The correlates of spouses' incongruent reports of marital aggression

Husbands' and wives' reports (n=97 couples) of engaging in or experiencing marital aggression were compared to determine congruence. Congruence was defined as spousal agreement on whether either spouse had been nonviolent, mildly violent, or severely maritally violent within the past year. Whereas approximately equal numbers of clinic couples were incongruent for husband and for wife violence (32% vs. 31%), only incongruence for husband violence (H W) was found to correlate with reports of affective and relationship functioning. Incongruent H W wives were more likely to be depressed and angry. H W incongruent wives were also more negative about the inter-spousal communication and rated the relationship as more unsatisfactory for them than did congruent wives. Incongruent H W husbands also perceived the relationship more negatively, but their levels of depression and anger did not differ from congruent H W husbands. These findings were not replicated for spouses who were incongruent for wife violence. Our results support the conclusion that spousal disagreement about H W violence has a more negative impact than does disagreement about wives' level of aggression.     

专利侵权不停止的司法可能及其实现

按照传统民法程式化处置模式,停止侵害是侵权案件必然的司法后果.但如果将这一模式直接引至专利侵权纠纷的司法过程,则可能发现其中的非必然性.基于科学技术的公共性特质,法院更有可能倾向于在司法过程中促成专利交易,即专利侵权不停止.传统模式的突破,无论从理论解释还是专利实践上均能获致支持.以优化技术资源的市场配置为立场,可以获得“容忍限度论”及“责任规则说”的诠释；无论在国外还是国内,专利侵权不停止业已成为一种现实的司法裁断,而这一过程的实现则仰赖于专利权自身的横向权利结构和对技术目标的诠释.     

专利权瑕疵的类型及其法律责任——基于合同法的视角

专利权瑕疵是一类重要的权利瑕疵。在专利法学中引入专利权瑕疵担保责任的概念,沟通了合同法与专利法,是民法与知识产权法之间深层互动的重要体现。实务中专利权瑕疵主要发生在以买卖合同为代表的有体物交易合同和以专利转让合同及专利实施许可合同为代表的权利交易合同中。在合同法的视角下,专利权瑕疵的救济方式主要包括中止支付价金、继续履行减价、解除合同以及请求损害赔偿等。     

滥用劳务派遣之反思与规制

《劳动合同法》实施以来，劳务派遣用工量呈井喷之势。劳务派遣迅猛发展的主要表现为劳务派遣的滥用，劳动立法的缺漏、利益的驱动、企业的经济人本性、政府职能的缺位是滥用劳务派遣现象发生的主要原因。滥用劳务派遣极大损害了劳务派遣劳动者利益，破坏了劳务派遣市场秩序，是本次《劳动合同法修正案》处理的主要问题。通过劳务派遣行业准入制度的完善、劳务派遣适用范围的限制、同工同酬权的保障、劳动监察力量加强等多个层面的治理，将劳务派遣控制在合理的适用范围，引导劳务派遣规范化发展，落实劳动关系的和谐稳定。     

自由裁量权论纲

学界对自由裁量权的合理性和必要性一直存有争论。鉴于法律本身的先天性缺陷,自由裁量权所具有的协调、弥补理想与现实之间差距的功能便必不可少,但由此而带来的滥用情形也对民众的权利构成了严重的威胁。我们应当从立法、司法、行政和社会外部四个方面来加强对自由裁量权的规制,这种努力在现代法治社会中已经呈现出新的趋势。     

论世界专利

世界专利是专利制度发展的趋势.建立世界专利的客观条件已经基本具备:程序一体化对世界专利产生起着巨大的推动作用;地区性专利条约为世界专利提供了直接的样板;美国专利法改革为专利制度的统一消除了重要障碍;专利审查高速公路合作为单一审查打下了良好的实践基础;实体专利法条约取得进展.世界专利可能采取的模式包括PCT改进版模式、欧洲专利模式、统一生效加申请进入模式、单一世界专利模式等,它们各有特点.这四种模式也可以看作是世界专利的四个发展阶段.     

技术标准化下专利许可制度私法基础的困境及其超越

技术标准化下，专利权极有可能借助标准的力量得以扩张，专利许可的交易样态和力量对比发生了重大变化，传统专利许可制度的私法基础由于回应上的迟滞，出现了适应性困境，并使得建构其上的专利许可制度在技术标准化环境下平衡专利许可交易各方利益方面的制度功能绩效受到极大的抑制甚至是丧失。为回应技术标准化环境的新要求，重塑和升级现有专利许可制度，首当其冲的任务就是在检视传统专利许可私法基础的前提下，从具体人格、利益平衡以及契约自由限制等方面对其作出新的适应性阐释，以为技术标准化下专利许可制度的完善肃清理论的障碍。     

Children’s attitudes towards animal cruelty: Exploration of predictors and socio-demographic variations

ABSTRACT

Assessing the risk for animal cruelty is imperative, yet understudied and problematic due to the sensitivity of the topic. Early prevention is critical, yet very little research examines cruelty when it first appears in childhood. The aim of this study was to explore children’s attitudes towards types of animal cruelty, to investigate potential demographic differences, and to examine potential associations between acceptance of cruelty and cognitive and affective factors that place children ‘at-risk’ for cruelty perpetration. Questionnaire data was collected from 1127 children in schools. The results indicate that cruelty attitudes are predicted by some demographic variables such as urban living, being male, younger age and not having pets, but depend on the type of animal cruelty. Acceptance of cruelty predicted low compassion and low reported humane behaviour towards animals. Acceptance of cruelty was predicted by negative attitudes towards animals, lower beliefs in animal minds and low attachment to pets, signifying the importance of targeting such variables in future prevention programmes. This study is an original contribution to research into childhood animal cruelty in the general population, with implications for designing and implementing early prevention programmes that tackle problematic attitudes to cruelty.     

The association between childhood sexual abuse and sexual coercion in men: a test of possible mediators

ABSTRACT

We examined the associations between childhood sexual abuse (CSA), childhood physical abuse (CPA), sexual domain variables, antisocial tendencies, and sexually coercive behaviour in a non-forensic sample of 173 heterosexual men. CSA was associated with paraphilic interests and experiences, a more extensive sexual life history, and early antisocial tendencies. CPA was associated with paraphilic interests and experiences, more self-reported delinquency, higher sensation seeking, and early antisocial tendencies. Sexual domain variables (e.g. number of sexual partners, sexual interest in sadomasochism) mediated the link between CSA and sexually coercive behaviour, but antisocial domain variables (e.g. delinquency, sensation seeking) did not. Of the two sexual domains examined, extensive sexual life history rather than paraphilias mediated the association between CSA and sexually coercive behaviour. These results suggest CSA and CPA are associated with both sexual and antisocial outcomes, and that, for some victims of CSA, having an extensive sexual life history may account for the association between CSA and sexually coercive behaviour later in life.