拥核步伐.朝核试后,美对朝政策有了新的调整,六方会谈得以复会.但美朝双方受各自国家利益和政策目标的限制,在朝鲜半岛无核化问题上的尖锐分歧难以解决,朝核危机仍存在再度升级的可能.     

美韩FTA的起步、拖延及影响——以东亚区域合作为视角的分析

美韩签署FTA是两国对现实背景和贸易环境所做出的适应性反应,尽管美国的遏制意图和韩国的抢占制高点的意图有所不同,但其共同点都是试图使自身在未来的东亚区域合作中占据主动位置,但美韩FTA的久拖不决也使其潜在的影响产生了变数。韩国的这一举动显然是在走一条有别于东亚区域合作既有模式的道路,必然会对原有进程产生影响。它还使中国目前在东亚区域合作中所取得的成果缩水,因而有必要重新评估我国自身的FTA战略,以寻找根本性的解决方案。     

对丢失枪支不报罪的思考

从犯罪构成的客观方面和主观方面以及解释论的角度对丢失枪支不报罪进行剖析 ,着重阐述了丢失枪支的性质认定、严重后果的含义和主观罪过的形式。最后 ,就本罪的立法模式给予肯定的评价