You Got What You Deserved

The Philosophy of Criminal Law collects 17 of Doug Husak’s articles on legal theory, 16 of which have been previously published, spanning a period of over two decades. In sum, these 17 articles make a huge and lasting contribution to criminal law theory. There is much wisdom contained in them; and I find surprisingly little to disagree with, making my job as a critical reviewer quite challenging. Most of the points on which Doug and I disagree can be found in my other published work in this field, so I will have little to say about them, except where they illuminate those few points of disagreement that arise in the particular essays I discuss. Most of what I will say will be in accord with Doug’s views and will principally explore their wider implications. The 17 essays in the book cover too many and too varied topics for one review essay. Therefore, I will focus on just three of them: “Rapes Without Rapists: Consent and Reasonable Mistake” (co-authored by George C. Thomas); “Mistakes of Law and Culpability”; and “Already Punished Enough.” Although I generally agree with the upshots of Doug’s arguments in these chapters, I think the issues they raise are worth further exploration.     

中国企业准备好贸易战了吗

从长期来看，中美之间在政策博弈中不大可能出现最优均衡，贸易摩擦在所难免，而且只会有增无减，但中国企业对此并非束手无策     

结构神经症与自身分裂：广义自身心理学的阐释

广义自身心理学认为,自身是人格的核心,驱力从属于自身,孤立的驱力是自身分裂的产物,焦虑是对自身分裂的恐惧,俄狄浦斯情结、阉割焦虑、阳具妒是由俄狄浦斯期自身对象因本身具有人格障碍而不能运用神入满足个体的俄狄浦斯期自身对象需要,从而导致俄狄浦斯期自身分裂引起的,结构神经症本质上也是一种自身障碍.重新阐释结构神经症及其相关概念,把古典精神分析理论纳入自己的理论架构,是广义自身心理学普遍化和范式化的重要步骤.     

What's Gender Got to Do with It? Incivility in the Federal Courts

The current study examines experiences of interpersonal mistreatment in federal litigation among a random sample of 4,608 practicing attorneys. Using both quantitative and qualitative survey data, we documented the nature and interplay of general incivility, gender-related incivility, and unwanted sexual attention. Nearly 75% of female attorneys had experienced some form of this misconduct in the previous five years, compared to half of male attorneys. An in-depth examination of instigators revealed that not only fellow attorneys but also federal judges, court personnel, marshals, and court security officers instigated the inappropriate behavior. We further found that most attorneys responded to this mistreatment with avoidance and denial; few used or trusted existing reporting mechanisms. The current study surpassed simple prevalence estimates to document effects of interpersonal mistreatment on the professional well-being of targeted attorneys. We discuss implications of these results, drawing on theories of social dominance, sex-role spillover, cognitive stress, organizations, and intervention.     

I. Community Responsibility and Action

Community is the key to successful reduction of alcohol and other drug abuse. Only at the community level can effective comprehensive response be developed that will reduce both supply of and demand for destructive psychoactive drugs. Only the community can bring about the fundamental societal changes in attitudes and behavior that will reduce significantly our demand for drugs. Only the community can develop and sustain accessible programs that over time, will successfully prevent, treat and control substance abuse. The interest of society is to create a safe, secure and healthy environment that is free of drug abuse among all its members.