Legal profession in Britain: The 1992 conundrum

In an era of change, the year 1992 will be significant for some lawyers while irrelevant to others. Among solicitors big City firms are prospering, but those who depend on legal aid feel the pinch. The Bar has long‐term problems. Many of these developments are irreversible, argues Marcel Berlins in an Article in the “Financial Times” written shortly before the Lord Chancellor's recent announcement of proposed reforms.     

郝赤勇副部长就社区矫正管理局加强建设搞好工作提出明确要求

2010年12月9日，司法部社区矫正管理局成立会议召开。司法部政治部副主任卢恩光宣读了中编办《关于司法部堆层司加挂社区矫正管理局牌子的批复》，部党组成员、副部长郝赤勇作了重要讲话。他指出司法部社区矫正管理局的成立，是司法部机关的一件大事，是全同社区矫正工作的一件大事，是社区矫正工作发展的历史性标志，具有重要而深远的意义。     

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO—A FAMILY COURT REFLECTION

This article, adapted from the keynote address delivered at the Hofstra University School of Law Family Law Review Annual Banquet on March 24, 2011, focuses on the impact of the Family Law Review, the need to improve the stature of the family court, and shares excepts of letters written by members of the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children regarding their passion for working in the fields of child welfare and in the family court.     

Ethics and legal education

ABSTRACT

This article explores how theatre, particularly forum theatre, may be used as a means of testing new legislation. This article documents a workshop involving a theatricalised bilingual Tribunal and uses this as a case study of how theatre may be used to explore the implications of new legislation in order to gain an understanding of its potential problems and weaknesses. The article concludes by exploring other ways in which theatre may be used to explore new legislation.     

深入开展社会主义法治理念教育 推动劳教工作全面发展

在全国政法机关深入开展社会主义法治理念教育,是以胡锦涛同志为总书记的党中央审时度势,在科学分析当前国际国内形势,正确把握改革发展大局的基础上,为进一步加强政法工作和政法队伍思想政治建设而做出的一项重大决策。深入开展这次教育活动,对于实施依法治国方略,提高党的执政能力,坚持党对政法工作的领导,坚持马克思主义在政法意识形态领域的指导地位,保持政法队伍的政治本色,具有重大而深远的战略意义。按照司法部的统一部署和要求,部劳教局组织全体干部开展了有计划、有步骤、有针对性的学习;各级劳教机关也结合工作实际,在全体劳教人…