Copyright ownership in university students' academic works

Legal context. The impact of human rights on intellectual property(‘IP’), particularly in the light of the Human RightsAct 1998 and growing criticism of IP by civil society. Key points. There can be a greater legal, as well as political,role for human rights in the development of IP. The place ofhuman rights in IP litigation is established: see decisionsin Levi v Tesco, Ashdown v Telegraph and ITP v Coflexip. However,the impact of human rights has been limited to extreme peripheralcases, without challenging the central priority accorded tothe interests of IP owners. After considering practical applicationsin ‘non commercial’, ‘hybrid’, and ‘commercial’fields, this article argues for a more pervasive and centralrole for human rights, by greater reference to the Human RightsAct 1998, the EU Charter, international human rights instruments,TRIPS and decisions of other jurisdictions. This should enablea more balanced outcome to be reached in many, but not all,cases. Practical significance. IP owners, those challenging IP rights,and those advising them should all consider greater use of humanrights in IP litigation—not just in exceptional cases.Those resisting infringement may increase their prospect ofsuccess; those arguing for infringement will be better placedto counter arguments which may be raised. However, revisionof national, regional and international IP legislation wouldbe required to address all perceived social difficulties withIP.     

Developing an Empirically Based Typology of Delinquent Youths

A number of personality-based typologies have been developed to differentiatejuvenile delinquents. Some of these typologies have been faulted for theirmethod of construction, for their failure to provide outcome measures, orbecause they are dated and have not been retested with more recent delinquentpopulations. This paper describes efforts to develop an empirically derived,inductive typology of juvenile delinquents that can be used in appliedsettings to facilitate a better understanding of program outcomes and enableplacement authorities better to predict program effectiveness. The dataemployed in the analysis come from an outcome-based informationsystem—ProDES—that has been operational for more than4 years in Philadelphia. Unlike many such databases, ProDES was jointlydesigned by researchers and practitioners to serve a large system ofcommunity and institutional programs. Included among the outcome measuresare four standardized, self-reported personality scales that comprise 14subscales and form the basis of the typology. This paper describes themethods used to construct the typology, the substance of the classificationsystem, and its potential utility for program evaluation.     

专业领域中行政解释的司法审查——以工伤行政为例

专业领域中往往会存在大量的行政解释,工伤行政便是典型领域之一。以此为例,我们发现,行政解释的展开形式是多种多样的。由于解释主体和内容的不同,法院对待行政解释的态度也并不相同。法院是否尊重行政解释,以及司法审查所考量的具体因素及其限度等是专业领域中行政解释的司法审查所面临的主要问题。在深层次上这些问题则与行政权与司法权的关系相关联。     

中德(日)量刑基准之比较研究

在德日刑法中,受责任主义的规制,责任为刑罚规定了前提和界限,基于预防方面的考量不能僭越责任程度所决定的刑罚。相比之下,中国现行刑法的量刑基准理论与之虽貌合实神离,因为作为其量刑基准的刑事责任的大小是社会危害性与人身危险性评价的加权之值。我国现行量刑基准理论实际上是现行刑事责任理论体系的逻辑延伸。欲求我国量刑基准理论在逻辑上更为科学合理,在价值取向上彰显现代刑法之人权保障机能,则必以改善现行刑事责任理论体系为前提。改造的重点在于纠正将责任评价与刑罚量定混为一体的做法,将之予以分离,使之各得其所。作为犯罪后果负担的刑事责任只能由犯罪的严重性程度来决定,人身危险性因素不能用于评价犯罪与刑事责任,而只能在刑罚最后量定时做有利于犯罪人更新改造之缓和考量。     

政府失灵的又一种救治途径——一种不同于公共选择理论的分析

公共选择理论认为政治市场与经济市场一样,官员也是追求自身利益最大化的"经济人",这与官员作为公共利益的代表存在持久的冲突,并导致政府失灵,进而得出结论是:市场失灵并不是政府干预的充分条件,政府应尽量减少干预,最大限度地约束政府的权力范围。但是笔者以为,对于市场经济已经非常成熟而且官僚制业已达到极致的西方发达国家是适用的而且实践证明是成功的。但对于我国而言,减少干预只是解决问题的一个很小的方面,因为"后发外生型"国家要实现跨越式发展,没有政府的大量干预和推动是不可能实现的。解决问题的关键在于在政府利益与公共利益之间建立起一整套激励共容机制,这样政府利益不仅不会损害公共利益,反而更能促进公共利益。     

中美关系、中日关系以及东北亚国际关系

从2007年起,随着中国经济的成长,中美日三国已成为世界上最大的三个经济体。这三国的综合国力均在世界前列,在东北亚更具显著优势。全球化时代,中美日三国在本地区凝聚着更多利益交汇,同时,中美关系、中日关系仍然存在诸多问题。本文研究东北亚地区的国际关系,核心是抓住中美日三个主要行为体,并以东北亚存在的两大冷战遗迹为线索,通过分析朝鲜半岛与中国台湾两对分裂与统一的矛盾,构建中美关系和中日关系在矛盾形成和演化中的作用,从而增进三国间战略互信与东北亚地区的和平共荣。     

论全球化的发展趋势

全球化是一个不以人的意志为转移的历史发展潮流.随着科学技术的进步、市场经济的世界化以及全球性问题的增多,当前全球化的发展正在加速.尽管全球化在经济领域表现得最显著、发展最迅猛,但它决不只仅限于经济领域,而必然要延伸到政治、文化等其它领域中去.     

依法行政受传统文化因素制约的对策分析

随着依法治国方略的实施,我国政府的管理活动已开始走上逐步向依法行政转变的正轨,但在具体的行政实践中却受到人治主义的法律文化、虚无主义的法治观念、法治价值取向上的伦理化倾向等诸多因素的制约,因而应通过长期有效的普法教育以确立法律至上、以法律为本位的法治精神,最终实现依法行政的现代发展。     

债权实现中的利益平衡——以汶川震后银行贷款处理为中心

汶川地震使得银行的巨额债权难以实现,舆论认为应当进行债务豁免,商业银行则更希望其债权能得到保护,冲突解决的关键在于如何平衡债权人的合法权利与债务人的生存权,但现行法律及司法解释对此的规定或者不够精细,或者其风险分配值得商榷。债权人与债务人的风险分担应该满足公平原则与效率原则,其核心就是使个体所承担的风险最小化。短期看,可以通过比较债务豁免、债务延期、强制执行等策略的优劣来选择最为实用的措施,政府应当明确其能与不能的边界;长期看,需要个人破产、巨灾保险等制度的建立与完善。