Receptivity to Violence in Ethnically Divided Societies: A Micro-Level Mechanism of Perceived Horizontal Inequalities

Although past scholarship shows that group inequalities in economic and political power (“Horizontal Inequalities”) correlate with dissent, violence, and civil wars, there is no direct empirical test of the perceptual explanation for this relationship at the individual level. Such explanation is vital to understanding how integration, inclusion in power-sharing agreements, and exclusion from political power filter down to mass publics. Moreover, subjective perceptions of group conditions do not always correspond to objective group realities. We hypothesize subjective perceptions attenuate the effect of objective exclusion on support for violence in ethnically divided societies. Cross-national comparative multilevel analyses of the 2005/6 Afrobarometer dataset (N = 19,278) confirm that subjective perceptions both amplify the effect of exclusion on acceptance of violence and alter the readiness of included groups to dissent. These findings carry implications for research, state-building, and conflict management.     

破产原因的反思与解析——兼对《企业破产法》第2条的解读

破产原因是债务人是否被宣告破产的关键,其破产原因的法律界定影响着破产法维护社会经济秩序功能的发挥。从破产原因的一般理论出发,借鉴国外破产原因的立法规定,反思我国1986年破产法中的破产原因,进一步解析2006年《中华人民共和国破产法》第2条,将破产原因区分为不能清偿到期债务且资不抵债和不能清偿到期债务且停止支付两种,分别适用于债务人自愿提出破产申请和债权人提出破产申请的情况。     

论相对不诉的司法适用及完善

我国刑事诉讼法第142条第2款规定：＂对于犯罪情节轻微,依照刑法规定不需要判处刑罚或者免除刑罚的,人民检察院可以作出不起诉决定。＂相对不起诉,赋予检察机关对具体案件提起控诉的自由裁量权,但实践中其适用却并不充分。本文从相对不诉案件司法适用,实践中存在问题,以及对相对不诉适用的完善等方面进行了论述。     

论刑事政策学的研究对象

刑事政策学是源起于欧洲大陆国家的一门与刑法、刑事诉讼法、犯罪学、政治学、社会学等涉及刑事司法的社会科学相关联的学科。对其研究对象的理解和适用直接和一国一时的政治制度紧密相连。本文以对刑事政策学的研究对象的梳理与回顾,来探寻刑事政策作为刑事政策学的研究对象在现实的刑事司法活动中的具体作用,从而使我国的刑事政策更好地以我国的公共政策为依托,并和公共政策保持相对的一致性。     

反思世界主义——从法国种族中心主义谈起

随着世界种族冲突问题的日益突出,种族中心主义(l'ethnocentrisme)已成为人们越来越关注的问题。现实生活中由于受报刊、杂志等传媒的影响,特别是第二次世界大战德国     

Institutional Reform and Social Changes in Northeast China During the Late Qing: A Case Study of Appeal Trials

Institutional reform and social changes in northeast China during the late Qing period are usually attributed to the Qing dynasty changing its policy on immigration to northeast China. However, institutional reform because of debt appeals between civilian creditors and the Mongolian princes is often overlooked. Using administrative cases from Fengtian Governor Archives and Kirin Prefecture Archives, this study identifies how the governor officers of northeast China changed Mongolian land rights and official finance institutions through appeal judgments in the late Qing dynasty. Appeals were related to Mongolian land rights reform and promoted the financial institutional reform in northeast China. This study concludes by arguing that the judgments affected the profits of the litigants and changed the local society.     

《美国破产法》中租约的应有处理

《美国破产法》中的第365条将租约在破产程序中的处理分为承租人破产和出租人破产两种情况,通过重点阐述承租人破产时,在承租人选择继续承担租约、拒绝履行租约和承担并转让租约这三种情况下,租约的法律效果及法律上的一些限制性规定,以此来对我国《破产法》的修改和完善提供有益的帮助。     

浙江省劳资关系协调机制的探索研究

过去30年,浙江经济迅速发展,而劳资关系问题对社会和谐、企业稳定的负面影响也日益明显。21世纪初,浙江多个区域、行业等在劳资关系协调机制方面进行了积极探索,如温岭和上虞的行业工资协商机制、义乌的工会维权模式及爱迪尔改善劳资关系的实践。这些成功的经验对于和谐劳资关系的构建有着重要的启示和借鉴:和谐的劳资关系,宏观上依赖于有效的三方协调机制;微观上依赖于企业主的观念调整。     

网络多媒体在大学英语阅读教学中的应用研究

网络多媒体为大学英语阅读教学提供了重要的方法和手段。笔者通过对哈尔滨医科大学98名非英语专业本科学生进行的实证分析证实:网络多媒体教学比传统教学更能激发学生的英语阅读兴趣并能够有效地提高学生的英语阅读能力。建议要通过合理地选择阅读材料、发挥网络互动优势、建立科学的评估体系,从而激发学生的英语阅读兴趣,促进大学英语教学整体水平的提高。