伪造、变造货币结合行为的司法解析

假币犯罪严重危害我国的货币信用和金融安全,历来是我国法律规制和司法打击的重点。实务界和理论界对于真假拼凑币的刑法定性一直争论不休,而司法解释将伪造和变造相结合制造真假拼凑币的行为一概认定为伪造货币罪,使得变造货币罪成为有名无实的一纸空文,严重混淆了伪造和变造的本质区别,明显是欠妥的。     

Naturalization ceremonies and the role of immigrants in the American nation

Although immigration is an essential element in the American national story, it presents difficulties for constructing national membership and national identity in terms of shared intrinsic values. In this article, I analyze speeches made at naturalization ceremonies during two time periods (1950–1970 and 2003–present) to examine the evolving roles of immigrants, as articulated to immigrants themselves. Naturalization ceremonies are a unique research site because the usually implied nationalist content is made explicit to brand new members of the nation. I find a shift in the framing from immigrants as potential liabilities and weak links in the earlier period to immigrants as morally superior redeemers of the American nation in the later period. I discuss the significance of this shift and the relationship between the roles presented at naturalization ceremonies and the discourse found elsewhere in the public sphere.     

美国如何打击身份盗窃犯罪

12种身份失窃犯罪在美国是个普遍存在的问题。为使民众更好地保护自己的个人信息不受侵犯,美国贸易委员会出版了一系列的小册子,提醒民众加以预防。在美国,联邦贸易委员会希望消费者和商家更多地了解个人信息和隐私的重要性。美国公众可以随时免费获得这些宣传手册,也可以浏览联邦贸易委员会网站或者阅读该委员会的众多期刊,以获得更多的此类信息。     

Just work it out amongst yourselves: the implications of the private mediation of religious freedom

In its much-heralded report of 2008, the Bouchard-Taylor Commission struck by the Quebec government divided the resolution of contests involving religion-based claims into two realms: those which are solved in the courts and before human rights tribunals and therefore enter into formal determinations based on ‘reasonable accommodation’ and those disputes which are settled in private, with the guiding principle being responsabilisation dans la sphère privée' or ‘concerted adjustment’. In the report it is clear that the Commission prefers the second alternative for the resolution of disputes or disagreements about such things as prayer space, kirpans in schoolyards, serving pork at maple sugar farms, and religious needs in employment contexts. In this article I argue that encouraging the private resolution of issues around religious freedom, particularly in a social, legal and political climate in which there is fear and anxiety about the religious other, is an alternative that renders already vulnerable groups and individuals even more vulnerable. This in turn contributes to a situation in which they risk being oppressed and disadvantaged in a society which promises equality. Such a situation can create tension which could easily have been avoided if clear guidelines based on a beginning place of citizen equality were publicly and clearly stated by legal and political institutions.     

Self-Complexity and Crime: Extending General Strain Theory

General strain theory suggests that a number of conditioning factors affect who is more likely to respond to strain with crime. This study introduces a previously neglected conditioning variable from the social psychology literature, self-complexity (SC). SC refers to (1) the number of identities individuals perceive as important to themselves; and (2) the varied characteristics they ascribe to these identities. The central argument of this study is that those who are lower in SC, or those with fewer identities and more overlap among these identities, should be more susceptible to the negative emotional and behavioral effects of strain. This assertion was tested through a vignette study of undergraduates. Results indicate that those who are lower in SC are more likely to intend to assault another person and drink heavily than those who are higher in SC. The findings suggest that SC should be included among traditional conditioning variables explicated in GST.     

《红线》中女性人物的文化身份

在澳大利亚当代作家尼古拉斯·周思的作品《红线》中，女主人公鲁丝的文化身份最明显的特征就是杂糅性：她是位地道的澳大利亚女性，但非常痴迷中国的传统文化；来到中国与沈复灵相识后，受启于佛教转世轮回的思想，与沈一道成为《浮生六记》中芸娘与沈复的转世，在今生续写了两人未了的爱恋。从杂糅性的概念、杂糅视角的特征，以及中国文化对西方文化的启示来分析鲁丝的生存状态发现，她身上更多体现出的是中澳文化的平等对话，而无所谓到底谁是主流秩序。     

刑事案件中“自报身份”问题研究

近年来,检察机关审查起诉中按“自报身份”处理的犯罪嫌疑人总量一直呈上升态势.自报身份刑事案件频发损害了司法的严肃性与公信力,同时,在犯罪嫌疑人主体身份上“当查未查”更有可能导致错诉漏诉,伤及无辜.通过实证分析,案件实体因素和办案程序缺陷均有可能导致自报身份案件增多,但“真性”自报身份案件与“假性”自报身份案件存在本质区别,应采取针对性的措施妥善解决,从源头上有效降低自报身份案件的总体数量.     

Branding in Politics—Manifestations,Relevance and Identity-Oriented Management

ABSTRACT

In contrast to classical marketing, previous research on political marketing has barely considered the branding aspect. This is all the more surprising, given that on the one hand, political parties and their key representatives presumably fulfil the main criteria of an impact-oriented brand as a firmly anchored, consistent perceptual image in the minds of voters. On the other hand, there are many indicators that political brands are of considerable significance for voting decisions. In essence, the importance of brands for voting decisions on the part of the consumers derives from their branding functions, such as orientation aid in the form of an “information chunk” or risk-reduction function in the sense of a confidence surrogate. Based on the hypothesis that brand management thus constitutes a central challenge for the marketing of political parties, it is appropriate to investigate what approach seems best suited to managing political brands and how these should be formulated.     

思想政治教育认同论略

增强思想政治教育认同是提高思想政治教育有效性的关键。在社会转型、市场化、全球化、网络化的深入发展背景下,传统思想政治教育的改革与调整滞后于外在环境的变化,在主体、内容、过程、价值等方面存在诸多问题,认同状况不容乐观。构建人本思想政治教育,完成思想政治教育由传统到现代的转变,是提高思想政治教育认同度和有效性的根本出路。     

The ‘problem’ with youth: young people,citizenship and the community

Fears that we are experiencing a crisis in citizenship have been increasingly directed towards youth. Popular political and government rhetoric has frequently positioned young people as a threat to the healthy functioning of citizenship and democracy. Policies have been implemented to educate them and control their behaviour, particularly in their local communities, in an attempt to foster them as citizens deemed appropriate to join adult society. This article provides evidence to the contrary, of young people who wish to be part of their local communities and incorporated in the development of relationships of mutual trust and respect. In this context it is argued that the New Labour government's approach to renewing citizenship for the modern age is contributing to the alienation of young people from any sense of inclusive citizenship. It is put forward that if we are truly concerned with the engagement and empowerment of young people, what is needed is a broader definition of citizenship that enables them to participate as young citizens and respects their voices as an important part of a fair society. This, it is argued, would entail a departure from currently dominant conceptions of citizenship towards, instead, a cultural citizenship approach.