The Development of the Implied Terms on Quantity in the Law of Sale of Goods

The history of the development of the implied terms on short delivery is a complex story of judicial and academic ignorance of law and facts. Sir Mackenzie Chalmers' statutory formulation of the right to correct delivery was the same as that provided in Judah Benjamin's 1868 work on sales. However, Benjamin's formulation was flawed, which led to a highly unsatisfactory rule of law. This article considers the history of the case law on short delivery, leading up to the 1893 codification. The operation of the statutory rule further illustrates the depth of confusion which remained following codification. A comparison with the history of short delivery in the United States demonstrates that the confusion within the English system could easily have been avoided.     

农村公共安全产品供给机制创新研究

公共安全产品供给是政府部门的主要职能之一。农村地区目前面临的刑案、治安案件频发,邪教传播与封建迷信活动猖獗等问题,其主要原因是农村公共安全产品供给不足。创新农村公共安全供给机制,从培育农村公共安全文化、创新农村警务模式、理顺农村公共安全监管体制、创新公共安全产品供给主体等路径构建农村公共安全产品多元化供给体系,将从根本上解决农村公共安全产品供给不足的现状,为我国构建和谐社会及社会主义新农村建设提供坚实的基础。     

Revisiting the At-Will Employment Doctrine: Imposed Terms, Implied Terms, and the Normative World of the Workplace

This article describes developments that have modified the at-willdoctrine in the United States. It argues that the courts areevolving a hybrid type of employment contract which is neitherstrictly at-will nor a general form of dismissal protection.     

准公共产品的供给分析

从传统理论上讲,准公共产品是介于公共产品与私人产品之间的社会产品,它是具有公共产品与私人产品特征的混合产品。因此准公共产品的提供就与一般商品有所差别,它是由企业与政府共同提供的。     

The Human Transplantation (Wales) Act 2013: an Act of Encouragement,not Enforcement

The Human Transplantation (Wales) Act became law in Wales in September 2013. The Act aims to increase deceased donor organ and tissue donation in Wales by introducing a ‘soft opt‐out’ system to replace the previous requirement of express ‘appropriate’ consent under the Human Tissue Act 2004. Adults dying in Wales (with certain exceptions) will be ‘deemed’ to consent to donation, unless evidence of their objection is produced, and a duty is imposed on Ministers to promote transplantation and inform the public through awareness campaigns about how to choose the deemed status or opt out. Although a welcome development, these campaigns may obscure the effects of deemed consent, especially in the context of generally rising UK donation rates. There may also be problems of legal interpretation and of integration with the ‘opt‐in’ laws in the rest of the UK. In the absence of any statutory duty to retrieve all lawfully donated organs, the apparently restricted influence of donor relatives is likely to remain effectively dominant.     

简评《刑法修正案(七)》

本次《刑法》修改的特点有二一是广泛征求专家学者与民众意见,体现了民主立法精神;二是顺应社会发展,提升刑法抗制犯罪效能。《刑法修正案(七)》完善了走私珍稀植物、珍稀植物制品罪的对象规定以及为该罪增加拘役刑等九个方面内容;同时,新增了"违规交易、违规提示他人交易罪"等9个罪名。     

对附随义务的界定

附随义务的本质不在于是否由法律规定或合同约定,而在于它是诚实信用原则的派生和发展。     

The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) as meta-regulation

This paper discusses how technology convergence is affecting the regulatory landscape of media freedom and media pluralism in Europe and draws relevant policy recommendations on its future development in light of the forthcoming proposal for a European Media Freedom Act.