Amussat’s Sign in Hanging—A Prospective Autopsy Study

Abstract: Amussat’s sign is typically a transverse laceration of the intimal layer of carotid arteries described in cases of hanging. Subtotal laceration of the carotid artery is not strictly specific for hanging and can be also caused by blunt neck trauma, extreme overstretching, or whiplash‐injuries. In a prospective autopsy study of 178 cases of hanging, Amussat’s sign was found in 29 cases (a relative frequency of 16.1%). A statistically significant association between the occurrence of tears in the intimal layer of carotid arteries and the victims’ age was discovered in the cases studied (the frequency increased with age; p < 0.05). The occurrence of Amussat’s sign was independent of gender, weight, completeness of the victim’s body suspension, and position of the ligature knot on the neck. The study demonstrates the fact that the most probable cause of Amussat’s sign is a combination of direct compression of the artery by the rope and indirect stretching because of the gravitational drag produced by the weight of the body.     

船员外派人身伤亡案件中船员服务机构地位辨析

船员外派是指船员被选派到境外,且通常在外籍船舶上提供劳动服务。《中华人民共和国船员条例》把船员服务机构定义为从事代理船员办理申请培训、考试、申领证书等有关手续,代理船员用人单位管理船员事务,提供船舶配员等船员服务业务的机构。结合《中华人民共和国船员条例》《中华人民共和国船员服务管理规定》以及2008年颁布的《中华人民共和国劳动合同法》,对在船员外派中船员服务机构的身份和法律地位进行分析,厘清船员、船员服务机构和境外船东三者关系,从而确定船员服务机构在此类案件中应承担的责任。     

论我国公民的免于匮乏权

美国前总统富兰克林.罗斯福面对经济危机提出了包括公民应该享有"免于匮乏的自由"的著名四大自由。我国的法学理论中虽然没有这一概念,但宪法中关于"国家合理安排积累和消费,兼顾国家、集体和个人的利益,在发展生产的基础上,逐步改善人民的物质生活和文化生活"的规定,实质上就是关于公民免于匮乏权的表述。本文从现代国家的职责、国家权利(义务)与公民权利(义务)关系的角度论述了保障公民免于匮乏权是国家的法律义务,不能将此任推给公民家庭及个人,并通过对我国实践的剖析,提出应当避免过度从政策层面、经济层面及公民个人努力层面对公民进行免于匮乏权保障的路径选择,而应靠国家义务性、实践路径上的法律制度性来实现。     

协动主义：诉讼与诉讼外纠纷解决机制关系定位——基于人民调解的制度规范与地方实践的分析

关于人民调解的规范文件贯彻了司法最终救济的理念,但由于各地方纠纷解决需要的差异,实践中形成的不同的诉讼外纠纷解决机制,模糊了诉讼与诉讼外纠纷解决机制的关系。构建一个功能互补的纠纷解决的生态系统,必须在确立司法权威的同时,按照解纷合意获得的不同样式,确定诉讼外纠纷解决机制与诉讼的程序协动关系。     

质询权性质的辨析

就质询的本质而言,质询权的性质既不是人大代表的权利,也不是人大的集体性宪法权力,而是人大代表的法定权力。质询权作为人大代表的一项法定权力,具有不可放弃性、有限性、法定性和强制性。准确界定质询权的性质,有助于确保质询权的运行规范、有序、高效,加强人大代表对“一府两院”的监督。     

消费者后悔权的冷思考

15年来,我国《消费者权益保护法》的第一次大型修订能否将后悔权写进法条,已成为人们关注的焦点。后悔权是何种权利,我国有无设立后悔权的必要以及如何设置后悔权将成为人们热议的话题。本文从法律视角对其进行了分析并对后悔权的立法设置提出了相应的建议。     

The ‘Perils’ of an Identity Politics Approach to the Legal Recognition of Harm

In the past, and it still remains the case, people with learning difficulties who are victims of violence have been cast as being in need of protection rather than rights and justice. Such an approach belies an institutionalised perspective of harm that does not readily engage with criminal justice structures or solutions. At the same time, Sect. 146 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 gives the court the power to pass enhanced sentences where it can be proven that a crime was motivated by hostility towards someone because s/he is disabled. However, this provision may simply remain a symbolic pledge to equality that fails to tackle the complex and deep rooted causes of violence and oppression in modern society. The consequences of automatically turning to hate crime ‘solutions’ have yet to be explored. This article will draw from the ideas of a number of thinkers in the context of diverse activism to construct a bridge between current debates about how to theorise and tackle violence and oppression in the modern world and the campaigns fought by people with learning difficulties and their supporters. The hope is that this exercise will not only help people with learning difficulties to access the current debate but will further develop current thinking about how to understand and tackle violence in the modern world.

推进边境口岸城市国际化的构想和对策——对黑龙江省绥芬河市的案例分析

城市国际化背景下,绥芬河市凭借自身的地缘优势,加之不断优化的内外发展环境,不断克服自身城市规模小、人口少等不利因素,逐步探索与国际接轨的城市发展的新模式。     

始终代表中国最广大人民群众的最根本利益——行政领导存在的价值

行政领导要始终代表中国最广大人民群众的最根本利益,这是行政领导存在的价值所在,是行政领导合法性的确证.树立正确的权力观,是始终代表最广大人民群众最根本利益的思想保证,行政领导要拒腐防变,永远做最广大人民群众最根本利益的忠实代表.     

杂交种知识产权申请方式探讨

申请不同的知识产权,可获得不同的权利保护。符合植物新品种条件的杂交种亲本,应申请品种权。杂交种不是品种,是一种生产方法;不愿申请品种权,应申请生产方法发明专利权。对控制目标性状的目的基因,应申请基因发明专利权。