Striking hard rock veins. Multinational Corporations and Miners’ Unions in Mexico and the United States, 1906-1952

ABSTRACT

This paper analyzes simultaneous strikes during the first half of the 20th century in North America. The transformation of production in copper, lead, zinc, and silver mining districts determined the formation of a working class that operated between Mexico and the United States. Therefore, the labor conflicts combined market circumstances and management-imposed homologation of work structures across firm divisions with the international coordination of miners. The paper describes the emergence, growth, and demise of a regional industrial system.     

The fate of the Assyrian minority in early independent Iraq: a test case of political violence based on rational primordialism

Analyzing ethno-national conflicts is usually not easy in that not all quantitative scientific tools are useful to the student of a conflict based on primordial elements. The burden of studying the outcome of a conflict is all the more complex given that the two conflicting groups might be at two different stages of their political development at any given time during the course of the conflict. In the case of the fate of the [Eastern Christian] Assyrian community in early independent Iraq, the political rationale for decisions taken by each party was drawn from different sociological, historical and political realms. Decisions in times of conflict and their political and historical ramifications are not always rational, since they draw upon primordial/communal considerations rather than the accurate reading of the overall true strategic scene.

The violence was an outcome of a combination of primordial differences and rational choice. The Iraqis sought to establish a new sovereign state with minimal disturbances from its Christian minority that they perceived as not belonging to the new nation. As for the Assyrians, they chose violence believing that at least some superpowers would support them. Historically, this rational decision based upon a primordial dispute turned out to be a mistake primarily because of lack of external support, weak internal cohesion of the group, and feeble leadership.     

Rejoinder to comments by Frederick Kaijage,Oswald Masebo,and Innocent Pikirayi on the keynote speech, ‘writing history: flow and blockage in the circulation of knowledge’

ABSTRACT

Rejoinder to comments by Frederick Kaijage, Oswald Masebo, and Innocent Pikirayi on the keynote speech, ‘Writing History: Flow and Blockage in the Circulation of Knowledge’     

动荡与发展:民国时期民事诉讼制度述略

民国时期的民事诉讼制度建设,以清末修订的《民事诉讼律》为基础,但由于时局的发展和社会的变迁,又呈现出一种与清末不同的景观。仅就立法技术层面而言在改革的方向、进路等许多方面,当前的民事诉讼制度变革都与民国时期有着某种共通之处,因此,对民国时期民事诉讼制度发展历程的回顾和检视,有可能为当前的改革提供某些有益的启示。     

新文学史：社会文化思潮与历史变革的双重叠影

仅仅以“回归文学本体”的视野考察中国新文学史的构成 ,是难以揭示其本真面貌的 ,只有与“社会—历史批评”模式相结合 ,方可认清新文学史的个性主义、民族主义和马克思主义三大社会文化思潮与多次历史变革双重叠影的复杂结构形态。     

自然法学说中“正义”观念的历史变迁

]“正义”始终是西方自然法的最高价值追求。本文从自然法发展的古代、中世纪、近代和现代历史时期中 ,找寻蕴藏其中的正义观念及其理论思维方式 ,提出自然法的正义观在历史中走过了自然本体、自然本体之异化的上帝本体、社会本体和程序本体四个不同阶段 ,并分析说明 ,当代中国法治社会可以从这种历史变迁中汲取什么。     

BritCrits: Subversion and submission,past, present and future

This article explores some of the intellectual influences which have shaped the development of Critical Legal Studies in Britain and the contexts in which these influences made themselves felt. It then considers which influences might or should steer Critical Legal Studies in the future. In terms of the past, specific attention is given to the influence of Marxism, Freud and Lacan, feminism, Foucault and Derrida, and recent genres of history-writing. As to the future, the question is asked whether Critical Legal Studies will engage constructively with recent developments in the life sciences and the philosophy of science, and, more generally, whether it will be able to surpass its established mooring in the philosophy of history. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

为党为国为民 无私无畏无愧——胡耀邦拨乱反正与拨乱反正中的胡耀邦

"拨乱反正"是改革开放的前提,是中国共产党和中华人民共和国历史进程中的一个重大事件.胡耀邦在这一重大事件中起到了举足轻重的作用.胡耀邦为党为国为民拨乱反正的丰功伟绩和在拨乱反正过程中体现出的无私无畏无愧品格将永载史册.     

美国基金会的历史、发展及其社会影响评析

本文对美国基金会兴起的历史背景、发展阶段进行梳理,分析基金会对现代社会发展的影响,以期对规范我国基金会的发展、正确把握与国外基金会的交往有所启示.     

美国第三人引入诉讼制度的历史、价值与结构

美国第三人引入诉讼制度通过第三人引入诉讼的程序机制,实现相关联纠纷的一次解决,可以避免裁判之间的矛盾,节约诉讼资源和成本,并且保障诉讼当事人的实体权利。第三人引入诉讼之后,在已开始的诉讼中便存在原诉和第三人之诉两个独立的诉,这样当事人可以相互之间或向案外人再提出相关联的其他请求。研究考察美国第三人引入诉讼制度,对于完善和重构我国的民事诉讼第三人制度具有重要的理论意义和制度借鉴价值。