Interoperability from Electronic Commerce to Litigation Using XML Rules

We used the XML Rule system, earlier described in 7, 14, and16, to simulate litigation arising from electronic commercein a purchase order situation. This work is distinguished byusing XML documents that comply with standards, especially thosefrom OASIS.     

An Alternative Sociological Perspective on Economic Value: Price Formation as a Social Process

This paper identifies some deficiencies in the theory of value as found in traditional economics, specifically the fallacy of absolute value and its spurious resolution that treats prices as a priori parameters rather than as variables to be explained. One is a fallacy of omission, the other of commission, which together comprise the epistemological paradox of the modern neoclassical theory of value. This paper advances a different, sociological approach to economic value or market prices as a possible corrective to this paradox. Such an approach has origins in sociological economics or economic sociology, the main premise of which is that social influences in the economy affect the formation of value or price. This paper therefore explores the seldom examined social underpinnings of price formation and of market processes generally.     

改革开放三十年中国法学教育的回顾与展望

[引言] 中国法学教育主要包括普通高等法学教育、成人法学教育和法律职业教育，承担着培养法律人才和培训法律实务工作者的重要任务。法学教育是中国法治建设的基本要素之一。     

“后福田时代”的日本政局更趋动荡

9月1日,日本首相福田康夫因无法解决内政与社会经济难题而辞职,日本政局由此进入新一轮动荡。"错位国会"困局的深化与执政联盟内部的意见不一致,可能导致日本众议院大选提前至年内举行。自民党与民主党在众议院的的势力消长,将决定日本政局更加混乱还是逐渐趋稳。在当前政局动荡的背景下,日本新政权注意力主要放在国内,外交在日本政治日程中的地位下降,日美关系与日中关系在日本整体外交中的相对位置或有小幅调整,但中日"战略互惠关系"的总体格局不会发生根本变化。     

Disentangling the Disability Quagmire in Psychological Injury and Law

This paper aims to critically analyze the evolution of six models of conceptualization, determination, and prediction of occupational disability relevant in the medico-legal context of psychological injury. The six models are the (a) biomedical, (b) forensic, (c) psychosocial, (d) ecological, (e) economic, and (f) biopsychosocial. We will discuss the key commonalities and differences among the models, including disciplinary tradition, research paradigm, recognition of person–environment interaction, key tenets, and implications for practice and research in psychological injury. The paper will highlight and discuss psychosocial issues, often underemphasized in forensic psychological practice, including: (a) balanced assessment of primary, secondary, and tertiary gains and losses, (b) self-perception, (c) disability identity, (d) beliefs and expectations, (e) coping, (f) adaptation and positive growth, (g) social stigma and social reactions to disability, including disability harassment, and (h) recognition of system-based environmental influences and demands. We will provide a special focus on the current state of the science and practice of prediction of disability, of particular interest to researchers and clinicians involved in clinical and occupational prognostication in psychological injuries. Finally, we will draw conclusions and recommendations for future research and best practices in the psychological injury area using a cross-diagnostic, dynamic, functionally based, and integrated biopsychosocial and forensic model of disability.     

英美债法的第三支柱:返还请求权法探析

自20世纪后期以来,英美法理论经历了深刻的演变与发展。其中最为重要的动向之一,便是其债法体系的重新构建。依传统英美法理论,债可区别为合同之债与侵权之债。但随着返还请求权(restitution)由单纯的救济方式发展为独立的请求权基础,〔1〕英美债法体系随之发生结构性变更。〔2