RACIAL–ETHNIC INTOLERANCE AND SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: A CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON*

This article tests cross-nationally the minority group threat thesis that public sentiments toward repressive crime-control policies reflect conflicted racial and ethnic relations. Using multiple data sets representing France, Belgium, the Netherlands, East and West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Denmark, Great Britain, Greece, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Canada, Ireland, and Portugal, we examine whether racial and ethnic intolerance—animus, resentments, or negative sentiments toward minorities—predicts greater support for the death penalty. Our results reveal that the respondents were significantly more likely to express support for capital punishment if they were racially or ethnically intolerant while controlling for other covariates of public opinion. These findings indicate that the link between support for capital punishment and racial and ethnic animus may occur universally in countries with conflicted racial and ethnic relations.     

反垄断请求的可仲裁性问题研究——以美国为视角

本文以美国为视角,对反垄断请求的可仲裁性问题进行了探讨。文章概述了美国法院在这一问题上的态度,讨论了《纽约公约》的相关规定以及美国的有关立法和司法实践,论及了《谢尔曼法》和AmericanSafety等案件,并对美国法院审理三菱汽车公司一案的判决予以重点研究,分析了该案判决对国际商事仲裁所产生的深远影响。     

Failed States After 9/11: What Did We Know and What Have We Learned?

This paper addresses the relationship between accumulated knowledge and U.S. policy dealing with failed states and terrorism. The central thesis is threefold: (1) that more was known about the possible linkages between failing states and terrorism than appears in pre-9/11 U.S. policies; (2) that since 9/11 some important realignment of knowledge and practice has occurred, but it remains partial and incomplete; and (3) that new knowledge, especially about the policies to sustain and promote legitimate governance, needs to be generated in order to support an effective grand strategy for addressing the threats and challenges of the twenty-first century. The paper recommends such a grand strategy and, in addition to the required new knowledge, a significant reorganization of the U.S. national security policy-making apparatus. International studies curricula appear well suited for contributing to that new knowledge and the practitioners we require.     

民间法视野中的村规民约——以河北省某村的民间调查为个案

村规民约对农村的稳定和发展起着重要的作用。从历史上看,在想当长的一段时期内,村规民约都起到了维护农村规则之治的作用。近年来,随着村委会制度和村民自治的完善,出现了越来越多的村规民约。从制定法的角度来看,村规民约并不属于正统的国家法律体系,只能归入民间法的体系中。在民间法的体系下,村规民约有着其特殊的构成、性质和作用。     

国际私法上的不当得利冲突规则研究

不当得利制度作为法定之债的一种,在各国民法上占有重要一席.但由于受道德观念的影响,再加上两大法系历史传统的差异,各国不当得利制度在具体内容上的区别相当大.因此,冲突规范在解决涉外不当得利纠纷中就凸现其重要性.本文首先回顾了不当得利制度的发展历程,比较分析了大陆法系国家关于不当得利的各条冲突规则,并在研究英关立法模式对我国参考价值的基础上,提出若干立法建议.     

泥土中植物花粉的提取与检验

目的建立泥土中植物花粉的提取和检验方法。方法用去二甲苯、18%盐酸溶液处理提取泥土中的花粉 ,然后用扫描电镜进行检验。结果从不同的泥土中检出不同花粉。结论本方法能有效分离提取泥土中花粉。对其它混合物中花粉的提取有参考价值。本文介绍一种泥土中花粉提取的简捷方法 ,以及利用扫描电镜 /能谱仪对提取的植物花粉进行检验的方法。