Forensic science and the law

Forensic Science today makes an important contribution to the operation of the Criminal Justice System providing evidence which could help decide the guilt of a suspect. Forensic Science is able to do so because it has developed to operate within the reality determined by the Criminal Justice System. Changes that are occurring today seem to upset the relationship between Forensic Sciences and the Criminal Justice System by the creation of communication problems. Examples of these problems exist in the changes occurring in the concept of death made necessary by organ transplants. These changes have shifted the focus from the quantity of life to the quality of life and make it impossible for the Forensic Scientist to answer honestly the questions that might be put him. The need for reforms in the law in view of social changes has been recognized and in many countries attempts at such changes are afoot. With these changes a new reality is being defined. Forensic Science, being a discipline that comes first in contact with a multitude of emergent problems, has a part to play in the definition of this reality.     

Proof of cancer causation and expert evidence: bringing science to the law and the law to science

This article discusses the medico-scientific and the legal views of cancer causation and how these two approaches impact on expert evidence. Cancer cause lends itself well to an exploration of the critical issues which surround its proof and the role of expert evidence in this proof. The article does not seek to identify or to resolve all the controversies or inconsistencies in the area. Rather, it sets up a basic framework for the general presentation and testing of expert medico-scientific evidence in litigation related to cancer causation. Specifically, it seeks to identify the technical questions of law and medical science regarding which medico-scientific disciplines can be relevant to proving cancer causation, and who the relevant expert witnesses to achieve this task would be. Emerging areas of cancer causation are then examined in light of this framework.     

法学教育、司法考试与法律职业新论

实行统一的国家司法考试,是我国司法体制改革的一项创新举措,作为一项新的资格考试制度,既有利于提高法律职业的专业化水平,增强了取得法律职业从业资格的严肃性,也极大地推动了法学教育的改革,直接影响着大学法学教育和法律人才的培养。正确处理法学教育与司法考试、法律职业的关系,真正实现这三者之间的良性互动,这是我们法学教育界亟待解决的迫切问题。     

Sanguinity and disillusionment where law meets social science

The current state of legally oriented social science research is a mixture of success and unfulfilled promise. Despite numerous indications that the relationship between social science and law continues to improve, dissatisfaction persists because a true empirical jurisprudence has not developed and because most research remains focused on a narrow range of legal topics. While commentators beseech their colleagues to expand the scope of inquiry, a variety of drawbacks still deter all but an intrepid few. Inhibiting factors include uncertainty about whether any particular study will influence policy making, and a professional reward structure that discourages interdisciplinary empirical research.For helping to ferret out overgeneralizations and biases before this article went to press, the author thanks Rick Abel, John Monahan, Harvey Perlman, Alan Tomkins Gary Melton, and Michael Saks.     

邓小平理论法学初探

邓小平理论是马克思主义在中国的新发展,其法制思想内容丰富、博大精深,科学地回答了我国社会主义法制建设和法学研究领域中的一系列根本问题,如法的本质问题,民主与法制的关系问题,依法治国问题,法的功能与价值问题,市场经济法制建设问题,等等.邓小平关于社会主义民主与法制建设的论述,是邓小平理论的重要组成部分,是我们进行社会主义法制建设和法学研究的根本指导思想,因此,高举邓小平理论伟大旗帜,建立邓小平理论法学是中国法学界面临的一项十分重要而紧迫的课题.     

Aggression,science, and law: The origins framework

Human societies have formalized instincts for compliance with reciprocal altruism in laws that sanction some aggression and not other aggression. Neuroscience makes steady advances toward measurements of various aspects of brain function pertinent to the aggressive behaviors that laws are designed to regulate. Consciousness, free will, rationality, intent, reality testing, empathy, moral reasoning, and capacity for self-control are somewhat subject to empirical assessment. The question becomes: how should law accommodate the wealth of information regarding these elements of mind that the science of aggression increasingly makes available? This essay discusses the evolutionary purpose of aggression, the evolutionary purpose of law, the problematic assumptions of the mens rea doctrine, and the prospects for applying the neuroscience of aggression toward the goal of equal justice for unequal minds. Nine other essays are introduced, demonstrating how each of them fits into the framework of the permanent debate about neuroscience and justice. It is concluded that advances in the science of human aggression will have vital, but biologically limited, impact on the provision of justice.     

行政法学二十年来的反思与前瞻

中国行政法学二十年的发展,经历了一个恢复、初步发展、快速发展、趋于成熟的发展过程。虽然取得的成就是巨大和令人瞩目的,对于促进我国行政法制的建设和发展发挥了重要的作用。但是,行政法学的理论研究还存在着一些缺陷和不足,有待于在未来行政法学的发展中予以解决,并面对一些新的行政法学研究领域有所突破和创新。     

医事法学专业课程设置之思考

医事法学专业是培养既懂医又懂法的应用型、复合型人才。适应学科特点，明确培养目标，在教学队伍、课程体系和教学内容等方面下工夫，使医事法学本科教育实现新的创新。     

医事法学专业课程设置之思考

医事法学专业是培养既懂医又懂法的应用型、复合型人才。适应学科特点,明确培养目标,在教学队伍、课程体系和教学内容等方面下工夫,使医事法学本科教育实现新的创新。