Fasting for the right to die. Jack Kevorkian

Dragged, literally, to jail for helping people kill themselves, Jack Kevorkian goes on a hunger strike.     

量刑答辩在未成年人刑事案件庭审中适用的几点思考

在未成年人刑事案件审理过程中,未成年被告人的量刑相对于成年人而言,更具有其特殊性,所涉及到的量刑因素,除法律规定的以外,还涉及到未成年人犯罪的家庭因素、社会因素等,也较成年人更复杂,量刑幅度较成年被告人更不好把握；同时为了有利于挽救失足未成年人,对未成年被告人适用非监禁刑的比例较高。如何在量刑及适用刑罚上更有利于教育挽救未成年被告人,是值得探索和思考的问题。在未成年刑事案件庭审中适用量刑答辩,既必要,也可行。     

Of miracles and models: The rise and decline of the developmental state in South Korea

This article argues that the South Korean economic 'miracle' was based on the ability of the state to implement a strongly developmental policy. The state was able to do so because, for a time, it was highly insulated from demands from social classes which might have diverted it from the objective of industrialisation. This insulation, or 'relative state autonomy', derived from an historical trajectory which left the state in an unusually dominant position in relation to these classes. Domestic dominance was one factor enabling the state to insert the South Korean economy into world markets in a more advantageous position than would otherwise have been possible. However, its very success in industrialising the country strengthened various class forces, whose demands and intrusion into politics undermined the autonomy of the state. With industrialisation, the state's freedom of manoeuvre was lessened. International influence only reinforced those class pressures inside South Korea. The overall effect was to force a retreat of the state and an end to a developmental policy.     

英国工党关于欧洲问题的争论及政策分析

英国工党的欧洲政策一直处于调整变化之中,这种调整变化与工党内部争论有关.在欧洲问题上,工党内部一直存在疑欧派和亲欧派之争,这种争论在很大程度上主导着工党在不同时期对欧政策的制定.疑欧主义和欧洲主义的争论使工党在顺应历史潮流融入欧洲之时又对其深怀戒心,从而形成工党具有英国特色的欧洲政策.     

当代美国少年法庭的存废之争

19世纪初期的美国,对犯罪少年、受忽略的少年以及流浪街头的少年的处置与成年罪犯是一样的。后来出现的各种少年救助运动是少年法庭诞生的前奏和准备，尽管现代学者一般认为早期的救助少年者主要是为了自身的利益而不是出于慈爱。1900年美国少年法庭的设立开创了少年司法制度的新纪元，该法庭以关心、爱护并矫治失足少年为宗旨。然而，随着少年暴力犯罪率的增长，严厉惩罚犯罪少年的呼声越来越高，少年案件诉讼“成人化”的特征越来越明显，撤销少年法庭的呼声也出现了，并且该呼声越来越高。但同时，少年法庭的支持者也大有人在，他们主张应该对少年法庭保留与完善。