ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR COST EFFECTIVE POLLUTION ABATEMENT: THE NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS

After examining policies and proposals designed to achieve cost-effective pollution abatement, the authors argue that design of economically elegant solutions to pollution control problems needs implementation analysis if the policies are to be successfully carried out. They review some institutional obstacles to implementation and conclude that these impediments should not prevent adoption.     

The "Compleat" Policy Analyst: A Top 10 List

In this article, the authors provide a list of the top 10 ways to become a "compleat" policy analyst, drawing on lessons from their own experience as policy analysts. The authors make no claims that their list is unique. However, they suggest the items included within it are supported in the academic and practitioner-oriented literature. Counting down from number 10—"The compleat policy analyst knows how to skip steps"—the authors present and comment on the items in turn. The authors suggest the number one concern for practitioners is "to live with uncertainty." Other items on the list include eating crow, loving numbers, and acknowledging values and politics in the analytical process.     

联邦第九巡回法院澄清对进口假冒产品民事处罚条款的范围

为防止向美国进口假冒产品．美国海关有权对其怀疑或认定为假冒产品的货物进行检查、查封和销毁．并有权施以民事处罚。而为协助海关官员查明假冒产品，联邦注册商标所有人应在海关进行商标登记。最近，在美国政府上诉Able Time有限公司（详见美国上诉案件编号：06—56033．2008 LEXIS 20316—2008年第九巡回上诉法院）一案中，就未含在商标所有人登记范围内的侵权产品．或非商标所有人自制的侵权产品．海关是否有权对其施以民事处罚，美国第九巡回上诉法院进行了明确阐释。