建设节约型社会 需要法冶和体制保障

人口众多、资源相对不足、环境承载力较弱,是我国的基本国情。因此,建设节约型社会是我国可持续发展的唯一选择。建设节约型社会,除了领导重视、认识到位、全民动员之外,还需要法治和体制保障。     

Assessing the investigative needs of rural law enforcement

Although the topic of rural crime has received relatively little attention in traditional criminal justice research, the more specialized subtopic of rural criminal investigation has received even less. As criminological research and public attention begin to focus upon rural crime due to its rapid growth, rural police agencies will need to assess their investigative attitudes and resources in an effort to reduce accelerating crime rates. This paper surveyed the attitudes of 52 rural sheriffs in an effort to gather information necessary to assess needs and attitudes unique to the rural investigation.     

礼法之争的现实思考

春秋到战国的几百年时间里,儒法两家关于礼与法的争论一直在进行着。在这场争辩中,两派此消彼长,相互推动,形成了系统的治国方略,构成了我国古代政治思想宝库中极为重要的组成部分,其中有很多思想至今仍然闪烁着灿烂的光芒,有着现实的利用价值。发掘古代思想中的精华,汲取古人为政的经验教训,作为我国社会主义政治体制改革的借鉴,无疑是十分重要而有意义的。 根据德法争论焦点的不同,可以将这场争辩划分为治政内容上的争论与治政方法上的争论两大方面。治政内容方面的争论主要是围绕应该依据礼来治国,还是应该依据法律来治国而…     

Stem cell terminology: practical, theological and ethical implications

Stem cell policy discussions frequently confuse embryonic and fetal sources of stem cells, and label untested, non-reproductive cloning as "therapeutic." Such misnomers distract attention from significant practical and ethical implications: accelerated research agendas tend to be supported at the expense of physical risks to women, theological implications in a multi-faith community, informed consent for participation in research, and treatment decisions altered by unrealistic expectations.     

Technology and special needs provision in the UK: is current law satisfactory?

Recently, the government has issued legislation on disability discrimination (the UK Disability Discrimination Act 2005) that is silent on the issue of access to technology for those adults and minors with special needs/disabilities either in the classroom or out of the classroom. At the same time, commercial legislation from Europe drives forward with new directives on the regulation of technology as part of the European Union's Lisbon Goals to make Europe more efficient through the use of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) and to provide an increasing array of on-line services (payment of taxes, licensing, identity cards, and access to public services). With more rapid provision of public and private services on-line, there is a pressing need to ask to what extent current legislation should address access to assistive technology for those with special needs and disabilities. Furthermore, the legal obligation on government to provide ICTs as communications aids in school classrooms either as an auxiliary aid or service, or as an education and associated service for those who are disabled is unclear under current UK disability discrimination and special needs law. As far as the writer is aware, currently, no study as yet has reviewed disability and SEN legislation to determine what obligations (if any) arise on government to provide communications aids based on ICTs to children with disabilities. And yet, disability remains a central issue.     

经济全球化视野下的法学实践教学

中国法学教育必须正视经济全球化带来的机遇与挑战,重新定位法学教育的主要目标,加快实用型法律人才的培养,突出实践教学在法律人才培养过程中的重要地位,明确实践教学的目的,建立科学的实践教学体系及评价标准,保障充足的实践教学时间,确保稳固的实践教学基地和场所,加强对实践教学中各个环节的指导。     

Suicide behind bars: trends, inconsistencies, and practical implications

The results of two comprehensive approaches are compared: the nationwide surveys of suicides in U.S. jails by Hayes and the international meta-analyses of suicides in jails and prisons by Fazel et al. Factors are classified as demographic, situational, clinical, and methodical. More than 50% of U.S. jail suicide victims were men, white, unmarried, under 28 years of age, charged with minor or drug-related offenses, and intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Suicides significantly occurred in isolation. Suicide victims in the international study were significantly (p < 0.001) men, white, married, pretrial, and charged with or convicted of violent offenses. Psychiatric diagnosis, alcohol abuse, taking psychotropic medication, and suicidal ideation were also positively correlated in the international study, but suicide victims were distributed more evenly over age-groups. Results of other studies illustrate the near universality of some findings. Three theories of suicide are briefly discussed.