The economic functions of supreme auditing institutions: Purpose of the conference

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事业单位人事法制建设的几点思考

建立完善的人事法律体系是我国民主法制建设的重要组成部分,是建设服务型政府、法治政府的需要。随着事业单位人事制度改革的推进,相关的法律法规建设也有待加强和完善,尤其是增加行政法规和部门规章的立法项目。尽快出台具有权威性的法律法规,对事业单位聘用制度、岗位管理、工资福利等方面进行全面规范。     

Public investment in private problems: legal aid and the family justice system

This paper examines findings from the Legal Aid Board Research Unit's Case Profiling Study in the light of the current reform programmes for both legal aid and family law. The findings relate to over 650 legally aided family cases including divorce, separation, ancillary relief and Children Act 1989 applications. The main aim of the study was to gain a better understanding of what is currently funded by the legal aid fund. Costs have been related to stages of cases and to the strategies employed by solicitors. Finally, I comment on the future role of legal aid in family law, suggesting that, to a large extent, public investment will be maintained. Remuneration of service providers will evolve as systems of contracting are introduced in January 2000. There will be continued emphasis on family mediation as an alternative method of dispute resolution. However, cases involving issues relating to children and their welfare will remain within the scope of public support. Domestic violence and other emergency issues will also merit high priority. Although there will be extensive changes in other areas of legal aid, family law appears to remain relatively unscathed.     

The Medicare approach: political choice and American institutions

The most significant health reform in American history was the passage of Medicare in 1965, but this was an accomplishment born of defeat. Medicare was designed and understood by its early promoters as an approach to health reform, not simply as a discrete program for a distinct target population. Although Medicare incrementalism has tended to be shunted aside when the opportunities for health reform are most promising, the final years of the Johnson administration reveal previously underappreciated efforts to expand Medicare eligibility to large new population groups and offer insights into the continuing potential of Medicare incrementalism in our own time.     

Carbon dioxide emissions,financial development and political institutions

Economic Change and Restructuring - The paper empirically examines whether and how political institutions shape the nexus between finance and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In a sample of...     

我国外部行政法制监督制度存在的问题与完善--以中美外部行政法制监督制度比较研究为视角

当前，我国已经初步构建起了自己的外部行政法制监督制度，不过与美国等西方发达国家相对完善的外部行政法制监督制度相比。我国外部行政法制监督制度仍然存在导致监督不力的诸多漏洞。为了完善我国外部行政法制监督制度，进行比较研究，大胆借鉴吸收美国的经验教训，是十分必要的。     

Developing and auditing a merit pay system

Employers who use subjective appraisal ratings can be charged with unlawful discrimination. The best defense, say the authors, is designing and using an equitable performance appraisal system.     

Creating change in the legal system

Focuses on the potential contributions that community psychology models can make to theory, research, and practice in the area of psychology and law. The author, in his presidential address to the American Psychology-Law Society, looks specifically at the criminal and juvenile justice systems and the impact that these systems, and law and policy more broadly, have on individuals. He argues that community psychology perspectives would help shift the focus away from the disproportionate and often incorrect emphasis that our system of justice places on individual deficit models and individual level interventions, and concludes that a community psychology approach would also reinforce efforts to promote prevention programs that in the long term might prove more effective in dealing with the problem of crime in our society.This article is a revised version of the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) Presidential Address, read at the American Psychological Association Convention, Los Angeles, August, 1994. I want to thank Ray Corrado, Steve Hart, John Monahan, Jim Ogloff, Julian Rappaport, Dick Reppucci, Kathy Roesch, and Ed Seidman for their comments and feedback on earlier versions of this paper.Simon Fraser University.     

Hospice utilization: political, cultural, and legal issues

The provision of end-of-life care is considered a substantive part of nursing, and hospice is often considered the "gold standard" of optimal end-of-life care. Unfortunately, however, only an estimated 43% of patients eligible for hospice actually receive hospice services (Harrison, Ford, & Wilson, 2005). The purpose of this article is to describe the political cultural, and legal issues associated with the underutilization of hospice care. Specifically, this article will outline the policy issues for accessing hospice under Medicare and Medicaid, the cultural and social issues in hospice utilization, and the legal implications of these issues. In addition, this article will serve to offer initial solutions to the problems at hand in order to guide nurses in promoting effective, efficient, and realized access to hospice services.     

Racial prejudice in the canadian legal system

The effects of defendant and victim race and the impact of judicial instructions on defendant verdict were examined using a simulated videotaped rape trial. Subjects were 243 Canadian university students randomly assigned to one of eight conditions. Subjects were asked to assume the role of juror and to view a videotape of a simulated rape trial. The results indicated that the defendant's overall attractiveness or “positive appeal” was the best predictor of defendant guilt, above and beyond defendant race. Neither victim characteristics nor the presence of judicial instructions was found to have predictive utility. Results are contrasted with findings from simulation studies in the United States.     

上海自由贸易区实施“国际船舶登记制度”的法律问题研究

我国范围内现行的船舶登记制度对于处于开放前沿的上海自由贸易区并不适用.究其原因,这种严格的船舶登记制度不利于上海自由贸易区的繁荣和发展.因此借鉴特案免税登记制度以及上海洋山、天津东疆保税港区对于船舶登记制度的探索经验,上海自由贸易区实行国际船舶登记制度,摒弃严格船舶登记制度和开放船舶登记制度.在此基础上提出符合上海自由贸易区特点的国际船舶登记制度的对策,具体包括对登记条件实行有条件的开放、解除单船融资租赁公司资本限制、完善配套法律法规、简化登记手续和降低船舶登记税费,为上海自由贸易区国际航运中心的建设和其他申请自由贸易区的地区提供示范作用.     

管理医疗机构公共安全视频图像信息系统的法律依据及相关问题

按照实施先后排序,对《北京市公共安全图像信息系统管理办法》等12省市地方立法、《中华人民共和国反恐怖主义法》、上海市《重点单位重要部位安全技术防范系统要求》(DB31/329.11-2009)等法律、法规、部门规章和地方技术标准进行梳理,结合案例说明医疗机构在建设、管理和使用公共安全视频图像信息系统的主要法律责任和需注意的若干问题。