Natural Resource Damages for Climate Change—An Idea Whose Time Is Not Yet Come,Part I: NRD Claims Are Not Currently Viable under CERCLA

As the effects of climate change are felt, affected parties will seek redress in the legal system. Numerous suits have already been filed and this may only be the beginning of a trend. One type of suit that has not yet been filed is the natural resource damage (NRD) claim under CERCLA. While it is unlikely that climate change-based NRD claims could succeed under current law, it may only be a matter of time before they are brought. With the present legal landscape in mind, this article examines statutory requirements under CERCLA to bring a climate change related NRD claim.     

农地规模经营的历史进程和时机选择——基于台湾地区和日本的实证考察及其反思

农地流转和适度规模经营是经济社会发展到一定阶段的必然要求，但台湾地区和日本农地经营的历史进程表明，农户数量而非农业就业人口是其决定性变量。据此来看，中国的农地流转和规模经营也将是一个长期而缓慢的渐进过程。而非一蹴而就。当务之急是避免农地非农化和非粮化的进一步蔓延，在“不改变土地用途”的框架下推动农地流转和规模经营，否则必将损害中国粮食安全和耕地保护的长远利益。     

工会推动高知群体素质培训的几点思考

高知群体是科研工作中的骨干队伍,也是推动科研改革发展的生力军。但工会现有的培训模式呈现出盲目性、随机性和形式化的特点,主要表现为对培训的重要性和必要性认识不足、制定的培训计划与实际需求脱节和培训内容与形式缺乏创新性,达不到预期效果。工会组织要充分认识对高知群体实施素质培训的必要性,积极探索具有科研院所特色的培训思路、方法和形式,走出一条适合高知群体职业发展的培训之路,创建高层次人才自主培养的新机制,在科技人才的自主培养上有所作为。     

The Political Origins of English Private Law

The article seeks to explain the emergence of the view that English law contains a fundamental divide between public and private law. I propose to explain the divide, not as a conceptual distinction, grounded in the internal rationality of law, but as a response to the potential problem of political legitimacy arising from the fact that in the domain of private law courts are constantly engaged in making substantive law. That by itself shows that the divide between public and private law is politically motivated, but I further argue that the prevailing view of law among proponents of the divide revives Dicey's conception of the common law within the narrower domain of private law. Since Dicey's views are widely believed to be motivated by his political views, if I am right, this lends support to the conclusion that the views of defenders of the divide are grounded in similar political positions.     

食品安全立法技术的限度及其修正

目前,食品安全立法技术是基于完全理性论基础上制定的,这种立法理念是相信人拥有完全理性认识能力,对一切事物采取正面看法,其立法技术特征是以"增进善"为立法目的,因而在力图表明技术指标确定性的同时,导致了片面性。科学哲学家波普尔、库恩的有限理性论则认为,衡量一种理论科学地位的标准不是"可证实",而是"可证伪性"或"可反驳性",在此立法理念指引下的立法技术特征表现为:立法目的并不一定会"增善",但却可以"减少恶"。因此,以有限理性论为分析视角,可修正立法技术,使立法技术指标不仅具有确定性,更具有全面性。     

Understanding the Constraints on the Supply of Public Education to the Migrant Population in China: evidence from Shanghai

The right to education for children from rural migrant families in urban areas has sparked heated debates in China. While there are increasing indications of policy changes to bring public education to all citizens regardless of their residency, it is less clear what kinds of resources are needed to create an education supply to serve this constantly moving and ever-growing population. Using archival and interview data on a large urban district in Shanghai, the authors analyze the constraints faced by local government in providing full-scale free education to migrant children. The authors find that the public finance scheme, teacher staffing policy and land use policy are the three factors that constrain the supply of public education in large metropolitan areas. This analysis also shows that under the current decentralized management scheme, local government alone does not have the capacity to resolve these constraints. This finding calls for coordination among various state branches at the national level.     

冷战后美国对华的意识形态斗争

冷战后美国并没有放弃意识形态方面的反共斗争,美对华关系中的意识形态色彩有增无减.它在社会制度、人权、文化、宗教等各个方面不断向中国渗透施压和发难.这在很大程度上决定了中美关系的现状和未来.