Competitive Liberalization,Competitive Imperialism,and Intellectual Property

Aggressive pursuit of free trade agreements (FTAs) and customs unions (CUs) by major and minor trading powers alike challenges the conventional wisdom in favor of such pursuit – competitive liberalization. An equally plausible explanation for an active bilateral and regional trade agreement policy, one which effectively de-emphasizes multilateralism, may be competitive imperialism. The protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights is one area in which new provisions, going beyond multilateral rules, are being negotiated and written into FTAs and CUs. Such provisions may yield insights into which characterization of bilateralism and regionalism – competitive liberalization or competitive imperialism – is more apt. Rice Distinguished Professor, The University of Kansas, School of Law, Green Hall, 1535 West 15th Street, Lawrence, KS 66045-7577, USA. Tel. +1-785-8649224. Fax. +1-785-8645054. www.law.ku.edu. J.D., Harvard (1989); M.Sc., Oxford (1986); M.Sc., London School of Economics (1985); A.B., Duke (1984). Marshall Scholar (1984-86). Member, Council on Foreign Relations, Royal Society for Asian Affairs, and Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. Author, Modern GATT Law (Sweet & Maxwell 2005), International Trade Law: Theory and Practice (2nd ed. 2000, 3rd ed. forthcoming 2007-08), and Trade, Development, and Social Justice (Carolina Academic Press 2003). I am thankful to my Research Assistant, Mr. David R. Jackson (B.A., George Mason University, 1992; J.D. Class of 2007, University of Kansas), for his indispensable help on this work. I also am grateful to Dr. Mohammed El Said, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), for his consistent support and friendship, and for what he has taught and continues to teach me about international trade and intellectual property.     

二战中英国的"超级机密"

英国记者安东尼·布朗写的《兵不厌诈》一书中,在叙述第二次世界大战英军与德军在北非战场决战时有这样一段话:"阿拉曼战役一开始,隆美尔 军队失败的命运就注定了.……隆美尔所采取的每一个重大军事行动都被'超级机密'暴露.隆美尔成了最没有希望的将军了.他给希特勒的一系列密电,蒙哥马利都通过'超级机密'看到了……而希特勒发给隆美尔的复电,蒙哥马利有时甚至比隆美尔看到得还要早……"     

对公安机关目标管理的几点思考

公安机关实行目标管理,经过十余年的实践与探索,基本上形成了比较符合公安实际的目标管理体系。根据我国加入WTO后的新形势、新情况,改革和创新目标管理体系,必须科学设定目标管理项目,量化、细化、硬化目标任务,建立高效的目标考核体系。要紧紧围绕公安队伍管理长效机制,以等级管理为核心,增强奖惩激励的透明度,切准奖惩的时机,把握奖惩的导向性,进一步提高民警的综合素质。     

论非法行医罪在刑法学理论上的定位

非法行医罪作为刑法分则的一个个罪,蕴涵着许多刑法学理论基本问题,包括法定犯、职业犯、结果加重犯、身份犯、抽象危险犯以及与违法性阻却事由的关系等问题。探究非法行医罪所涉及的刑法基本理论问题,既是深入研究本罪的前提和基础,也是对非法行医行为正确定罪、准确量刑的前提和基础。     

论青年的消逝——兼谈青年公民能力

青年的消逝并不是指特定生理年龄生命群体的消逝而是就社会文化意义而言的.从权利义务视角看青年逐渐失去之所以为青年的资格;从心理行为视角看青年的形象变得模糊;从价值意义视角看青年出现信仰理想的危机.这消解了青年概念在社会文化意义上的内涵.要通过发展青年的公民能力,由内激发青年自身的能量来改变现状.