“poisonous”考——兼与《大学英语》(精读)第一册编者商榷

由上海外语教育出版社出版的《大学英语》修订本精读教程第一册中的TestYourself :TestPa perI的第V部分将“Tarantulasarenot,asmostpeoplethink ,poisonousspiders .”译为“狼蛛并不像大多数人所认为的那样是毒蜘蛛”有待商榷。无论是根据英国原版权威词典的解释 ,还是从上下文、动物学、构词学、语法角度进行分析 ,“poisonous”一词的含义有二 :一是有毒的 ,二是巨毒的。我国目前常用的英汉词典对该词的释义是片面的。其准确译文应该是 :狼蛛并非像大多数人所认为的那样是巨毒蜘蛛。     

我国对外资银行金融监管体制的设计与创新

我国对外资银行主要实行市场准入、业务经营、资本金、税收方面的监管,但存在的问题不少,主要是监管目标的错位,导致不正当竞争,监管法律不完善等。问题的原因在于监管法治化水平不足、监管目标混乱、体制不合理。解决办法有两方面：一是宏观模式的选择,二是微观规制的创新     

构建社会主义和谐社会与党的执政方式改革

构建社会主义和谐社会能够优化党执政的基础和条件;构建和谐社会关键在于改革党的执政方式。改革党的执政方式的立足点在于,实现科学执政、民主执政、依法执政。     

鉴定人的责任负担

鉴定人是司法鉴定活动的决定性因素。鼓励专家参与法庭服务与约束专家独立、客观实施鉴定这一对矛盾需要通过制度的合理设置达到一定的平衡状态,以适合诉讼活动的开展。鉴定人的责任负担是体现对鉴定人实施鉴定活动进行约束的主要手段,也是我国进一步深化司法鉴定体制改革不可回避的重要内容之一。     

A New Asian Alliance

It was not only the birth of a new de-cade. January I also witnessed a day of celebration on the main-land and beyond after Beijing and its partners in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) fully established the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA).     

The New Year＇s Film Market Heats Up

THIS past December.Christmas came early for Chinese moviegoers. They had four big-budget films to choose from, including A Simple Noodle Story, an offbeat comedy filmed by illustrious director Zhang Yimou;     

The New Year's Film Market Heats Up

THIS past December, Christmas came early for Chinese moviegoers. They had four big-budget f ilms to choose from, including A Simple Noodle Story, an offbeat comedy f ilmed by illustrious director Zhang Yimou; Bodyguards and Assassins, a breathtaking action movie supervised by famous Hong Kong director Peter Chan and featuring a dozen or so screen and entertainment stars from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan; The Storm Warriors Ⅱ, adapted from a popular cartoon; and Treasure Hunter, a sci-fi action...     

A Call to Duty

THE pageantry of the PRC＇s 60th anniversary military parade celebrating National Day stirred the hearts of the nation. It reinforced a sense of patriotism and pride and brought about a surge in army enlistments.     

行政执法权全面下移的组织法回应

虽然行政执法权全面下移工作已然铺开,但我国现有法律规范体系并未为其提供充足的规范基础,既有的行政组织结构及其相应规则也没有为镇街有效承接执法权做好充分准备。行政执法权全面下移依然承受着合法性与有效性的双重考问。以《行政处罚法》为框架的分析思路,并不能为消弭质疑提供有力支撑。行政执法权全面下移带来了镇街行政法身份、规模与组织形式、与区县人民政府职能部门的关系等方面的变化。这些变化意味着行政执法权全面下移属于执法权配置的结构性变迁,因而只能在组织法框架下探寻其解决之道。具体而言,应当通过《地方各级人民代表大会和地方各级人民政府组织法》的修改赋予镇街执法主体资格,在此基础上以行政法规、地方性法规等形式安排镇街机构设置与人员编制,理顺镇街执法与县(市、区)职能部门的关系,并为镇街执法提供必要的财政保障。     

CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE IN CHINA’S FOOD SAFETY LAW

We are living in a risk society where people devised the Precautionary Principle in order to minimize the harm caused by risk ex ante. Compared to the previous Food Hygiene Law (FHL) and the 2009 Food Safety Law, the 2015 revised Chinese Food Safety Law (FSL) made a real breakthrough in the sense that it legitimates an important principle in food safety governance. Apart from laying down the fundamental importance of this principle in food safety regulations, the FSL 2015 also invented arrangements from different aspects in order to implement this principle. In other words, the FSL 2015’s incorporation of the Precautionary Principle in a very real sense marked a transition from a demonstrative preventive food safety management regime to a more effective precautionary regime. However, the Precautionary Principle needs to be adopted in a “precautionary” way since this principle has its own limitations and defects. Incautious application of the principle may create new risks. This article compares the European approach in implementing the Precautionary Principle, and examines China’s legal arrangements against negative impacts brought by the Precautionary Principle. Three perspectives are discussed: independence of scientific institutes; proportionality in risk management measures, and the shift of burden of proof for market authorization.