《公证程序规则》的成功及其原则性缺陷

法制发展的内在规律告诉我们,任何一项法律制度的有效运作,均离不开完备的法律规范。公证制度的有效运作也是这样,即离不开完备的公证法律规范。因此,有关公证立法问题,应当说是公证制度的根本问题。进一步地说,公证立法从根本上规定着公证业务的范围以及公证制度的目标与任务,左右着公证制度的职能作用,进一步影响着公证机构以及公证人员在社会中的作用与威信。因此,广大公证人员对于公证立法问题总是给予高度的关注。公证国家立法问题、公证实体立法问题、公证程序立法问题、公证地方立法问题等等都是人们所普遍关注的问题。本文在此仅对于我国2002年8月1日起施行的现行《公证程序规则》的“立法”得失问题进行一定的分析。     

Histological analysis on the medieval mummy in Korea

Recently, there have been some reports on the mummies from the medieval tombs in Korea, which were not made on purpose. Although these mummies could be an invaluable source for the studies on the physical state of medieval Koreans, there were not any reports on this subject until now. In this study, we first tried to investigate the various tissues using light- and electron-microscopic techniques. In the organs we have examined, even though the collagen fibers were profusely found within all of them, some types of cells, such as red blood cells, chondrocytes, hepatocyte and muscle cells, were also visible in various tissues. The histological characteristics of the current case seemed to be well matched with the previous study in general even though there were also somewhat different findings from the previous reports on the mummies. Although the cause of the mummification in Korea was not completely explained, we think that the cause in this case could be correlated with cultural aspects--not with natural conditions--because the mummies were only found in cases where the lime-soil barrier was maintained until their discovery, and which separated the inner space of the coffins from the outer space. As similar cases are frequently reported nowadays, invaluable data on the physical status of the medieval Koreans could be attainable if systemic investigation could be performed on similar cases which are found in the future.     

Preliminary studies into fluorescent semiconductor nanorods for the detection of latent fingermarks: Size matters,shape matters

The effect of the shape of semiconductor nanocrystals on their performance for visualising latent fingermarks was investigated for the first time. Highly luminescent CdSe/CdS core/shell nanocrystals in rod and spherical shapes were synthesised in organic solvent and transferred to aqueous solution using ligand exchange. The 3-mercaptopropionic acid coated nanorods and nanospheres were characterised using electron microscopy and UV-visible absorbance and luminescence spectrophotometry. A simple and rapid development of fresh to less than a week-old natural fingermarks from 4 donors (male and female) on non-porous surfaces including glass slides, aluminium foil and germanium disks using both CdSe/CdS core/shell nanorods and spherical dots was achieved, wherein nanorods demonstrated an enhanced development of ridge details in comparison to the spherical dots.     

Following the price: identifying cocaine trafficking networks in Colombia

ABSTRACT

International cocaine trafficking has been well-studied, but little is known about cocaine flows within Colombia, the largest producer and exporter of cocaine in the world. Using a unique dataset on the monthly wholesale prices of cocaine across 32 municipios in 2016, this paper estimates patterns of flows of cocaine within Colombia. For the 496 possible resulting pairs of municipios, price differentials are used to infer direction of flow, and price correlations are used to infer connectedness. Among the new findings, 38 suspected municipio-to-municipio flows that are new to the literature are identified. Interestingly, cocaine is inferred to flow through two distinct networks: one that originates in Buenaventura and the other in three points in southern and eastern Colombia. These networks may correspond to distinct criminal trafficking systems, a finding that has potential implications for drug control policies and measures.     

Conscientious objection and equality laws: Why the content of the conscience matters

Law and Philosophy - By enacting equality laws the liberal state decides the limits of liberal tolerance by relying on content-based rather than content-neutral considerations. Equality laws are...     

Mapping matters: geoprofiling application in South African serial rape investigation

Crime, Law and Social Change - Generally, the application of geographic profiling (also known as geoprofiling) is under-researched and its scientific and theoretical foundations, as well as the...     

London Olympics 2012: the race is on

A look at the London Olympics Bill in so far as it seeks toprevent ambush marketing and protect use of the Olympic intellectualproperty     

关于量刑不平衡若干问题的研究

量刑不平衡现象的内涵及概念的定位,模糊认识的矫正,解决问题的迫切性和现实性;法律状况,执法氛围,司法观念,治安形势,队伍素质等构成量刑不平衡的主要因素;解决量刑不平衡问题的可行性,有效途径和得力措施,实现量刑平衡的客观标准。