Forensic Application of Analytical Mechanics in Fatal Fall From a Height

Fatal fall from a height initiated with a swinging motion on the sagittal plane of the victim's body is examined. Method of analytical mechanics is adopted to establish the functional relations between the swinging angle of the body and the force needed to sustain the body until release, and the amount of the horizontal displacement that would occur after release. The analysis is applied to support an expert opinion presented in a criminal court in which two accused were convicted of murder for dropping a female victim from a bridge. The results indicate that it is unlikely for the body to locate as recorded by the police investigation report in the case. This study demonstrates that a straightforward mechanical analysis can be utilized to examine uncommon falling scenarios.     

Assessing the Performance of the Price Cap Plan for Local Exchange Carriers in the United States

In 1991 the FCC implemented a price cap plan for local exchange carriers' interstate access service designed to deal with the regulatory boundaries problem arising from the breakup of AT&T in 1984. The experience with the price cap plan demonstrates the difficulty of predicting productivity growth accurately and makes clear that regulators cannot depend upon a pure price cap plan to keep prices within a reasonable range of costs. With periodic reviews to readjust plan parameters, however, a price cap plan can maintain the rate-of-return close to the target rate-of-return without diminishing the price cap plan's incentives for efficient production. A simple method of recalculating the X-factor based on the rate-of-return over the previous three years worked well in simulations. If this procedure had been used over the price cap period 1991 to 2000, prices would have been 20 percent lower and expenditures on LECs' telecommunications service subject to a price cap would have been $3.8 billion lower.     

Cumulative career traumatic stress (CCTS): A pilot study of traumatic stress in law enforcement

The present study measured the existence of traumatic stress symptomatology as reported by certified law enforcement officers within the State of Delaware. A questionnaire was devised which documented age, sex, race, education, years of service, marital status, children, rank, position, and shift work. The questionnaire was divided into parts which assessed the exposure and the frequency of specific traumatic incidents experienced in the line of duty, and the frequency of experienced traumatic symptomatology criteria: re-experiencing, numbing, and arousal.     

Reforming Chinese arbitration law and practices in the global economy

In the last 50 years Chinese arbitration law and practices has made significant contributions to the international commercial arbitration and strides to manage the rapidly increasing caseload associated with a period of amazing growth in economic interactions between Chinese and non-Chinese parties. In the global economy there are rooms for further improvement. The paper proposed some ideas on reforming the Chinese arbitration law and practices on the arbitration system regarding the ad hoc arbitration, panel system and tribunal jurisdiction, interim measures of protection, as well as standards for the judicial review on the arbitral awards.     

地役权本质与存在原则的法律与经济分析——兼评《物权法（草案）》关于地役权的规定

地役权的本质和存在原则是地役权的核心问题,而澄清地役权的核心问题是探讨在我国物权法中如何合理的构建地役权制度的理论前提.虽然现代物权和债权的界线有模糊的趋势,但地役权毕竟是一种独立的物权种类,有必要来讨论地役权的存在原则,以便得出地役权在现代的存在状态.地役权的本质和存在原则是一种动态博弈,博弈的结果就是使概念上的地役权和实际操作中的地役权达到一种均衡,一种和谐.     

论行政刑法的性质和概念

行政刑法在我国是一个崭新的研究领域。行政刑法在法律上兼具行政法与刑法的双重性质,行政刑法是国家为了实现行政管理的目的,维护正常的行政管理秩序,规定行政犯罪并追究其行政刑法责任的特殊法律规范的总称。     

对高等职业教学管理工作的思考

知识经济时代的来临对高等教育提出了更高的要求。作为高等教育重要组成部分的高等职业教育, 如何提高办学层次,培养适应时代的应用型人才,教学管理是关键。教学管理主要包括:教学管理组织系统建设、教 师管理、教学运行管理、教学计划管理、学籍管理、教学质量管理、教学评估等方面。     

试析科学发展观视角下的GDP与绿色GDP

实现经济可持续发展是树立和落实科学发展观的重要体现和必由之路,为此,经济考核指标GDP的过份优先性和唯一性应该得到纠正,用绿色GDP指标加以补充调整。但是在措施上必须遵循事物发展的客观规律,从基础抓起,立足理论建设和制度建设,本着科学务实的态度积极稳妥地推进。