家政工人劳动权益保护之监察

家政工人劳动权益保护之劳动法调整范式的缺位,折射出现代劳动法历史使命再续和逻辑延伸之客观需求。家政工人在现代社会语境中所内射出来的诸多"人像"特征,有别于传统私法视域下的"人像"。固守形式平等的私法理念不能回应和规范家政工人这一特殊群体的内在利益诉求。践行实质平等之社会法理念下的家政工人劳动权益监察制度,是国家基于社会本位的思想,对弱势家政工人劳动权益给予倾斜性保护的重要利益干预和调控机制。家政工人劳动权益监察制度是在家政工人劳动权益受劳动法保护模式下的必设性制度。家政工人劳动权益保护监察制度与劳动监察制度在制度接轨时必须考量二者之一般性和特殊性。     

公众预期对我国房地产宏观调控政策影响分析

1998年以来中国的房地产宏观调控发展历程经历了五阶段,各阶段公众预期呈现出不同的特征,并对调控政策效果产生了影响。因此,房地产市场调控政策的出台必须从调整房地产市场供求关系、建立长效机制、加强媒体与舆论的引导和管理以及保持政策的连续性、稳定性和长期性等加强公众预期管理等方面考虑。     

美国汽车露营的符号消费性及对中国的启示

从让·鲍德里亚的符号消费理论来看,休闲已演变为一种符号消费的对象,而作为一种户外休闲活动的汽车露营也被赋予符号消费的价值,普通汽车露营与房车露营作为不同的消费符号界定了美国中产阶级与上层阶级的身份与社会地位。依美国汽车露营发展的历程看,房车露营在中国还是富人阶层的符号消费,中国目前更适合重点发展大众的普通汽车露营度假产业。     

衡量消费需求合理化的指标体系研究

消费需求是否合理是研究消费问题的基础。要从消费率、消费增长率、平均消费倾向和边际消费倾向以及货币的实际购买力等方面,综合衡量一个国家或地区消费需求是否合理,而不能用某一个孤立的指标来衡量。判断消费率是否合适,一是与世界其他国家比较,二是与经典模型进行比较,三是要与本国的经验数据进行比较。合理的消费增长率,一要高于经济增长率,二要高于投资和出口增长率,三要考虑上一个时期消费基数或人均消费基数。消费倾向或边际消费倾向既不是越高越好,也不是越低越好。美国存在的边际消费倾向递减规律失灵现象,我国城乡居民中存在的储蓄偏好和惜消费现象,都要视具体情况作具体分析。     

The Impact of the USSR on Lithuania's Domestic Policy and Its International Orientation in the Third Decade of the Twentieth Century

This article investigates links between domestic and foreign policy, topics which are usually discussed rather than analyzed in any detail. The case of the USSR and Lithuania is taken as an historical example of the impact of the external factor on domestic policy, and an attempt is made to elucidate how the Soviets tried to influence and correct Lithuania's policy in the inter-war period by providing financial assistance to parties and their press. In this way they sought to set Lithuania against Poland and fuel the conflict between them, so that they would not become reconciled, would not create the so-called Baltic Union with Latvia, Estonia and Finland and would not orient themselves to the West. Using financial and other levers of secret policy, the Soviets contributed significantly to pushing the pro-Western Christian Democratic Party away from power in Lithuania so that the Nationalists, who sought to establish closer relations with the USSR, came to be established. The overseas financing of parties which remained unknown to the public distorted the political process of Lithuania and hindered the maturing of social awareness.     

T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land in Lithuanian translation

Small states, argued Peter Katzenstein a quarter of a century ago, were different. Faced with the fluctuations of world markets, they adopt democratic corporatism and domestic compensation, thus ensuring political legitimacy and successful economic adjustment. The Baltic countries are an interesting case study for this framework, because in many ways they are “smaller” than the seven countries analyzed by Katzenstein. This article finds that, on a broader level, Katzenstein’s framework is very helpful in highlighting the key developments in the Baltic countries. On the other hand, the specific causal mechanism that can be drawn from this framework running from smallness, to democratic corporatism, to political legitimacy, as well as domestic compensation, has not developed in the Baltics.     

Does the Criminal Justice System Treat Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Offenders Leniently?

We examine whether men who physically assault their female partners or who commit sexual assault receive more lenient treatment than offenders who commit other types of assaults. Analyses of the National Violence Against Women Survey do not support these hypotheses. Rather, they suggest that women who assault their male partners are particularly likely to avoid arrest. In addition, both men and women who assault partners are more likely to avoid conviction than other offenders. Evidence suggests that there has been an increase over time in rates of arrest and conviction for partner violence.     

MIS‐MATCHED: TAKING A STATE APPROACH TO ENFORCING THE GROWING INTERNATIONAL MATCHMAKING INDUSTRY

Each year, hundreds of U.S. men and foreign women find their future spouses through international matchmaking agencies. Foreign women are attracted to the opportunity for a life in America and men are offered money‐back guarantees to find the perfect wife. An alarming number of these unions however, have resulted in the abuse, exploitation and even death of foreign women at the hands of their U.S. citizen husbands. While the federal International Marriage Broker Regulation Act requires disclosure of a male client's criminal background history prior to communicating with a potential foreign bride, the Act does not impose any requirements for disclosure of information about the international marriage brokers themselves. Thus the peddlers behind the rapidly growing industry are largely unaccounted for, with no one really knowing who they are or where they are operating. This Note proposes that states fill the enforcement gap by adopting a statute requiring international marriage brokers to register and become certified to do business with state residents. This legislation will result in collecting much needed data on international marriage brokers, create more transparency in the international matchmaking industry and prevent potential violence and abuse of foreign women.     

Conflicting Consensus

Abstract

Limited research exists on the extent to which the public supports the criminalization of domestic violence, and whether people believe police pro-arrest policies will deter future offending. Based on conflict theory, it is hypothesized that there will be differences in support for criminalization between powerful (i.e., middle to upper class Caucasian men) and less powerful demographic groups (i.e., women, minorities, and the economically and educationally disadvantaged). Data were collected from a randomized telephone survey of Alabama residents and analyzed using ordered regression models. Results indicate that a majority of respondents agreed with a pro-arrest policy for domestic violence; however, age, education, income, and gender subgroup differences offer support for the conflict model. An additional finding that domestic violence victimization plays a significant role in the formulation of respondents' attitudes toward these policies needs to be more closely investigated.     

国际侦查合作法律依据简论

在国际侦查合作的发展进程中,世界各国在大量实践的基础上形成了较为系统的规则,并最终上升为各类效力不同的规范性法律文件,为国际侦查合作的顺利开展和健康发展奠定了坚实的法律基础。从国际法和国内法两大范畴对国际侦查合作的法律依据进行梳理、分类和整合,归纳出全球范围的国际侦查合作法律依据的三大特点及发展趋势。