Procedural Issues in the Anti-Dumping Regulations of China: A Critical Review under the WTO Rules

Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) was established, Chinahas made large-scale efforts to shape its trade remedy systemthrough legal and organizational changes. Through these changes,China could clarify the meanings of WTO anti-dumping provisionsincluding the provision relating to the definition of domesticindustry. Moreover, procedural disciplines on reviews were fortifiedin Chinese anti-dumping system. While the overall improvementsto the trade remedy system of China are evident, definitionsof several key legal terms, including the concept of "relatedproducers", the negligible import standard, and adjustment factorsfor a fair comparison between normal values and export pricesare still absent, and some legal problems relating to priceundertakings and the countermeasure system remain to be solved.China should continue to proceed with the task of clarificationand improvement of its trade rules.     

The diversity of dental patterns in the orthopantomography and its significance in human identification

The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of orthopantomography for human identification. Three hundred orthopantomograms were randomly selected from those stored at Dental Hospital of Yonsei University in Seoul. Dental patterns observed in the orthopantomograms were converted into eight codes and their diversity was calculated. The diversity of dental patterns in the orthopantomogram data was 99.92% for full dentition and the diversity of mandible (99.28%) was slightly higher value than that of maxilla (98.22%). In the case of molars and premolars in both jaws, the diversity values ranged from 92.13% to 96.04%. It was founded that orthopantomography is a valuable means of personal identification not only based on full dentition but also when only the posterior teeth are available. The present study indicates that orthopantomography is excellent means of forensic identification.     

Barriers to competition and the effect on political shirking: 1953–1992

Economists and political scientists have offered a variety of explanations for why legislators might rationally choose to ignore the preferences of their constituents, political parties, and presidents. The broad conclusion of this literature is that there is an element of “shirking” in congressional voting. The objective of this paper is to suggest that the effects of shirking in congressional voting may have increased over time, largely in response to the raising of barriers to competition in congressional elections, thereby enabling legislators to vote their own preferences without fear of losing reelection. We use a quasi-experimental design that controls for the effects of party, region, electoral safety, presidential control of the White House, and constituency factors, in isolating the causal effects of barriers to entry on a continuous series of roll-calls regarding the raising of the debt limit between 1953 and 1992. We find that “shirking” in legislative voting on debt limit legislation is a post-1970s phenomenon.     

绑架过程中夺取被害人财物行为的定罪

最高人民法院颁布的司法解释对绑架过程中夺取被害人财物行为的处理做出了明确的规定,即择一重罪处罚。这一规定对于行为人以勒索财物为目的的绑架罪是具有合理性的,但对于以其他目的绑架人质的绑架罪却不合理。     

加大对西部民族地区的教育投入促进全面建设小康社会

要实现中共十六大报告提出全面建设小康社会目标之一"基本普及高中阶段教育,消除文盲",加大对西部民族地区的教育投入是最基本的措施之一.从现在开始,不能放弃对每一个适龄儿童的教育和培养,普及高中,消除文盲的目标才能实现.     

Product best if used by yesterday

When San Francisco schoolchildren were nearly served cartons of three-month-old milk recently, a food handler told inspectors he was confused about what the expiration dates meant. That explanation hardly satisfied school officials or parents, but the worker had a point: Although the shelf life of milk should be pretty obvious, it's not always clear when other products have passed their prime. So U.S. News asked the experts about the life span of a few other items to see when expiration dates should be taken literally and when they can be stretched.     

对综合执法机关的几点认识--兼论《行政处罚法》第16条

综合执法机关的设立是对我国传统行政管理体制改革的一种尝试 ,但由于它出现时间短 ,法律对它的调整还很不完善 ,无论是在理论上还是在实践中都存在着不少问题。综合执法机关的设立是我国行政管理的客观需要 ,有利于解决行政执法机构林立、行政处罚中的“滥”和“软”的问题。综合执法机关应有自己的独立的法律地位 ,有其固定的职权和管理领域 ,它的设立必须符合一定的法定条件和严格的法律程序。     

Three Traditions of Network Research: What the Public Management Research Agenda Can Learn from Other Research Communities

This article identifies and describes the development of three parallel streams of literature about network theory and research: social network analysis, policy change and political science networks, and public management networks. Noting that these traditions have sometimes been inattentive to each other's work, the authors illustrate the similarities and differences in the underlying theoretical assumptions, types of research questions addressed, and research methods typically employed by the three traditions. The authors draw especially on the social network analysis (sociological) tradition to provide theoretical and research insights for those who focus primarily on public management networks. The article concludes with recommendations for advancing current scholarship on public management networks.     

论公平责任原则在道路交通事故处理中的适用——兼谈一起道路交通意外事故的处理

在现行道路交通故事处理的法律规定中,道路交通事故与意外事件是相互排斥的,是不能适用公平责任原则进行处理的.随着<道路交通安全法>的颁布,道路交通事故的内涵扩大,道路交通意外事件被纳入交通事故范畴,公平责任原则才有了适用前提.在适用公平责任原则处理道路交通意外事故时,应当充分考虑事故的性质和当事人的具体经济状况,以及相关法律规定,不能简单地对等平均分配责任.