Recidivist criminal behaviour and executive functions: a comparative study

This study sought to analyse the relation between executive functions and criminal recidivism. We assessed a set of cognitive abilities associated with executive functioning in a group of recidivist offenders (n = 19), primary offenders (n = 25) and non-offenders (n = 30). Our results, tested with nonparametric statistics and Monte Carlo method, revealed that there were no executive differences between both groups of offenders but, when compared with non-offenders, the recidivists showed a worse performance in Trail Making Test part B, and the primary offenders presented a significant lower score on Porteus Maze Test Age score. This study suggests that there can be a different pattern of executive functioning deficits associated with the offenders’ criminal record: recidivism may be more related to mental flexibility impairments and primary offenders’ antisocial behaviour may be aggravated by planning deficits.     

浅议民事执行中的协助执行主体

民事诉讼中的执行难越来越受到国家重视,为进一步完善此制度,实践中应特别注意对协助执行主体的认识和掌握,科学地分析和认识现阶段执行过程中的协助主体范围,对解决执行难的问题会有重要帮助和指导。     

事后受贿行为的种类与认定

事后受贿是受贿罪的非典型形态,我国司法实践中有多种事后受贿行为:事前约定的狭义事后受贿、事前约定的职后受贿、事前无约定的事后受贿和事前无约定的职后受贿。以受贿罪的实行行为为标准,事前无约定的职后受贿不构成受贿罪,其他类型的事后受贿均构成受贿罪。     

公共管理视阈下政府执行力的提升

政府执行力是政府组织不可忽视的核心要素,决定着政府执行有关政策决策时能力的高低。本文拟从公共管理的视角透视政府执行力不佳这一政府公共管理中的突出问题,并提出构建和提升政府执行力的价值取向。     

谈行政首长如何发挥警务督察职能作用

建立督察制度是实现依法治国的需要。作为一名行政首长,一定要从坚持依法治警的高度,从新形势下加强公安法制建设的大局出发,高度重视警务督察工作,依法授权,强化现场督察,进一步采取强有力措施,切实把警务督察工作抓紧抓好,抓出成效。     

刍议问责制中行政首长连带责任之有限性

近几年国内出现的“问责风暴”,以及如何保护“好官”的议论均与连带责任的有限性高度关联。而对行政首长连带责任有限性的探讨,有助于确定连带责任的范围,促进连带责任在现实政治生活中的实现。     

论我国破产法中管理人的法律地位

2007年企业破产法典的颁布确立了我国破产程序中管理人中心主义的结构模式,但法律对于管理人制度的规定较为原则。正确认识管理人的法律地位,并通过配套立法进一步明确管理人的选任机制、报酬、责任承担、监督机制等相关问题,对于破产实务工作具有重大意义。     

中国公司法之构造缺陷及克服

作者认为 ,中国公司法在实践中存在以下缺陷 :有限公司与股份公司的组织机构之间区别模糊、国有独资公司定位不当、股份公司之董事会缺少有效约束、监事会的监督职能虚拟化以及对关联公司以及公司集团的约束不力。为更好地发挥公司在市场经济中的作用 ,实有改革有限公司制度以及重新塑造股份公司之董事会与监事会关系的必要。此外 ,还应当增加对关联公司与公司集团的法律规定。     

执政党执政合法性的内涵与资源探析

在政党政治时代,执政合法性是任何执政党必然面对和必须重视的首要问题,也是执政党有效运作的首要条件,缺乏合法性即面临合法性危机,就会导致执政党执政权力的削弱甚至执政地位的丧失。     

Oversight Effectiveness and Political Will: Some Lessons from West Africa

The purpose of the present note is to advance two theoretical claims. The first claim proposed is that the impact of the availability of oversight tools and of the most broadly understood legislative capacity (availability of material, technical, financial resources; availability of well-trained staff) on the effectiveness with which legislative oversight is performed is conditional. The second claim put forward, after reviewing a rich body of work on executive–legislative relations and legislative oversight in West Africa, is that, of the various conditions that promote or prevent the effective use of oversight tools and capacity, political will is the single most important. These claims have both theoretical and practical relevance, for if political will is as important as is claimed for the effective performance of the oversight function, then international organisations may have to reconsider their approach to legislative strengthening.