论网络媒体公信力的塑造

互联网作为一种新兴的媒体，其社会影响力越来越大，但与传统媒体相比，其公信力较低已成为影响我国互联网健康发展的一个突出问题，也在很大程度上降低了网络媒体在受众心目中的应有地位。媒体的权威性、信息的原创性、内容的真实性、传播的即时性、格调的高雅性影响网络媒体的公信力。提高网络媒体公信力，需要政府、网络媒体、社会和公众的共同努力，主要包括：强化政府监管；加快制定和完善网络立法：加强网站自身建设；提高采编人员专业素质；报网结合；建立平民式舆论监管机构：树立人人都是把关人的理念；加强受众需求研究。     

Treaty Commitment as a Signaling Device: Explaining the Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic,Social, and Cultural Rights

This study investigates the determinants of the ratification of International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). To do so, it proposes an explanation that postulates that states employ treaty ratification as a device to signal their resolve to implement polices required by the treaty at issue in order to appease demanding domestic constituencies, predicting that states with lower compliance capacity tend to commit faster than states with higher compliance capacity. Applying this explanation to the ICESCR leads to two expectations. First, the larger government spending a proxy of high compliance capacity is hypothesized to delay the ratification process. Second, states with the unitary system are expected to ratify the ICESCR more promptly because the centralized power structure in unitary states significantly restricts the pursuit of the policy autonomy by minorities at local level that the right to self-determination entails. The Cox proportional hazard analysis lends support to both hypotheses.     

道地药材地理标志保护体系的反思与重塑

目前我国道地药材地理标志保护体系实行三轨制并存的保护模式,极易导致同一道地药材上几种地理标志之间的权利冲突。同时,由于三种保护制度各自存在弊端,我们无法通过简单的保留一种制度、取消其他两种来解决问题。对此,本文参考借鉴国外先进的立法经验,提出应将现行的三轨制保护模式整合成一套体系化的、完善的道地药材地理标志保护制度,并从保护模式的选择和制度内容的完善两个层面提出了具体建议。     

WTO体制下的动物福利与贸易自由——基于海豹产品案的思考

海豹产品案1是WTO争端解决机构处理的第一起直接以保护动物福利为由进行贸易限制的案件。2013年11月25日该案发布专家组报告,认定欧盟实施的海豹禁令是为了保护动物福利相关的公共道德,且没有超过必要的限度。但同时认定该措施不是以公平公正的方式实施,违背了欧盟在WTO协议下的相关义务。动物福利问题已经进入到国际贸易领域,一些发达国家开始将动物福利标准和贸易挂钩。WTO规则在追求自由贸易目标的同时,要适当兼顾非贸易价值目标——动物福利,在国际义务与国内立法之间寻求适当平衡。     

Estimating Size of Drug Users in Macau: an Open Population Capture-Recapture Model with Data Augmentation Using Public Registration Data

Successful drug intervention policies rely on timely assessment of size of drug users and close monitoring of trend regarding drug abuse. Taking advantage of data collected by the Central Registration System for Drug Abusers of Macau (CRSDAM), this study applied open population capture-recapture models with data augmentation techniques to estimate the size of drug users and to identify influential factors on capture and survival probabilities from 2009 to 2014. In particular, the data augmentation technique was used to address missing data issues. The estimated size of drug users has been slowly declining from 2442 (95% Bayesian credible interval [BCI] 2042–2914) in 2009 to 807 (95% BCI 654–1000) in 2014 with a small fluctuation of 2251 (95% BIC 1950–2599) in 2011, and the estimated cumulative size of drug users is 6199 (95% BCI 5651–6873), which is correspondent to a prevalence rate of 1.20% of the current population aged 15 to 54. Although the estimated sizes of total, narcotic, and other drug users were declining, the size of stimulant users might be increasing. People who used narcotics as their first drug and who were reported by governmental agencies were more likely to stay in the registration system, while those who used needle injection were less likely to stay. Governmental agencies, higher education, and using needle injection were negatively associated with the probability of capture over time, while using narcotics as the first drug was positively associated with it.