In re Browning.

HELD: Prior judicial approval is not required for a surrogate to exercise the state constitutional right of self-determination of a patient who has become incompetent and who, while competent, specifically expressed her wishes regarding medical treatment decisions orally or in writing. The surrogate, in so exercising that right, must satisfy herself that certain requirements are met.     

对农产品领域地理标志法律保护的思考

农产品是社会稳定的基础,也是国家外汇收入的重要来源。在激烈的农产品竞争中,地理标志农产品成为数量、价格竞争之外的有利武器,所以对特色农产品实施地理标志保护也是国际通行的做法。针对我国是农业大国的特殊情况,本文选取农产品这个特殊的视角探讨地理标志的法律保护,期望具有一定的理论价值和实践意义。一、农产品是地理标志保护的主要范围地理标志的保护是近年来国际知识产权领域的重要     

Indigenismo and the Avant‐garde: Jorge Sanjinés' Early Films and the National Project

Jorge Sanjinés' 1960s films Revolución and Ukamau challenge the class and ethnic hierarchies of Bolivian society by casting the proletarian and indigenous masses as revolutionary liberators. The new national imaginary they evoke is tightly bound to the experimental cinematic techniques they employ, since their rejection of rationalist, realist aesthetics signals a partial undermining of the linear time of the modern nation. Ukamau both recalls and resists previous Bolivian indigenismo, which sought to co‐opt the Indian into a national mestizo consciousness. Its exoticist portrayal of the Indian ultimately limits its political effectiveness, but textual and contextual analyses show subversive Indian agency leaking through.     

冷战时期我在驻苏使馆的经历

1975年1月4日,我和夫人雪白离开我驻捷克斯洛伐克大使馆乘火车直接赴我驻苏联大使馆工作。两天两夜后到达莫斯科,使馆政务参赞马列和领事郭育山到车站迎接我们。进到使馆,刘新权大使和夫人黄友辛以及其他熟悉的同志都来看望我们。大家热情漾溢,像—股热流温暖了我的全身,我深信     

DOES DISPERSED PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IMPAIR EFFICIENCY? THE CASE OF REFUSE COLLECTION IN NORWAY

Corporate governance theory suggests that companies with dispersed and indirect ownership suffer from agency costs. A worst case is where several political authorities jointly own a company, which allows managers to operate with inferior efficiency. In political economy, the manager is not the major agency problem. Elected politicians may impair efficiency to improve their re‐election prospects. Since politicians have less influence in jointly owned firms, such companies are expected to perform better than those owned by a single public authority. Consistent with corporate governance – but not political economy – the empirical analysis suggests that dispersed municipal ownership impairs cost efficiency. In the Norwegian case of municipal refuse collection presented here, costs of dispersed ownership often outstrip gains from economies of scale. Use of jointly owned companies is not necessarily a proper response to efficiency problems inherent a fragmented local government structure.     

中非携手加强第三世界国家的团结与合作

尊敬的各非洲国家驻华使节:尊敬的英国国际发展部驻华代表,以及到会的国内外专家、学者:女士们、先生们、朋友们:首先,请允许我代表中国社会科学院,向出席“中国与非洲共同发展”国际学术研讨会的各位嘉宾、各位朋友、各位专家学者,表示热烈的欢迎和衷心的感谢!2006年,是新中国同非洲国家开启外交关系50周年。值此之际,我们共聚一堂,以“中国与非洲共同发展”为主题进行研讨交流,具有重要的意义。2006年,被称为中国外交的“非洲年”,这一年有5件大事引起了国内外媒体对中国与非洲关系的强烈关注。一是中国外长李肇星于1月11日赴佛得角、塞内…     

新破产法的制定与中国信用文化和信用制度

信用制度是市场经济现代模式中最核心的一项制度.①良性的市场经济与良好的信用文化和信用制度是一致的,一个具备良好信用传统和信用基础的市场经济必然是成本最低和效率最高的.目前的中国正处于一个经济转型期,转型的目标和方向是市场经济.在这一时期,旧有的信用制度、信用文化以及信用保障系统被新的经济结构和制度结构所动摇,而市场经济所需要的信用制度和信用文化尚处于缓慢的生长过程之中.在这个生长过程中,法律制度正在并必将要起到至关重要的作用.     

论法治的社会基础

市民社会是法治的社会基础。自治是市民社会的内在要求,法治需以社会自治为基础。市民社会蕴含的公民意识是法治精神的基础。只有大力推进市民社会建设,才能从根本上实现法治。