The MFA in Arts Management

Arts administration/management (AA/M) has evolved to the point of emerging as a mature academic field, increasingly institutionalized within higher education and demanding a larger and more highly credentialed faculty. Examining Master of Fine Arts (MFA) AA/M programs in North America, this brief study asks whether the MFA can serve as the viable credential for academically trained arts managers. The analysis suggests that no consensus about which advanced degree best reflects academic expertise relevant to all components of the field has been reached and that standards remain too unclear for the MFA to serve as a viable credential across artistic disciplines.     

民间文学艺术的法律保护

从20世纪50年代起,对民间文学艺术的保护问题就成了国际上最具争议的知识产权问题之一,稍后随着对传统医药和遗传资源保护等认识的加深,人们开始抽象这几类被保护对象的共性,对比它们与知识产权保护的内在关系。近几年以来,这方面的研究几乎成了知识产权领域的一个重要的热点问题,我国的相关政府职能部门和科研机构也曾就传统知识,尤其是民间文化艺术的法律保护问题数次召开专题研讨会,已经取得了相当有益的成果。但是,我们认为,在目前的情况下,民间文化艺术法律保护问题的理论储备尚有待于作进一步的拓展和深化,以下几个问题仍值得思考。     

从“发明”的技术性特征看电子商业方法的可专利性

发明的基本特征在于＂技术性＂,体现在两方面：发明应是具体的而不是抽象的,发明应利用自然规律直接作用于客观物质。由于不符合后一项认定标准,商业方法被排除在专利保护范围之外。但在电子商业方法的可专利性审查上,美国采用了一个宽泛的＂技术性＂概念,背离了上述认定标准,欧洲专利局以局部代替整体的审查方法也难以自圆其说。尽管电子商业方法所采用的计算机手段可以具有技术性,但其整体仍不是发明。     

论中国武术的研究方向

中华武术的思想内涵、文化内核是系统的、联系的、复杂的和经典的.武术作为中国传统的体育项目,其是以中国文化为理论基础,内外兼修、时代精神、哲理奥妙、术道并重为鲜明特点的运动.武术具有悠久的历史,在其漫长的进程中,做为一种技能和技艺的形式表现,本文从多学科、多层次的对传统武术一般理论研究上升到高度去完整的、全方位的进行了分析、可领会其深刻的涵义和实质.     

The Romanticization of Charismatic Leadership in the Arts

ABSTRACT

This inter-disciplinary article focuses on the role, significance, and impact of charisma in cultural leadership. It brings together fresh empirical data with a critical review of the literature to investigate the role of charisma in the operation, reputation, and strategic success of arts organizations. For the first time, this article synthesizes a diverse range of literature from sociology, psychology, political science, management, and leadership studies and applies it critically to the context of the arts. This comprehensive review is compared against interviews with key stakeholders in the arts, which challenge the neo-charismatic literature on leadership and support a return to aspects of the original formulation of charisma, as envisaged by Max Weber. The article finds that charismatic leaders are seen as extraordinary individuals and are excessively romanticized by arts managers, policymakers, and audiences. It questions this normative bias and concludes that charismatic leaders should be treated with a degree of skepticism, even caution, to temper any negative impacts on "followers" and organizations.     

商业方法类程序专利保护的处理方法

问:在专利代理实践中,怎样判断商业方法类程序的 专利性?又该如何对其进行处理呢? 答:商业方法类程序由于涉及较多的商业交易规则, 对于是否可被授予专利权以及具体商业方法的专利性通 常存在较大的争议。     

The Nasty Business of Aging

Hartog, Hendrik. 2012 . Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age . Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Pp. 353. $29.95 cloth. This essay explores the contribution of Hendrik Hartog's Someday All This Will Be Yours to an understanding of old age policy and the aging experience more broadly. It starts by discussing how Hartog's study contributes to a modern understanding of the legal structure surrounding old age. It then discusses how the narrative is colored, in part, by looking at the cases from a caregiver's perspective, and explores the implications of this perspective. Finally, it suggests avenues for building on Hartog's work by using modern legal cases to explore how courts today perceive the moral and legal obligations surrounding the duty to provide care.     

论商事纠纷的裁判理念

本文首先梳理了作为商事纠纷裁判准据的民法与商法之间的顺位关系。认为法院和仲裁机构应充分关注商人的营利性与专业性。主张商人在与非商人开展商事活动时应当负有较重的信息披露义务、较重的谨慎和注意义务尤其是尽职调查义务,商人与非商人就营业范围内的商事活动发生争讼时,应当承担更重的举证责任。作者主张裁判机构充分尊重意思自治,促成商事行为的效力,建议裁判者认真研究商人的商业逻辑、商业思维与赢利模式。裁判机构要严格区分内外法律关系,全力维护交易安全。认为裁判机构要严格遵循裁判权的能动性、谦抑性与中立性。