Choice of Law in Tort—Blending in with the Landscape of the Conflict of Laws?

The reformed choice of law in tort rules contained in the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 have proved a source of great controversy. This piece attempts to show that there are wider concerns fuelled by the Act. It seeks to demonstrate that one can not reform one area of the Conflict of Laws (such as choice of law in tort) in isolation from other areas (such as jurisdiction in tortious matters and choice of law in contract) and to illustrate the unsatisfactory state that the statutory reforms have had on these other areas. The analysis of the problems generated by the Act may be used as a model for a far more fundamental proposition: namely that the tendency to regard choice of law and jurisdiction as separate areas throughout the Conflict of Laws, rather than as combining to form a coherent law of international litigation, is a critical shortcoming of the study of the subject.     

党的政策、司法政策与民事司法嬗变

依据党的政策主张制定的民事司法政策,一定程度上体现了党对某一时期政治、经济形势以及社会需求的基本判断.民事司法政策在实际运行中存在干扰司法活动规律的情况,因而,有必要提高民事司法政策制定的科学化水平,并在运行中注重其实效性.     

从纠纷到审判利用的过程分析——兼论权利意识和诉讼意识的关系

通过界定权利意识和诉讼意识的概念，指出纠纷发生后，当事人为谋求纠纷的实质性解决，倾向于援引规范作为他们说服的根据，从而使纠纷衍化权利纠纷，权利纠纷使当事人具备权利意识。此．后当事人经过对成本的权衡，并得到国家诉讼政策的允许，选择进行诉讼，将权利意识转化为诉讼意识。结论认为，诉讼意识范畴小于权利意识范畴，具有权利意识的纠纷当事者并不必然选择诉讼作为其权利实现的手段。因此，国家所要做的，就是为当事人之间适于通过审判解决的纠纷提供便利，使其接近司法、接近正义。     

北京市大兴区:火炬传递路线展现新区风貌

北京市火炬传递路线整体为一个“和”字，象征和平、和谐。大兴区火炬传递路线为“和”字中的第四个笔画“丿”，总长约2．7公里。起点是大兴区人民法院，途经金星西路、兴业大街、丽源路口，终点为国家教育行政学院。为了能够以干净整洁的城市环境迎接奥运圣火的到来，大兴区开展了火炬传递路线沿途环境整治活动。     

Does homeownership counseling affect the prepayment and default behavior of affordable mortgage borrowers?

The lack of industrywide data on homeownership education and counseling (HEC) programs has severely limited evaluation. In particular, very little evidence exists on the relationship between HEC completion and loan prepayment, an outcome of interest to both mortgage lenders and consumer advocates. Where mortgage prepayment directly influences the sustainability of affordable mortgage products, it also reflects the ability of underserved borrowers to access lower‐cost credit through refinancing. This study uses a uniquely rich data set to examine the impact of HEC completion on prepayment and defaultamongborrowers receivingHECfrom a variety of providers across 42 states. The loans, originated between 1999 and 2003, are observed through the first quarter of 2006, a period in which strong housing appreciation and decreasing interest rates generated substantial refinancing activity. Using a competing risks model of mortgage prepayment and default, we find that HEC programs based on classroom instruction and individual counseling improve a borrower's exercise of the mortgage prepayment option, but that programs based on home study or telephone counseling did not affect borrower behavior. Counseling shows no effect on default propensities. © 2008 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.     

鸭瘟病毒TK基因的克隆及其分子特性分析

通过测定动物疫病与人类健康四川省重点实验室构建的鸭瘟病毒(duck plaque virus,DPV)DNA基因文库中重组质粒的DNA序列,得到了该病毒胸苷激酶(TK)基因的ORF.采用PCR扩增出了DPV TK基因并将其克隆到pMD18-T载体上,之后对重组质粒进行了PCR和双酶切(BamH Ⅰ Hind Ⅲ)鉴定,并利用生物信息学软件Genscan、ProtScale、SignalP2.0、Scansite、TMpred、Prosite、DNAStar以及在线Predictprotein等分析了TK基因的分子特性.结果显示,DPV TK具有疱疹病毒的典型特征,含有ATP结合结构域和核苷酸结合结构域2个功能结构域,且具有与功能相关的磷酸化位点和氨酰化位点;编码的多肽链中亲水区域大于疏水区域,是一种膜外蛋白.DPV TK基因与禽类疱疹病毒(α-疱疹病毒)的进化关系最近.     

新时期我国廉政文化建设初探

新时期我国廉政文化建设在诸多方面面临着挑战:对廉政文化建设重要性认识不够,体制机制制度不完善,物质保障不到位等.因此,探索廉政文化建设新思路、新机制,从精神、制度和物质三个层面建立和完善廉政文化建设体系,显得尤为迫切.     

用系统思维指导"青马工程"建设

实施"青马工程"是党中央、团中央运用系统思维思考、探索"培养和发展青年"这一时代课题的理论和实践产物,系统思维对推进实施"青马工程"具有重要的方法论指导意义.在实施过程中,应该树立"大教育、大培养"理念,构建分级别、分层次、分阶段培养格局,创新培养教育形式与途径,优化调整培养方案.     

为工农管钱 为红军理财——毛泽民的传奇人生

少小持家，炼就过人理财本领 19世纪末20世纪初，在湖南省湘潭县韶山冲，40岁左右的毛顺生在使家庭走上富裕之路的同时，也感到了一丝遗憾：长子毛泽东并不愿意跟随他经商，而是义无反顾地离开韶山外出求学了。幸亏二儿子毛泽民遂他的意，一心一意帮他发家致富。