One Approach to Formulating and Evaluating Student Work Groups in Legal Environment of Business Courses

The principal focus of this study is an investigation of whether students' grade point average (GPA) is a viable criterion for forming student work groups in the undergraduate Legal Environment of Business course. More specifically, the research focuses on the impact of: (1) GPA-homogeneous (HO) and GPA-heterogeneous (HE) groups upon student satisfaction with group processes and (2) the impact on individual student performance in both group and nongroup assignments. Data obtained from fourteen HE and fourteen HO student groups, in four separate Legal Environment of Business classes consisting of a mix of Management, Marketing, Computer Information Systems, International Business, Financial Services, and Accounting majors, generated a number of significant results. The most surprising observations dealt with the behavior of low achievers whose individual grades showed substantial improvement after working in HO groups. Researchers who are assessing pedagogical methods which serve to engage a student's active learning and motivation should find these results to be of interest. In addition, the beneficial impact on task and relationship behaviors observed in this study should provide solace or a sense of reward to the larger set of academicians, across disciplines, who attempt to impart realistic organizational skills to their classes.     

Networked Legal Learning: An Evaluation of the Student Learning Experience

This paper reports the findings from a case study that was conducted as part of the JISC/CALT funded Networked Learning in Higher Education project. The paper casts light on the wider debate about how and whether tutors can 'align' their teaching style with students' approaches to learning. It evaluates a law course that has been taught on campus using Lotus Notes to support group work and to provide a general course environment. The paper builds upon earlier evaluations of the course reported by the course tutor and used to develop the course design. The findings combine a firm understanding of the tutor's intentions and design with an evaluation of the student experience. This allows a consideration of alignment in a networked learning environment and uses several sources of rich data to triangulate designers' intentions with outcomes. Our findings incline us to the view that networked learning environments may be more open to unplanned influences than traditional courses. As a consequence of the increased number of influences students' may encounter greater degrees of variation in their experience.     

在法律环境下筹办奥运

自从北京成功申办 2 0 0 8年奥运会以后 ,怎样将这届奥运会承办成功就成为举国关注的话题。人们似乎过多地将注意力集中于奥运会对中国经济的客观推动作用 ,却忽视了其他方面的研究。如何将国内现有法律制度与奥运会相关内容相衔接 ,这已成为我国法学界必须着手研究解决的问题。     

论法律文书课程中的卷宗教学法

卷宗具有资料较为齐全、法律文书较为多样以及内容较为真实等特点。在法律文书课程的教学中应用卷宗教学法,让学生置身于法律实务的情境中来学习法律文书,不仅能激发学生制作法律文书的主动性和积极性,还可以提高学生的材料分析能力和实践动手能力,进而实现法律教学中学以致用的理念。     

生态文明与环境法制建设

众所周知,目前的全球性生态危机并不是一场普通的生态危机,正如美国物理学家弗·卡普拉在<转折点:科学、社会、兴起中的新文化>一书中所指出的那样:"当前的危机不只是个人的危机,不只是政府的危机,也不只是社会组织的危机,而是全球性的变迁.     

Determinants of Export Performance: Evidence from Chinese Industries

This paper empirically investigates the determinants of Chinese export performance using cross-sectional data at the industry level. We find that the export performance of different industries is significantly influenced by labour costs, foreign direct investment (FDI) and firm size, and thus open to a variety of explanations offered by traditional and new trade theories. These findings indicate that Chinese industrial sectors have realised their comparative advantages, but point to the need for the industries to upgrade their export structure in order to sustain growth.     

高校毕业生就业立法歧视研究

中国高等学校实施自主择业的毕业生就业制度的几年中,恰逢国有企业职工下岗与再就业工程,国家机关精简行政编制和事业单位裁员的人事制度改革.各地为了缓解应届高等院校毕业生进入本地就业市场的压力,制定规范性文件设置毕业院校、学习专业、英语和计算机合格证书和入学前生源地等条件的方式来限制这部分就业群体.然而,这些限制措施与宪法劳动权和劳动法规定的劳动者享有平等就业和自由选择职业权利相抵触.分析和研究这些地方规范性文件,有助于我们认识目前劳动就业中普遍存在的歧视劳动者的现象,并从立法、执法和司法上加以解决与完善.     

律师职业与社会环境的关系

律师职业，是现代社会中普遍存在的一种社会职业，无论是资本主义国家，还是社会主义国家，律师在协助社会主体认识法律权利、正确行使法律权利和救治被侵害的法律权利，促进社会法律秩序的建构中，都发挥着十分重要的作用。然而，当我们用法哲学的眼光来审视与律师职业相关的若干社会条件时，我们不难发现，无论过去或现在，社会条件不同，律师职业的外在样式和内在机制表现便存在差异。因此，研究律师职业与不同社会条件的关系，揭示其内在规律，对于推动我国社会环境的改造，促进我国律师职业的改革和完善，使其更好地为我国社会主义社会服务，具有重要意义。     

我国第三部门的发展及其法律环境

20世纪80年代以来,我国第三部门得到了迅猛发展,不仅数量上大大增加,而且对政治、经济、文化和社会生活的影响力日益加深.第三部门的发展需要良好的法律环境,我国现行的法律法规已经明显滞后于第三部门的发展.优化我国第三部门发展的法律环境,必须处理好第三部门的重要作用与其法律地位之间的矛盾、第一部门的扶持与限制之间的矛盾、严格的登记注册与宽松的日常监管之间的矛盾.     

职务作品和法人作品

一、职务作品的概念及法律特征(一)职务作品的概念关于职务作品的概念,我国《著作权法》第十六条规定:"公民为完成法人或其他组织工作任务所创作的作品是职务作品。"根据《中华人民共和国著作权法实施条例》第十一条,著作权法关于职务作品的规定     

对依法治国进程中的法治与德治的反思

我国社会的现代化进程属后发外生型进程,相对于西方的早发内生型现代化,它表现为人为的强劲推进力,而伴随这一历史性变迁的,就是中国急剧的社会结构转型——由乡土社会向市民社会的转化。其间,德治秩序的解崩与法治秩序的构建成为社会发展的必然趋势。如何在依法治国进程中重新定位法治与德治的关系,就成为一个时代性的话题。本文通过对法治与德治给予应然的关切和实然的解析,并由此阐明笔者对“依法治国”内涵的理解。     

论高校精品课程的优化建设——以西南政法大学《中国法制史》精品课程建设为切入

高校精品课程建设到目前已经十年有余,无论数量还是质量都取得了良好成绩。西南政法大学《中国法制史》课程也成功申报了国家级精品课程,并以此推动了教学方法、教师队伍,教学管理等方面的改革与完善。然而,精品课程在建设过程中仍然存在重建轻用、重复建设、效能低下等问题。在新的时代背景之下,应当从评建并重、择优立项、模式创新三方面促使高校精品课程的转化升级。     

巴西环境保护法律机制评析

20世纪60—70年代巴西创造了经济奇迹,同时,也带来了严重的环境污染和环境破坏。为应对环境问题,巴西确立了体系完整、规范细密的环境保护法律体系,但由于受历史因素和旧制度惯性以及官员腐败的影响,由环境行政和环境司法构成的法律实施机制未取得较好成效。为此,巴西提出了与时俱进的环境政策。但其环境保护法律机制经常受到经济发展政策的干扰,不能充分发挥作用。今后,巴西环境诉讼有待完善,环境行政执法能力有待提高,尤其是法律实施机制的基础性制度及其他相关制度需要不断完善。