Legislative Basics of Legal Interpretation

The main purpose of legal interpretation is to create conditions for the effective functioning of law and its components by clarifying their true content, which eliminates any doubts and ambiguities. The purpose of this article is: first, to analyze the provisions of current Ukrainian legislation for identifying the general approaches embodied in it and the principles for the implementation of legal interpretation activities by state power bodies; secondly: presentation on the basis of modern achievements and developments of legal science of the system of measures for standardization of such activity, bringing it in line with the needs of law enforcement practice. The solution of the set tasks was carried out using the method of philosophical dialectics, a system of general scientific and special scientific methods of cognition, which are based on the principles of objectivity, comprehensiveness, complexity. Based on the analysis of the normative material, it is concluded that there is no single harmonized approach in the Ukrainian legislation on the procedure for providing clarifications of the content of normative-legal acts. The authors give arguments on the need to clarify and streamline the legal interpretation activity by state bodies and propose a number of measures to achieve this goal. Based on the conducted analysis of the normative material, the authors outline the main problematic issues of the legislative definition of the basics of legal interpretation and provide specific proposals for improving the current legislation in this area.

     

The Ocean of Yoga: An Unpublished Compendium Called the Yogārṇava

Journal of Indian Philosophy - The Yogār?ava (‘the ocean of yoga’) is a Sanskrit compendium on yoga that has not been published, translated or even mentioned in secondary...     

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation in Early Childhood Mediates Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure in a College Student Sample

The influence of childhood contexts on adult blood pressure is an important yet understudied topic. Using a developmental perspective, this study examines the association between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage in early childhood (0–5?yrs), middle childhood (6–12?yrs) and adolescence (13–18?yrs) on subsequent blood pressure in young adulthood. Data were from 263 college students (52% Black; M_age?=?19.21 years) and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage was measured using a tract-level Area Deprivation Index. Neighborhood disadvantage in early childhood was significantly associated with diastolic blood pressure and explained 22% of the race difference between Black and White adults. The findings are consistent with the notion that early childhood may be a sensitive period for the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on blood pressure.

     

Public Opinion and Social Justice in China

Journal of Chinese Political Science - China’s rise has not only propelled China to be the second-largest economy in the world but also produced an increasing socio-economic inequality that...     

民办教育发展中的几个法律问题探析

<中华人民共和国民办教育促进法>及其实施条例等法律法规的颁布,给我国的民办教育带来了机遇,但对于民办教育发展中出现的一些问题,现行法律还存在模糊和有争议之处,在一定程度上影响了民办学校的正常发展,抑制了民办教育投资者的积极性.本文探讨了我国民办教育的概念界定及民办教育中几个突出的法律问题,并在此基础上提出了完善民办教育的相关对策和建议.     

公诉案件简易程序法律制度改革与适用机制完善

简易程序是1996年修订《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》（以下简称《刑事诉讼法》）中增设的刑事审判程序。增设简易程序的初衷在于＂加快办案进度,节省法院的人力投入,提高审判工作效率,同时也可以使法院腾出更多的力量集中处理疑难、复杂、重大的刑事案件,符合诉讼经济原则,是实现刑事诉讼科学化和高效率的一个重要途径。①＂但是,＂作为一种现代社会的诉讼程序,其价值目标显然不止     

Review essay / juvenile justice

Peter S. Prescott, The Child Savers New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, 244 pp.     

实行“5＋1＋1”管理教育罪犯新模式亟待解决的问题及思考

周永康同志在全国政法系统学习贯彻党的十七大精神和胡锦涛总书记重要讲话专题研讨班上的讲话中提出：＂监管场所要把刑释解教人员重新违法犯罪率作为衡量监管工作的首要标准,确保教育改造工作取得实效。＂这是新时期中央领导同志对监狱工作提出的新要求。坚持＂首要标准＂,把改造人放在监狱工作第一位,是新的历史时期党和人民赋予监狱工作的历史使命。     

The Ongoing Reforms to China's Government and State Sector: The case of the energy industry

Though the reforms announced by the Chinese government in the spring of 1998 appear to be substantial and wide ranging, by themselves they may have little impact either on the effectiveness of government or on the performance of the state industries. Two outstanding problems are the structure and allocation of responsibilities within the government, and the excessive power of the state companies. The tasks of regulation and policy formulation in the energy sector should be clearly allocated in a simple administrative structure which specifically excludes any role for the state companies. The present structure of the state-owned energy industries is such that these companies have a great deal of power, not only in the market but also with respect to the government.