To leave or to stay?: Battered women's concern for vulnerable pets

Consistent with previous research, almost half of a sample of 41 pet-owning battered women reported that their partners had threatened or actually harmed their pets, and over a fourth reported that concern for their pets had affected their decisions about leaving or staying with the batterer. Differences between rural and urban women were not significant, although higher proportions of rural than urban women reported that their partners had threatened or harmed their pets and that concern for their pets had affected their decisions. For the sample as a whole, logistic regression analyses showed that women whose pets had been threatened or harmed were significantly more likely to report that concern for their pets had affected their decisions about leaving or staying. The findings suggest that service providers should inquire about battered women's concern for their pets and should include arrangements for animals in safety planning.     

Death due to microvascular occlusion in sickle-cell trait following physical exertion

The heterozygous condition characterized by the presence of hemoglobin AS (sickle-cell trait) occurs in approximately 8% of the American black population. Unlike the homozygous state (sickle-cell disease), sickle-cell trait is not widely recognized as a cause of life-threatening illness or death despite over 30 case reports describing fatal or serious complications of exercise in young black males with this condition. These reports identify heat stress, dehydration, viral illness, and poor physical conditioning as factors which may contribute to exertional rhabdomyolysis and sudden death, suggesting multifactorial etiology. However, since sickling is known to occur postmortem, it remains controversial as to whether the pathogenesis of these exercise related deaths involves microvascular obstruction by sickled erythrocytes. We describe three young black individuals with no significant past medical history who died following physical exertion. In all three cases, postmortem hemoglobin electrophoresis demonstrated hemoglobin AS. In none of the cases was the body temperature found to be elevated. These cases serve to remind the forensic community that, in the proper setting, sickle-cell trait must be viewed as a potentially fatal disorder.     

论社会思想解放运动对哲学变革的作用

哲学变革与社会思想解放的关系是双向的。哲学变革是社会变革和社会思想解放的先导,但是,社会思想解放运动对哲学具有巨大的推动作用、变革作用、解放作用。在当代中国哲学的“困境期”,尤其不可忽视后一种作用。     

法典修订与理论更新——论“97刑法”典总则的价值取向

通过与“79刑法”相比较,详细论证了“97刑法”的九大价值取向,指出新刑法是对中外刑法理论研究成果和司法实践经验的科学总结和升华。     

扰乱法庭秩序罪研究

扰乱法庭秩序罪是新刑法增设的一个新罪名,为了更进一步地贯彻新刑法的立法精神,本文作者从该罪的立法缘起、概念和特征、罪间界限以及其他应当注意的问题等方面,作了较为深入、具体的研究和探讨,以期对司法实践中如何正确地处理好这一方面的问题有所裨益。     

改革是社会主义中国的强国之路——邓小平改革理论探析

改革是邓小平理论最重要的内容,是决定当代中国命运的历史性决策,是新时期我国最鲜明的特征。本文系统探讨分析了邓小平关于我国社会主义改革的必然性、迫切性,改革的对象、目标和性质,以及改革同发展与稳定的关系。这对于深入学习邓小平理论,深化我国改革具有重要的现实意义。     

论宪法在依法治国中的地位与作用

依法治国的核心是依宪治国,实现依法治国,建设社会主义法治国家,必须树立宪法的权威性,切实保障宪法实施。为发挥宪法在依法治国中的作用,要明确宪法和法律的关系,要大力宣传宪法,培养和增强全体公民的宪法意识和法治精神,强调国家机关及其工作人员要带头遵守和执行宪法,要健全和完善宪法监督制度,特别是建立违宪追究机制,把宪法的各项规定落到实处,以大力推进依法治国的进程。     

论我国民事诉讼再审程序的改革

改革我国民事诉讼再审程序是改革与完善我国民事审判程序系统工程中不可或缺的子系统,本文在揭示我国民事诉讼再审程序的特点与问题的基础上,深入反思我国现行民事诉讼再审程序的价值取向,论述了我国民事诉讼再审程序改革的具体举措。     

民众法律认同初探

本文试图从民众的角度来理解法治,认为民众与法治的关系是法治的根本问题。如果法治是以确立民众在法治中的主体地位,确立民众对法律的真诚的信仰作为最终的目标,那么,在中国的传统和观实的压力下,要实现这一目的,民众的法律认同是一个必经的阶段。本文初步探讨了民众法律认同的概念、特点、意义、内容、方式等等。     

关于中国民事诉讼法学研究对象和方法的研究回顾与展望

民事诉讼法学的研究对象和方法是民事诉讼法学研究的基本问题,也是民事诉讼法学科的基本理论,本文拟从回顾和展望民事诉讼法学的研究对象、研究范围、体系和内容、指导思想和方法等方面的历史角度来看待中国民事诉讼法学的发展进程,以期推动民事诉讼法学研究的深化。