老纽约社会的婚姻--论伊迪丝·华顿的纽约小说创作

20世纪初,美国文坛上升起了一颗璀璨之星,即女作家伊迪丝·华顿。她运用细腻的人物心理描写和精当的语言描绘了一幅“老纽约”贵族女性的生活蓝图,以独特的视角审视上流社会中女性的地位及其命运。本文在仔细研读华顿作品的基础上,分析其小说创作中的婚姻主题,认为她通过对这些贵族女性的生活际遇以及她们所处社会环境的错置现象的叙写,揭示出女性在父权制社会中的从属地位,进而窥视其反抗的声音以及日益增强的女性自我意识。     

论复议期间行政行为不停止执行原则

复议期间行政行为不停止执行原则中的“执行”并非仅指对行政相对人的强制执行,而应重新厘定其涵义;“是否停止执行”有不同的模式选择,选择何种模式与其背后的价值取向有关,并受到多种因素的影响。我国选择“复议期间具体行政行为不停止执行为原则,停止执行为例外”的模式,既存在理论上的缺失,也难于在实践中具体落实,需要进行反思与重构。     

从《琉璃宫史》看东吁王朝的王族婚姻

在封建社会,王族婚姻不仅具有一般的社会意义,还具有政治上的意义.本文通过梳理缅甸最权威史书<琉璃宫史>中所记载的东吁王朝王族婚姻状况,对当时的王族婚制、后妃身份、婚礼、婚姻观念等进行文化意义上的分析,由此揭示王室婚姻对政治和社会的影响.     

美国《2018年出口管制法》评析与启示

美国《2018年出口管制法》在术语定义和政策声明、出口管制的权限和管理、许可证、确定和控制"新兴和基础技术"出口的要求、涉及与美国全面禁运的国家有关的审查、惩罚和强制执行等方面作出了许多新规定。该法使美国出口管制体系走向法典化、系统化和多边化,建立跨部门许可审查机制,确立"合规协助"条款,扩大了"新兴和基础技术"这一出口管制范围,并扩张出口管制域外管辖权,同时加强了惩罚和执行力度。我国应注重"新兴与基础技术"的管制,完善出口管制系列清单,扩大出口管制管理机构的执法权限,为出口经营者出口合规提供具体指导,严格执行阻断法,推进双边与多边出口管制标准的设立以应对该法的实施。     

环境责任"原罪"说--关于环境无过错归责原则合理性的再思考

关于环境侵权无过错归责原则合理性的解释,学术界作过反复探讨,但都没有给出无懈可击的论证.我们主张环境责任"原罪"说,即任何环境行为都负有妨碍环境的"原罪",环境侵权是由环境行为引发的对有归属利益的危害.环境侵权行为人只是环境行为人中的一部分,只有他们才成为环境侵权的受控者.     

婚姻法司法解释（三）的法理价值

2011年8月,最高人民法院公布了《关于适用〈中华人民共和国婚姻法〉若干问题的解释（三）》,该法一公布,激活了人们的法律思维,打破了人们某些固有的家庭生活规则,挑战了传统的婚姻观。呈现了许多新的亮点：规定了结婚瑕疵的救济途径;厘清了发展中的婚姻家庭关系的权利和义务;家庭财产制有了新的意蕴;明示了生育权女性做主的原则。体现了婚姻法的法理性、现实的针对性、改革开放的时代性和社会发展的前瞻性,它的发布有着深厚的理论意义和实践意义。     

预置防范装置行为的法律性质

如何认定预置防范装置行为的法律性质在司法实践中是一个较常见的问题,但是我国刑法理论对此缺乏深入、系统的探讨。预置防范装置行为总体上可以分为正当的和不正当的两类。正当的预置防范装置行为可以成立正当防卫和一般违法行为,不正当的预置防范装置行为构成犯罪。     

对盗窃信用卡并使用行为的定性

我国《刑法》第一百九十六条第三款规定:盗窃信用卡并使用的,以盗窃罪论处。该款规定并不妥当,因为盗窃信用卡并使用的行为可能触犯盗窃罪、信用卡诈骗罪或诈骗罪。故应予以删除。     

How Many Seats in Congress Is Control of Redistricting Worth?

How large a benefit is partisan control of the redistricting process? Do legal constraints on redistricting—such as the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act—alter this benefit? Are institutions designed to reduce the benefit to partisan control—such as redistricting commissions—effective? To measure the effects of partisan districting on the electoral fortunes of the parties, we collect data on the partisan composition of state government, House election outcomes, and moderating institutions over an 80-year period. Our results suggest that over time, both parties have benefited from unified control, with the effects largest in states where voters were evenly divided among the parties and smallest in states where the controlling party had a large advantage in the electorate. The effects have changed over time, with both parties having equally benefited from control during the middle of the 20th century, the benefit largely disappearing in the late part of the century, and the Republican Party seeing a moderate advantage from control in the current century. The benefits of partisan control were not diminished in states with redistricting commissions. The preclearance requirement appears to have hurt the Democratic Party except when its vote share was very low. The aggregate effects of partisan redistricting are moderate in magnitude—in the modern period, this effect has typically been less than 10 House seats, with the last election where control of the House would have flipped in expectation occurring in 1954.     

Audit for Whom? Time to Review Roles of Independent Auditors in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong government has been reforming its laws regarding accounting practices in recent years, to pre-empt problems similar to that of Enron. It correctly recognizes an opportunity to enhance and distinguish the financial system in Hong Kong and create a competitive advantage for Hong Kong. The sixty-five billion dollar question is: what is the right approach for accounting practice reform? One obvious approach is to model reform after the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX). The SOX increases personal liabilities of senior management and introduces extremely cumbersome compliance processes (s 3 (b)(ix) of Minutes of Bills Committee of Financial Reporting Council Bill. (19 July 2005)). While this approach may be the right move for the United States, because rescuing investor confidence is paramount, a similar approach may not be optimal for Hong Kong. Hong Kong relies, to a great degree, on foreign investments and a heavy-handed approach may scare investments away (Charles E. Schumer &; Michael R. Bloomberg To Save New York, Learn from London, Wall Street Journal 1 Nov 2006). This paper, argues that failure of independent auditors was mainly caused by bad incentives. In particular, auditors were hired by and responsible to the management of companies. Thus, there is no surprise that auditors were less diligent in finding problems caused by management. Furthermore, proposing of an alternate to the SOA’s approach. Specifically, a new legal approach should be enforced that allows shareholders to sue auditors when failure to uncover accounting issues causes loss of shareholders’ values.