Law in Culture

Abstract. The relationship of law and culture has long been a concern of legal anthropology and sociology of law. But it is recognised today as a central issue in many different kinds of juristic inquiries. All these recent invocations of the concept of culture indicate or imply problems at the boundaries of established thought about either the nature of law or the values that law is thought to express or reflect. The consequence is that legal theory must, it seems, now systematically take account of the notion of culture. The present paper asks how this might best be done. I argue that a concept of culture, as such, is of limited utility for legal theory because the term “culture” embraces a too indefinite and disparate range of phenomena. But legal theory needs conceptual resources to consider at a general level the relations of law and culture. This paper suggests that these resources should include, above all, a rigorous distinguishing of different abstract types of community. Legal theory requires a sociologically‐informed concept of community. What is encompassed by the vague idea of culture is actually the content of different types of social relations of community and the networks (combinations) in which they exist.     

自由权的软化与警察权的强化——反恐框架下西方各国警察权配置的新趋势

9·11事件后 ,西方各国反恐法律纷纷强化了警察权 ,其主要体现为以下几个方面 :软化司法令状的限制 ;延长对犯罪嫌疑人的拘留时限 ;增进部门间的情报披露 ;扩大警方的搜查、逮捕、窃听权 ;设立未经审判的无限拘留权。其总体特征表现为公民自由权利的软化与政府警察权的强化。     

我国经济下行的主要原因与2009年宏观经济政策基本取向

2008年是国内外经济形势异常复杂、快速多变的一年,也是我国政府宏观调控频度最快、力度最大的一年.由于我国经济发展潜力巨大,只要政策调整适度,经济增长速度就不会发生深度下调.在此基础上,如果能够把握时机,积极推动结构调整和发展方式转变,我国经济将化"危"为"机",走上更科学的发展道路,迈上新的台阶.     

单位立功疑难问题研究

我国刑法总则规定立功的主体是犯罪分子,其中犯罪分子应当包括自然人和单位.犯罪单位作为犯罪主体具备意思能力和行为能力、能够体现自身意志,所以,犯罪单位能够成为立功主体.在立功的表现形式上.单位与自然人相一致.     

对韦伯法律观的解读——以“事实与价值分野”为视角

马克斯·韦伯对于法律问题所进行的规模宏大的比较研究却给其身后的研究者留下了一个颇有争议的难题,即他所秉持的法律观究竟是什么?列奥·施特劳斯以韦伯所主张的“事实与价值分野”的方法论为切入点,指出韦伯的法律观实际上是反自然法的。然而韦伯的社会科学方法论本身即蕴涵了对这种批判的反驳。     

Police use of force: examining the relationship between calls for service and the balance of police force and suspect resistance

Over the past decade, the use of force by the police has become an important public policy concern and topic of social science research. A number of researchers hypothesized about the factors that explain the amount of force used by police officers. Prior research focused almost exclusively on the highest level of force used in police-citizen interactions and neglected to examine the relative amount of forced used by the police compared to that used by suspects. To address this shortcoming, this study analyzed data from three years of official use-of-force reports in the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD). Contrary to studies that examine only the use of force by the police, this study found that the relative amount of force used by the police was greatest in the less threatening types of offenses. The implications of this study for research and policy are discussed.     

青年人才资源开发的现实路径

本文在分析研究青年人才资源现状的基础上,重点从树立全新观念、搭建开发平台、构建长效机制等方面提出了青年人才资源开发的策略构想和现实路径。     

无意识法制宣传教育路径初探

法制宣传教育是一项政府主导的,适应经济、社会发展需要的社会系统工程,是全社会共同参与,旨在提高公民法律素质的公益性事业。以法律知识普及为主要内容的法制宣传教育,是一种公共教育产品,具有较强的目的性、计划性,其形式也是多种多样的。无意识法制宣传教育是按照预定的宣传教育内容和方案,设置一定的承载法制内涵的社会生活、文化环境和氛围,引导公民去感受、体验、认同所面临的生活,在不知不觉中受到这种环境和氛围渗透、熏陶的宣传教育活动。无意识法制宣传教育的目的潜隐,方法间接,寓法制于公民的生活,寓法制于新闻媒体,寓法制于文…     

公安机关打击非法传销活动的难题与对策

近年来，随着改革开放的深入和经济社会发展的加快，非法传销活动在我国迅速蔓延，对政治稳定、社会治安和经济发展带来严重危害。针对在打击非法传销活动过程中存在的案件查处难、组织取缔难、人员驱散难、资金掌控难和彻底清除难问题，公安机关要做到组织领导、责任落实、宣传教育、打击惩治和机制衔接都到位。