Bouvia v. County of Riverside

The plaintiff, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, had admitted herself voluntarily to the psychiatric department of Riverside General Hospital in September 1983. She then revealed her intention of starving herself to death, requested that hospital personnel administer only pain medication and hygienic care, and sought preliminary and permanent injunctions to prevent the hospital from either force feeding, transferring, or discharging her. The essence of her legal claim was that society was obliged to honor, and to assist her in carrying out, her privacy right to end her life. While the Superior Court recognized a patient's right to refuse life-sustaining care under some circumstances, it ruled that because Bouvia's condition was not terminal, her rights must yield to the interests of the state and other third parties in preserving life.     

金融危机对东亚软实力的影响

正2008年的国际金融危机彻底动摇了全球经济的基础。危机虽然发源于纽约,但是亚洲却感受到了其中一些最为强烈的震动。许多亚洲国家贸易急剧下降、经济增长陷入停顿或者发生逆转。这不是一次普通的危机。其后果有可能改变一个世界上最具战略意义的重要地区的国际政治板块。     

一战历史在今天的律动

<正>时至今日,我们仍然无法就一战的原因达成共识。与其从一个危机莽莽撞撞地走向下一个危机,我们不如认真吸取一个世纪前这些可怕的教训,期待世界的领袖能够认真想一想怎样才能共同努力,构建一个稳定的国际秩序。去年的一天,在意大利的科西嘉岛度假时,我偶然走进了一个山中小村的一座小教堂,在里面看到了一块纪念碑,纪念这个不到150人的村子在一战期间战死的8个年轻人,他们分别来自3个家族。类似的纪念碑遍布整个欧洲,全     

没有民主的选举:竞争性威权主义的兴起

混合政体的兴起是后冷战时期世界政治转型的显著特征,在本文中,两位作者集中研究了竞争性威权主义这一特殊的混合政体,探讨了竞争性威权主义兴起的背景,界定了竞争性威权主义的内涵及其存在的民主论争,同时探索了竞争性威权主义形成的三条路径并阐述了竞争性威权主义研究的重大意义。本文对于深入研究冷战后日益兴起的各种非民主政体具有重要意义。