Islam and power legitimation: instrumentalisation of religion in Central Asian States

How can Islam play multiple and contradictory roles as a source of violence and peace, and a marker of identity differences and national unity? This study argues that religion, as a system of beliefs, manifests itself through discourses, which not only render intelligibility to religious practices and beliefs but also serve as the instruments of social control and regulation. An infinite variety of organizational and ideological differences within Islam presents the possibility for instrumentalisation of religion by stakeholders interested in accomplishing distinctive political aims connected to political legitimation. The study offers an empirical analysis of instrumentalisation of Islam by governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and uses this evidence for developing a framework linking various discursive representations of religion to their political uses.     

国际反垄断法的不确定性及其发展

随着国际经济的发展 ,国际统一市场的不断完善 ,贸易法不断地国际化 ,规制国家经济行为的国际法规范不断增多。由于存在海外经济行为日益增多 ,商业国际化不断加强 ,贸易法的自由化和国际化 ,WTO框架内新的贸易机制扩大了贸易法范围且涉及竞争条款等原因 ,反垄断法的国际化已不可避免 ,形成一个普遍的国际反垄断制度成为必要。普遍的国际反垄断制度既可以适应国际经济自由化的进一步发展 ,又可以克服目前国际反垄断法制中的不确定性。由于国际反垄断法调整对象的双重性 ,国际反垄断法可分成两种不同的规则。在国际立法中 ,两种规则分别立法将会取得更大的成效。     

论效力未定合同相对人的撤销权--兼论撤销权的两种类型

效力未定合同相对人的撤销权的对象实际上是其已作出的意思表示而非效力未定行为本身 ,由此 ,它类似于要约人的撤销权 ,而与对于法律行为的撤销权具有不同的特征 ,各属两种类型的撤销权     

亚洲与世界的核问题

本文研究亚洲地区的核问题,分析亚洲核扩散的安全动因与地区关联,并从世界范围内所有弃核事件中提取弃核规律,总结出成功弃核的两项必要条件,即体制更换导致安全观念变化与存在严重及可信的威胁.在理论上,这项抽象为弃核的充分条件预留空间,即为朝鲜未来可能的弃核保留可能,尽管这种可能并不十分现实.用同一规律比照,阻止伊朗发展核武则更具可能.     

生物检材中吗啡类生物碱的LC-MS／MS分析

目的针对滥用药物分析鉴定实践中亟待解决的问题,开展LC-MS/MS分析生物检材中吗啡类生物碱的应用研究。方法满足不同的鉴定需要,分别建立血液、尿液、唾液和头发等生物检材的样品前处理方法,确定同时分析海洛因、单乙酰吗啡、吗啡、可待因、乙酰可待因、二氢可待因酮和氢吗啡酮等吗啡类生物碱的LC-MS/MS方法。将方法应用于实际案例。结果所建立的方法对吗啡类生物碱分离良好。尿液稀释法、尿液提取法和头发中吗啡的最低检测限(LOD)分别为10ng/mL、0.01ng/mL和0.01ng/mg。结论所建立的方法简便、快速、特异性强、灵敏度高。目标物中加入二氢可待因酮和氢吗啡酮扩大了方法的实用范围。     

A diflunisal related fatality: a case report

A case is reported where the death of an individual resulted from the ingestion of diflunisal. Diflunisal was identified by a combination of liquid chromatography, UV spectrophotometry and colorimetry. Diflunisal was quantified in blood (260 mg/l), bile (71 mg/l), kidney (350 mg/kg), liver (400 mg/kg), stomach contents (34 mg) and urine (78 mg/l). No previous literature references discussing diflunisal related fatalities were available.     

从法的精神看我国政治制度的构架

三权分立理论是孟德斯鸠《论法的精神》中法的精神之形,而由适应与抗争两种精神构成的才是法的精神之神。我国应坚持适应国情的人民代表大会制度,同时克服权力分工的不合理性,强化人民代表机构的权力,尤其要加强人民代表大会的监督权力,以避免其地位的虚化。     

Liberalism and Religion: Amplifiers of War between Democratic and Non-Democratic States?

This study tests the association between liberalism and religion on militarized disputes in the politically and religiously similar and mixed state dyads. The analysis (1980–2001) integrates the Correlates of War and World Religion Datasets. The findings suggest that while religious makeup of state dyads does not vitiate the impact of democracy, religious similarity amplifies the impact of liberalism. The results also suggest that Christian–Muslim dyads, especially Christian–Sunni and Christian–Muslim other than Shia and Sunni dyads, are more likely to engage in militarized disputes, and regime differences increase the chances of conflict in the joint Muslim dyads.     

Conceptualizing Islamic banking and finance: a comparison of its development and governance in Malaysia and Singapore

In response to the limited engagement with critical social science concerning the governance of Islamic banking and finance (IBF), this paper compares and conceptualizes the development and governance of IBF in Malaysia and Singapore. We argue that IBF governance in Malaysia and Singapore can be distinguished on the basis of ethnic politics, moral suasion, product demand, product innovation, and the character of state practices. Concerning the latter, we contend that the political economy of both countries can be characterized as broadly involving a ‘neoliberal-developmentalism’, but we nuance this by positing a transition in Malaysia from a ‘semi-developmentalism’ in the 1980s to what we call an ‘Islamic and internationalising ordoliberalism’ beginning in the 2000s. In turn, the governance of IBF in Singapore involves a combination of neoliberal developmentalism, which nonetheless also entails some form of Islamic ordoliberalism.     

Fatal pulmonary embolism:: A comparative study of autopsy incidence in Hong Kong and Cardiff, Wales

All autopsy reports from 1990–1994 inclusive of the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong and the Wales Institute of Forensic Medicine were examined and cases of death due to massive pulmonary embolism were noted. The incidence of this condition was calculated and found to be insignificantly lower in the Hong Kong series than the Welsh series by statistical analysis, both in the crude incidence in all autopsies and when correcting for different case mixes in the two locations. The majority of cases in both locations were in the over-60 age group. The study helps refute the longstanding belief among Hong Kong physicians that fatal massive pulmonary embolism is rare in Hong Kong (with approximately 98% Chinese population) in comparison with a predominantly Caucasian population.