Hearts of Darkness: white women write race

Abstract

In an effort to popularise the gas stove, boost sales and minimize the genuine and perceived dangers of using this volatile domestic appliance, late Victorian gas managers and stove manufacturers employed female cookery teachers to perform public demonstrations at trade exhibitions throughout the country. Eventually, these women comprised a special department of gas sales, calling directly on customers in their homes to offer personal instruction in the proper use and care of gas stoves. Part social workers, part salesgirls, the ‘lady demons’, short for lady demonstrators, moved between the traditionally gendered separate spheres of work and home, consciously constructing a professional image that reconciled the social tensions of this new occupation. They offer an early example of women's entrance into the corporate business world, the feminisation of consumption, and the combination of customer service with social welfare.     

互联网情境下不正当竞争行为的认定

【裁判要旨】反不正当竞争法规制的行为是不正当竞争行为,其前提是竞争行为。随着社会的信息化和全球化发展,互联网经济被称为“眼球经济”,信息网络的开放性决定了竞争的维度从同业竞争转为跨界竞争。互联网情境下解决企业名称权与商标权的冲突、企业名称权之间的冲突,应根据所涉权利的具体使用方式、使用行为来认定。     

The “Production” of Corruption in China's Courts: Judicial Politics and Decision Making in a One‐Party State

Despite its rampant presence, judicial corruption in China has often been regarded as the idiosyncratically deviant behavior of a few black sheep eluding prescribed judicial conduct. This entrenched assumption has both discouraged in‐depth investigation of the phenomenon of judicial corruption and inhibited proper understanding of the functioning of China's courts. This article, based on an empirically grounded examination of the processing of court rulings tainted by corruption, showed that judicial corruption in China is an institutionalized activity systemically inherent in the particular decision‐making mechanism guided by the Chinese Communist Party's instrumental rule‐by‐law ideal. In investigating what has contributed to the institutionalization of judicial corruption, the interplay between law and party politics in China's courts was also examined. The findings, therefore, also shed light on behind‐the‐courtroom judicial activities and on the enduring perplexity of the gap between the law in the book and the law in action.     

Confrontation and co‐operation in the Indian Ocean

The end of the Cold War has created new dangers and opportunities. The formation of an Indian Ocean Rim trading bloc has the potential to benefit some of the poorest people in the world. Regional maritime co‐operation could provide the catalyst for alleviating poverty on the Indian Ocean Rim by giving a spurt to incomes and employment from the seas.     

集体林权制度改革与创新——浙江丽水市林权制度改革的思考

丽水市集体林权改革创新紧紧抓住林权流转、林权抵押贷款、资源公开拍卖等关键环节,在＂盘活促流转、资源变资本＂上做文章,解放了林业生产力,对推进新农村建设产生了重要影响,引起了决策层和学界的高度重视。丽水市集体林权改革创新之所以引起关注,其本质上就是一场从经济基础到上层建筑都体现科学发展观的综合改革,具有普遍的适应性和旺盛的生命力,它给新形势下的中国农村改革带来深刻的启示。