The acceptance,relevance and dominance of lobbying the EU Commission — a first‐time survey of the EU Commission's civil servants

Among public affairs techniques lobbying is by far the most mystifying one — at least in Europe. Lobbying comes from the Latin word ‘labium’ and means ‘entrance hall’ or ‘lounge’. Therein the essential meaning can be seen: today political decisions are not made in plenary assemblies but primarily in the pre‐political phase of balancing the various interests. Lobbying is to be understood as the ‘diverse intensive activities of social groups, chambers and companies in the political and bureaucratic vestibule’ (Beyme 1980). Modern lobbying on the EU level is an intermediary policy for the support of political decision making — even if some critics refuse to believe it. Lobbying at EU level has become a politically realistic dimension. Even if the mass media still take a very sceptical and negative view of lobbying in Brussels, based on the existing European taboo on influencing politics, an in‐depth analysis reveals various lobbies at work in EU institutions. Lobbying today is an essential part of all EU decision areas. This paper describes the functional theory approach of lobbying known as ‘cooperation as confrontation through communication’. For the first time, recipients of lobbying in the EU Commission are demonstrating their acceptance of lobbying efforts. The paper is based on the doctoral thesis ‘The acceptance, relevance and dominance of lobbying the EU Commission’ by Peter Koeppl, University of Vienna (unpublished). Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications     

谈警务技战术教师的“务”与“技”

警务技战术,是建立在良好身体素质基础上的通过训练形成的合理的克敌制胜的方法。警务技战术训练既是能力、技巧和策略的训练,也是执法水平的训练和塑造人民警察形象的训练。公安院校是培养公安后备人才、提高人民警察自身素质、加强公务队伍建设、进行警讯国际交流的重要阵地。警务技战术教学在公安院校教学中占据相当重要的地位,公安院校学员对警务技战术的学习也非常重视,同时警务技战术教师既是人民教师又是人民警察,这就要求警务技战术教师要具有较好的技战术素质,正确处理好＂务＂与＂技＂的关系。     

The relation between interviewers’ personal characteristics and investigative interview performance in a child sexual abuse context

Despite important progress in knowledge about interview ‘best practice’ with child victims, few studies had yet evaluated the impact of interviewers’ personal characteristics on adherence to these ‘best practice’. This study was designed to determine whether interviewers’ personal characteristics are associated with adherence to a structured interview protocol (National Institute of Child and Human Development), the use of open-ended questions and the amount of details provided in children’s responses during investigative interviews with alleged victims of child sexual abuse. 114 interviews were scored from 13 police investigators after they followed a one-week training program. Results showed that experience, emotional intelligence, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Neuroticism were related with adherence to the protocol and ratio of open-ended questions. Cognitive abilities were related to the amount of details obtained from the child. Generalized estimating equations were used to compare relative contribution of each variable. These findings raise questions about how investigative interviewers are selected and trained.     

论刑法中的无形伪造--以文书为视角

各国立法中的伪造包括有形伪造和无形伪造两种情况.有形伪造是指无制作权限人非法制作文书的行为;无形伪造是指有制作权限者制作内容虚伪文书的行为.有形伪造与无形伪造的区别在于"名义人与制作人之间的人格是否具有一致性".处罚无形伪造的宗旨在于其侵犯文书的证据力.我国刑法中的伪造包含有形伪造和无形伪造两种含义,司法实践存在处罚无形伪造行为的案件.     

论技术规则对行政法规范的渗入

技术规则在行政法规范中占有的比重越来越大,如何处理行政法规范与现代技术规范的关系成为行政立法中必须高度关注的问题。基于此考虑,从技术规则的概念界定、技术规则渗入到行政法规范的必要性、技术规则与行政法规范的立法技术等方面作了探讨。认为技术规则的统计、技术规则的渗入方式、技术规则渗入后行政法关系的性状、技术规则渗入后的法律效力问题是立法时必须把握的。     

练习摹仿笔迹的检验

在笔迹检验所受理的案件中,采取练习摹仿手法进行作案的呈上升趋势。练习摹仿笔迹酷似被摹仿人笔迹,仿真度高。如何准确识别摹仿,认定摹仿人,已成为当前文检工作者研究的重点课题之一。本文作者总结实践经验,参考有关文献,探讨了练习摹仿笔迹的形成机理、特点、变化规律、相关因素及检验对策。     

浅谈数字图像真实性的检验鉴定

随着IT技术的迅速发展,数字图像的采集越来越方便,但通过数码设备形成的数字周像非常容易被篡改。当前国内外均存在照片伪造现象,因案件性质不同,影响的范围也有所差异,但共同的目的都是为了私欲而混淆是非。这就要求我们必须不断提高检验鉴定的水平,还原事实真相。     

论票据背书伪造的风险负担

票据是流通证券,票据众多经济职能的实现都依赖于票据的流通。票据背书是实现其流通的基本方式。票据流通中背书的伪造,在损害各票据当事人的利益的同时,也成为实践中引发票据纠纷的重要原因。尤其是在背书伪造人逃匿或无力清偿相关当事人的财产损失时,由此引起的风险负担问题就变得较为复杂。对此,国际上现有的两大票据法系规定不一。本文在对二者的相关规则进行比较的基础上,分析我国票据立法中现有制度的不足,并提出自己的建议。     

“假冒他人署名”的性质认定

对假冒他人署名的定性问题有＂署名权说＂,但该说忽视了著作权依作品的创作而产生的原理。基于被冒名者的姓名被他人擅自利用的事实,应认定冒名行为侵害了被冒名者的姓名权。假冒他人署名往往还会侵害权利人的名誉权,也可能构成不正当竞争行为。     

A Novel Forged Image Detection Method Using the Characteristics of Interpolation

Development of digital image‐editing programs has enabled us to be widely exposed to forged digital images surrounding us. Such forged images have been dispersed through the Internet, newspaper articles, and magazines, and in particular, the information contained in these unverified images happened to be regarded as true. As a result, the forged images provided wrong information for individuals and society, thus sometimes creating social issues. In order to solve such problems, this study was aimed to suggest the methods of identifying the veracity of forged images. In this way, it suggested re‐interpolation algorithm. Namely, the study re‐interpolated in identical arbitrary values both the interpolated and un‐interpolated regions based on the interpolation used a lot in forged, confirmed discrete fourier transform (DFT) characteristics of these two regions, and embodied a detection map for the final forged images, using the subtraction value between two regions in DFT characteristics.