Review of Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan,Samuel M. Y. Ho,Psycho-Criminological Perspective of Criminal Justice in Asia

Asian Journal of Criminology -     

A response to Busey & Klutzke (2022): Regarding subjective assignment of likelihood ratios

Busey & Klutzke (2022) states that “Morrison (2012) has argued that the likelihood ratio need not be quantitative but could be based on the expert’s subjective evaluation.” The statement appears to suggest that Morrison (2012) argued in favour of subjective assignment of likelihood-ratio values. This interpretation of Morrison (2012) is incorrect.     

War & Society,Centeno, Miguel A. and Elaine Enriquez. (Cambridge,UK: Polity Press, 2016).

A bumper sticker on many cars in college and university parking lots proclaims: “WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER.” Most American students and faculty spend their entire time at university without thinking about war, except that they want to avoid it at all cost. Miguel Centeno, the Musgrave Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Elaine Enriquez, a research fellow also at Princeton, argue that war has been a normal part of human existence since time immemorial and that it deserves to be studied as a sociopolitical phenomenon in its own right. The authors employ a longue durée comparative approach to demonstrate how war has been responsible for some of humankind’s fundamental institutions and practices, and thus must not be condemned as immoral, irrational, stupid, or evil. War has a history of its own that deserves serious study.     

《维也纳条约法公约》第31.3条“任何相关国际法规则”研究

《维也纳条约法公约》第31.3条(c)项在澄清条约模糊、填补空白的同时也留下了诸多疑问:哪些规则具有相关性?适用于当事国间关系的这个短语是否对可以适用的国际法规则的范围具有限制性作用?是否是指条约解释之时处于生效状态的国际法的全部?因此,对第31.3条(c)项立法沿革、用语含义以及相关国际司法实践的探究,对于深入了解国际条约解释规则作用的机理具有积极意义。对时际法性质的理解是审视第31.3条(c)项的一个必要前提。条约解释通常难免借助于其后的相关新条约。