Special Issue: Gender,Sexuality and Human Rights

This brief article introduces a special issue of Feminist Legal Studies addressing gender, sexuality and human rights, and comprising papers drawn from an E.S.R.C.-funded workshop held at the University of Kent in June 2004 on the theme of “Gender-Auditing the Human Rights Act”. The article begins by situating the themes of the special issue within the broader context of feminist engagement with rights discourse. It goes on to consider the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 into the U.K. with a view to assessing its implications in terms of engendering a positive legal and political culture for equality-seeking initiatives. The article concludes with a survey of the contributions to the special issue, highlighting the possibilities for feminist theory and strategy posed by a wider intersectional engagement with rights issues.     

中国高僧与越南“少林寺”

从2003年9月到2004年8月,笔者有机会在越南学习一年.其间,为了撰写有关越南寺庙问题的博士论文,笔者对越南50多个寺庙进行了田野考察.考察的重点是寺庙的建筑结构、汉字匾联、汉字碑刻、佛像布局等,希冀从中窥探中越宗教文化交流的踪迹及特点.北宁省的"笔塔寺"是笔者重点考察的寺庙之一,该寺还有一个鲜为人知的别名,叫"少林寺".历史上中国两位高僧曾主持该寺,被奉为该寺的第一、二代祖师.     

Allele frequencies of 19 STR loci in a Philippine population generated using AmpFlSTR multiplex and ALF singleplex systems

Allele frequencies for the 19 short tandem repeat (STR) loci CSF1PO, D2S1338, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S306, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D19S433, D21S11, DHFRP2 (FOLP23), F13A01, FES/FPS, FGA, TH01, TPOX, and vWA were obtained from a sample of 106 unrelated Filipinos from different regions of the Philippine archipelago.     

社会转型期的农村社会保障问题研究

中国社会正处于新的转型时期,其中的一个重要特征就是农村经济增长方式的变革和农民从业状态的分化.现有的农村社会保障制度有多种,但存在着严重缺陷.因而农民的社会保障问题变得更为复杂,但同时也为多渠道解决农民的社会保障问题提供了条件.当前建立和完善农村社会保障制度的要点是要进行"四个统筹",即法律统筹、资金统筹、资源统筹和制度统筹.     

Adolescent Marital Expectations and Romantic Experiences: Associations With Perceptions About Parental Conflict and Adolescent Attachment Security

This study tested associations between adolescent perceptions of interparental conflict, adolescent attachment security with parents, and adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences. Participants were 96 early adolescent females from 2 parent families. Insecurity was examined as a mediator of the association between negative perceptions of parental conflict and romantic outcomes. Results supported the mediation model in which adolescents' negative perceptions of parental conflict was associated with insecure attachment with parents, which was in turn associated with negative marital expectations and romantic experiences. Implications for understanding how parent-adolescent and interparental variables influence adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences are discussed.

论中国化马克思主义民主观

中国共产党在领导中国革命、建设和改革的实践过程中,把马克思主义关于民主的基本理论同中国发展民主的具体实际相结合,在民主本质观、民主价值观、民主历史观等问题上提出了一系列重要观点,形成了中国化马克思主义民主观。这是对马克思主义民主观的丰富和发展,是马克思主义民主观发展的最新成果、最新阶段,也是民主理论的宝贵精神财富,对于指导中国民主建设具有重大的理论意义和实践意义。     

和谐社会需要志愿服务的创新发展——志愿者事业现状、问题与对策调查报告

20年来,中国的志愿服务有了极大的发展,但是在发展过程中,志愿服务还存在着缺乏社会认知、资源支持、权益保护、培训提升、激励机制等困难和问题,需引起重视并采取措施加以解决。     

独立董事“独立性”与“公正性”辨析

独立董事制度应该是完善公司治理结构的有效手段,但是美国公司财务丑闻所引发的制度危机却对此提出了质疑.文章从独立董事的性质入手,剖析独立董事的制度构建,以期有助于独立董事制度在我国的发展.     

Human rights in Vancouver: do injection drug users have a friend in city hall?

In april 2003, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) initiated a crackdown in the city's Downtown Eastside, an area frequented by drug users and the site of one of the developed world's worst AIDS epidemics. Human Rights Watch (HRW) visited the city and issued a report documenting first-hand accounts of unnecessary use of force by police officers and other human rights abuses. In this article, HRW staffers Joanne Csete and Jonathan Cohen describe how the initial euphoria that greeted the election of Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell has worn off; how a crackdown that was supposed to be aimed at drug traffickers had the effect of driving drug users away from health and harm-reduction services; and how both the VPD and city tried to discredit the HRW report. Finally, the authors discuss how concerns about the VPD have led to official complaints being filed, and they question whether police forces should be allowed to investigate themselves.     

Federalism and Compounded Representation: Key Concepts and Project Overview

Interested in bringing together federalism and political representationas two distinct areas of research in comparative politics, thisedition of Publius: The Journal of Federalism introduces a collaborativeresearch project that raised questions about the impact of institutionalarrangements on strategies for political representation. Definitionsof the project's two key concepts of federalism and compoundedrepresentation are briefly addressed initially. Summaries arepresented of how these two concepts are empirically appliedin the studies by the five scholars presented in this volume.