“They Tried to Bury Us”: Scholar Advocacy in the Wake of the DACA Rescission

On September 5, 2017, the Trump Administration announced that it would rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Initiated in 2012 via an Executive Order, DACA sought to provide a provisional fix to the legal status of the nation’s growing number of “Dreamers” – the approximately 1.2 million young adults who have lived the majority of their lives in the United States, but were brought into the country without proper entry documentation. The termination of DACA has presented unique challenges for the 241,000 Dreamers currently enrolled in US colleges and universities. While several institutions proudly declared themselves to be “sanctuary campuses,” this paper focuses on a restrained if not conservative, land-grant university, detailing how two faculty members incorporated scholar-activist and community organizing strategies to support a Dreamer-driven institutional response.

Abbreviation DACA:- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, ICE:- Immigration and Customs Enforcement, USCIS:- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, CR:- continuing resolution, CHIP:- Children's Health Insurance Program, DHS:- Department of Homeland Security, TPS:- temporary protected status, NMSU:- New Mexico State University, ORS:- Oregon Revised Statues, CSU:- Colorado State University, FTFT:- first-time, full-time     

The Image is the Message: Instagram Marketing and the 2016 Presidential Primary Season

The 2016 presidential primary candidates expanded their social media marketing campaigns to include the image- and video-centered social network platform Instagram. To explore the role that images play in framing political character development and to identify which images received higher levels of engagement, content analyses were performed on the top seven primary candidates’ Instagram accounts. Results indicate that candidates most frequently employ the ideal candidate frame in their images, which also garnered the highest number of user likes and comments. Results also reveal that among Instagram image attributes, candidates frequently and successfully used text within their images, but filters were inconsistently applied across the candidates.     

对职务犯罪预防工作的思考——以有效实施《联合国反腐败公约》为视角

我国是《联合国反腐败公约》的缔约国.《公约》提出或确认了若干反腐败的措施.本文将结合《公约》关于反腐预防的规定,探讨检察机关预防职务犯罪的三个问题.     

刑法中侵犯专利权犯罪的探究与完善

《刑法》分则中对“假冒他人专利罪”的规定十分笼统,使该罪在理论上和实践中均存有诸多争议。假冒他人专利在实践中的表现形式尽管多种多样,但其实质则在于将一项不享有专利权的产品或方法冒充专利权人的专利产品或者专利方法。因此,假冒他人专利罪在客观方面表现为:行为人以谋利为目的,在自己制造和销售的产品上使用专利权人专用的专利标记或专利号,或将自己使用的方法冒充他人的专利方法的行为,据此,该罪区别于未经专利权人许可而在专利权保护期间擅自实施其专利的专利侵权行为;区别于将非专利产品冒充为专利产品、将非专利方法冒充为专利方法的冒充专利的行为;以及区别于引发专利权归属之争的骗取专利权的行为。现行《刑法》对“假冒他人专利罪”的规定在文字和功能两方面存在缺陷,因此,应对侵犯专利权的行为、冒充专利的行为、亲告罪的设置等方面作修改,以期专利权刑法保护的完善。     

Why do voters forgive corrupt mayors? Implicit exchange,credibility of information and clean alternatives

Corruption cases have limited electoral consequences in many countries. Why do voters often fail to punish corrupt politicians at the polls? Previous research has focused on the role of lack of information, weak institutions and partisanship in explaining this phenomenon. In this paper, we propose three micro-mechanisms that can help understand why voters support corrupt mayors even in contexts with high information and strong institutions: implicit exchange (good performance can make up for corruption), credibility of information (accusations from opposition parties are not credible) and the lack of credible alternatives (the belief that all politicians are corrupt). We test these mechanisms using three survey experiments conducted in Catalonia. Our results suggest that implicit exchange and credibility of information help explain voters’ support for corrupt politicians.     

金融科技对金融稳定的影响及启示——以韩国金融科技发展动向与金融稳定风险评估为中心

本研究通过分析金融科技的主要特点、便捷性以及潜在风险、风险传染路径等,考察了韩国金融科技的发展动向与金融机构的应对举措,并在此基础上评估了韩国金融科技的金融稳定风险.韩国金融科技公司提供的代表性金融服务包括快捷支付与快捷转账、P2P金融、众筹基金、ICO、机器人投资顾问等.随着互联网银行在线业务量的持续增长,银行也面临各种金融创新.根据金融科技创新在金融机构多个领域进行的实际情况,金融机构通过采取与金融科技公司竞争或合作的方式进行应对.韩国金融科技公司提供服务的市场规模并不大,而且与现有金融机构的关联度也不是很高,所以对金融稳定产生的影响有限.虽然目前金融科技公司和金融机构之间的竞争存在一定程度的局限性,但是为发挥金融科技创新在提高效率、加大危机应对激励等方面的积极作用,有必要通过立法来确立"监管沙箱"制度,并建立有效的监管体系.     

Banking Union's accountability system in practice: A health check-up to Europe's financial heart

The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) and Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) form the Banking Union, which comprises EU authorities (ECB and SRB) and national authorities (NCAs and NRAs) with vast powers. Although crucial for its legitimacy, the Banking Union’s accountability is flawed, and not for the (stereo)typical reasons: accountability is a visible concept in SSM and SRM regulations, and political, administrative and judicial bodies are knowledgeable, engaged and thorough. Rather, this article posits that the SSM and SRM work very well because the legislature focused on practical details such as information flows, planning and continuity and coordination, while there has been no comparable effort to ensure the functioning of accountability tools. The result is a “system” characterised by limited access to crucial information, lack of continuity, and uncoordinated functioning. Changing this should not be hard but requires replacing blanket criticism and stereotypical views with greater attention to detail.     

职务犯罪预防的刑事政策意义

虽然刑事政策概念在逻辑上包括刑罚,但是这个概念的基本理论蕴涵和价值趋向却是在排斥并超越刑罚.所以说,与惩罚相对立的"预防"是刑事政策的核心.惩罚是不得已的下策,预防是积极主动的上策.现代刑事惩罚政策早已经发生了变化,单纯的惩罚已经不再是现代刑罚的主要内容.职务犯罪预防应当以刑事政策为根据,我国检察机关职务犯罪预防机构的设立是一种标志,开辟了我国刑事政策的新篇章.     

论行政主体的约定义务

行政主体约定义务是契约理念引入行政法的产物,并非法定义务的契约化,与行政契约义务并非等同。行政主体约定义务是行政法上的意定义务,其设定应遵守合理的限度,不得借此"扩大法定活动空间",或规避法定义务,或"出卖公权"等。作为行政主体义务体系的重要组成部分,具有弥补法定义务之不足,深化行政主体职责等重要的功能价值。     

进一步推进粤港两地法律服务合作的思考

CEPA协议的有效落实大力地推进了香港与内地的经贸发展,为香港有效地开拓内地市场提供了政策性的支持.其中关于法律服务的规定更是为两地的法律服务业的合作发展提供了坚实的法律基础.但随着双方在法律服务中合作发展的深度和广度的加深,逐渐暴露出CEPA中关于法律服务的规定存在许多不完善的地方,成为了双方法律服务业进一步合作发展的绊脚石.因此,对当前香港和内地两地法律服务业的现状及问题进行实事求是的分析,进而提出解决问题的对策,对今后法律服务业的进一步发展具有重要的现实意义.