Judicial Perspectives on Family Drug Treatment Courts

Family Drug Treatment Courts are a specialized calendar or docket that operates within the juvenile dependency court. These courts provide the setting for a collaborative effort by the court and all the participants in the child protection system to come together in a non‐adversarial setting to determine the individual treatment needs of substance‐abusing parents whose children are under the jurisdiction of the dependency court. This article is intended to give judges and others a judicial perspective on FDTCs, and to offer some assistance for those who are operating or who are considering creating one.     

美国从伊拉克撤军的思考与启示

2010年8月31日,美国总统奥巴马正式宣布美军结束长达七年在伊拉克的作战行动,表示美国尽到了责任,而＂现在是时候翻开新的一页＂。这表明奥巴马政府正着手清点布什的＂遗产＂,以便扔掉越来越难以承受的政治、经济和军事包袱。虽然美军在伊拉克的军事行动告一段落,但给人们留下了不少值得深思的东西。     

Guarding against Nanotort Liabilities

Recent headlines comparing the health risks of nanotechnology to those of asbestos have appeared in newspapers throughout the country and on the Internet. Governmental agencies and standard-setting organizations have begun considering and actually adopting requirements to protect against such purported risks. The plaintiffs’ bar and potential plaintiffs have surely taken note. There is every reason to believe that the era of mass tort and class actions related to nanotechnology—“nanotorts” for short—is rapidly approaching. This article examines what nanotort claims might look like, the role that regulations and industry practices may play in such lawsuits, potential defenses to those claims, and what nanotech companies can do now to guard against future nanotort liabilities.     

刑事政策视野下我国暂缓起诉制度之构建

暂缓起诉制度具有深厚的法理基础和重要的价值意蕴，虽然学界对我国是否应当建立暂缓起诉制度存在争论，但权衡利弊，我们认为，在我国建立暂缓起诉制度是很有必要的。     

体制内外绩效评价的指标体系比较——以穗深两市为例

指标体系设计是地方政府整体绩效评价中的关键问题及核心内容.本文以广州市与深圳市为例,首先基于独立第三方立场和公众满意度导向,作为层次分析法特例设计指标体系并运用到两市政府整体绩效评价中,然后与两市体制内考核评价体系进行了比较,论文就指标体系及实施过程存在问题与改进方向展开了讨论.