Deconstructing competing courtroom narratives: representation of social actors

Underpinned by the assumption that the import of the facts and the law in the courtroom depends on how they are invoked and (re)presented mainly through language use by courtroom interactants, this functional linguistic study critically scrutinizes representation strategies that opposing lawyers use to position social actors in their narratives, integrating Halliday’s concept of transitivity and van Leeuwen’s inventory of social actor representation. The findings reveal that the two sides consistently exhibit contrasting discursive practices, and that referential choices and grammatical positioning constitute major semiotic resources that work in concert to construct different identities and alternate realities, and negotiate interpretations of the guilt and innocence of the defendant and the victims. Social actor representation, it is argued, constitutes an important contingency bearing on the outcome of this institutional discourse. Such resources are deeply intertwined with each presenter’s underlying ideologies in this institutional discourse.     

论ICSID仲裁庭对公平公正待遇标准的发展——兼评AES Summit、AES-Tisza诉Hungary案

近年来,国际投资争端中的公平公正待遇标准在ICSID仲裁庭的实践中有了一定的发展。文章首先按时间顺序分阶段梳理该仲裁庭对公平公正待遇标准的界定,随后结合最新的裁决实践,评价公平公正待遇标准要素的发展现状。在此基础上,试图寻找仲裁庭对公平公正待遇标准要素的发展特征。在把握公平公正待遇标准内涵发展趋势的前提下,我们应积极思考并研究我国及投资者的相应对策。     

论反腐体系科学化视野下的民营企业家腐败犯罪刑事治理对策

日益成熟的中国市场经济孕育出了举足轻重的中国民营经济体,然而在这一欣欣向荣的表象背后却隐藏着中国民营企业家腐败犯罪的高发风险。在反腐体系科学化大背景下,通过调查分析,发现当前中国民营企业家腐败犯罪呈现规模"稳定增长"、腐败犯罪形态多元等特点,这种独特现象不仅与民众仅仅重视反公职人员腐败的褊狭观念相关,也与"重公轻私"的刑事制度设计相关。因此,进行民营企业家腐败犯罪防治,必须矫正民众的认识误区,基于制度诱因,用好刑事法治抓手,从观念、立法、司法等方面多管齐下,最终促进我国反腐败实践的协调推进。     

Visions of (In)Security and American Strategic Style

This essay was stimulated (provoked) by discussions in three separate venues: (1) a U.S. Naval War College conference on "Alternative Futures in War and Conflict: Implications for U.S. National Security," held in late 1999; (2) several recent widely circulated "blue-ribbon" reports on the subject; and (3) recent papers emerging from the U.S. defense bureaucracy speculating on strategic visions of the next ten to twenty years. My contention is that the prevailing official and quasi-official debate exhibits excessive and overly definitive emphases on: (1) particular facets of insecurity; (2) attributions to the U.S. of benign intent and capacity; and (3) assumptions that most others share that interpretation of our words and deeds. There also tends to be unwarranted neglect of representation and standing issues which discriminate for and against different policy perspectives and forms of program expertise. A plea is offered for an alternative approach based on what we know about how persons, organizations, and communities can best position themselves for (in)security futures.     

企业知识型员工离职与管理初探

知识型员工离职既有个人的因素，如较为自我的个性特征、强烈的成就动机、较少的社会阅历等，又有企业的因素，如企业性质与规模、工作压力与内容、员：亡培训与工作氛围等。通过关心和授权知识型员工并培养知识型员工的责任意识等措施，加强对知识型员工的人文管理，减少知识型员工的离职率。另一方面，通过建立人才信息库、人才梯队建设、离职面谈、合同约束等措施，减少知识型员工离职给企业带来的消极影响。     

中国古代将帅思想发展史概述

将帅理论即关于将帅问题的理性认识.中国古代将帅思想经历了萌生、飞速发展、渐趋成熟、系统完善四个历史阶段.夏、商、周是萌芽时期,《六韬》所记姜尚的韬略理论,开启中国将帅思想史之端;春秋战国时期为迅速发展时期,以《孙子》为代表的兵学经典中的将帅观奠定了中国古代将帅思想和理论的基础;从秦统一中国到隋唐五代,“将将”思想的提出及论将专著的问世,标志着中国古代将帅思想渐趋成熟;宋元明至前清,中国古代将帅思想走向系统完善,宋代武学的兴起及明戚继光提出的“练将”思想,是其杰出成果.     

论党的第三代领导集体的治国方略

依法治国和以德治国是一个紧密结合的整体,是社会主义国家治国方略相辅相成的两个方面.在发展有中国特色社会主义市场经济的过程中,一方面,要坚持不懈地加强社会主义法制建设,依法治国;另一方面,也要大力加强社会主义道德建设,以德治国.     

中国特色社会主义的经济全球化战略

文章分析了经济全球化对建设中国特色社会主义的影响 ,认为经济全球化是一把双刃剑。在对经济全球化背景下资本主义与社会主义的发展变化及其相互关系的认识基础上 ,提出了社会主义中国应对经济全球化的发展战略     

Political strategies of large companies and their significance for the implementation of the European single electricity market: the examples of France and Germany

Electricity supply in the European member states has been a closed national public sector service without competition for a long time. Currently, the European electricity industry is subject to radical change resulting from the European directive establishing common rules for the internal market in electricity, which came into force in 1997. This paper attempts to explain the varying forms of implementation of the internal electricity market in France and Germany. First, it clarifies the special characteristics of electricity supply and European electricity policy. Secondly, the paper shows the divergent sectoral arrangements of the French and German electricity industries. Thirdly, it points out that the different degrees of linkage between the public players and the electricity companies in France and Germany produce different political strategies which are followed by the companies at the European level, especially those strategies which seek direct influence on the European Commission. Finally, the paper reveals the significance of these strategies in Brussels in terms of the implementation of the single electricity market in both member states. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications