试论单位犯罪的主客观要件问题——借鉴英国刑法中法人过失杀人罪的判例

界定单位犯罪行为的标准,除了考虑由法定代表人或决策机构人员集体决定,体现单位意志或在单位意志支配下,为单位谋取利益等特征外,还应考虑由于单位自身的缺陷等因素,其他普通工作人员过失造成危害社会的结果的情形.单位犯罪的罪过形式不仅可由故意构成,也可由过失构成,且过失可分为非获利性过失和获利性过失,特定的过失和非特定的过失两类.对此,应在刑法总则中有所规定.另外,应在一些危害公共安全的犯罪中增设单位过失犯罪的条款.     

To block or not to block – European child porno law in question

The EU Commission has proposed a new Directive on combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. The updated piece of legislation proposes to block access to child pornography websites. After months of negotiation, the Council, Parliament and Commission have agreed on a compromised text which generates more confusion and has been lambasted as meaningless. The compromised text is a result of powerful lobbying by Hollywood porno industry, Internet Service Providers and civil libertarians. The compromised text brings to highlight the tension between freedom of speech and protection of children.     

Does it pay to pollute? Shareholder wealth consequences of corporate environmental lawsuits

In this paper, we employ the event study methodology to examine shareholder wealth consequences of corporate environmental lawsuits filed in the US Circuit Courts from 1980 to 2001. We find that stocks of defendant firms experience significant negative abnormal returns around the lawsuit filing dates. When the plaintiffs are government entities, the abnormal returns of the defendant stocks are significantly negative. On the other hand, when the plaintiffs are individuals or nonpublic business entities, the abnormal returns are statistically insignificant. When lawsuits are filed under EPA's superfund statute, defendant firms experience significant loss in equity value. For shareholders of the average firm in our sample, the empirical evidence suggests that it does not pay to pollute if the firm is sued.     

Inducing corporate compliance: A compound corporate liability regime

Corporate liability regimes have two major social goals: (i) inducing corporations to internalize all social ramifications of their activity; and (ii) inducing corporations to prevent, deter, and report their employee misconduct. The scholarly polemic has shown that none of the liability regimes recognized thus far in the literature efficiently satisfies both social goals. Following a Law and Economics approach, this paper develops an innovative regime that may comprise an optimal corporate liability framework in most settings. The Compound Corporate Liability Regime developed in this paper is a two-layer strict liability regime. Under this regime, corporations that self-report their employee misconduct incur a sanction that is reduced by the variable enforcement costs saved due to their self-reporting. Such a liability framework aligns social and corporations’ interests, and thereby satisfies both social goals of corporate liability regimes.     

On the optimality of a duty-to-rescue rule and the cost of wrongful intervention

In common law legal systems, there is no legal duty to rescue persons in danger. By contrast in code-based legal systems, the principle of duty to rescue does apply. What is behind this difference? To answer this question, we develop a new model extending the reach and strength of the standard civic duty game by taking into account the cost of wrongful intervention. We use this model to analyze and compare three policy options: doing nothing, adopting a duty-to-rescue rule, and encouraging would-be rescuers. We show that a duty-to-rescue rule is more likely to be welfare enhancing when the cost of inappropriately intervening is low, and that, in certain cases, encouraging would-be rescuers is preferred by a representative citizen to both a duty-to-rescue rule and no-rule. Finally, we offer an explanation for the choices made in the USA and France as to whether to use rescue laws.     

K2 Toxicity: Fatal Case of Psychiatric Complications Following AM2201 Exposure

Limited forensic and clinical experience and the lack of confirmatory testing strategies for synthetic cannabinoids (SC) prevent adequate characterization of SC toxicity and the potential impact on public health. A statewide surveillance system identified a fatality involving a 23‐year‐old man found with a large stab wound to the neck following use of a SC product suspected of containing AM2201. Analytical testing for common SCs, SC metabolites, routine drugs of abuse, and over‐the‐counter medications was performed on heart blood obtained at autopsy. Additionally, assays were performed on the SC raw material and drug paraphernalia found on the decedent. High concentrations of AM2201 were detected in all samples. AM2201 metabolites were detected in postmortem blood. Other than a trace amount of JWH‐073 found in smoke residue, no other substances were detected. Psychiatric complications including self‐induced, lethal trauma can occur after the use of SC products.     

GC-MS检测新型策划毒品K3

目的基于气相色谱-质谱（GC-MS）检测结合特殊质谱库信息检索建立新型策划毒品的鉴定方法。方法未知样品用甲醇超声溶解,吸取上清液采用气相色谱-质谱（GC-MS）联用仪检测。结果测得A组分（t R=19.47min）的质谱特征碎片峰（m/z）信息为215.1（基峰）、144.9、294.1、337.1和365.1,B组分（tR=23.29min）的质谱特征碎片峰（m/z）信息为359.1（基峰）、127.1、144.0、155.0、232.1、284.1和342.0。经美国缉毒署毒品分析谱库检索获得的信息资料,鉴定为新型策划毒品＂K3＂,其主要组分为＂AKB48＂和＂AM2201＂,此类化合物具有大麻类似精神活性,归属合成大麻素。结论本方法可用于新型策划毒品组分的鉴定。     

冷战后的英美"特殊关系"

冷战结束后 ,围绕英美“特殊关系”问题产生了两个主要的争论 :一是冷战后英美两国应该放弃还是继续保持“特殊关系” ?二是这种“特殊关系”在冷战后是加强了还是淡化了 ?前一个争论主要发生在英国国内 ,尤以“疑欧派”与“拥欧派”之间的对立为代表。后一个争论 ,从英美关系的现状看 ,尽管两国在双边关系及一些重大国际问题上存在分歧 ,但由于两国继续保持并强化了战略伙伴关系 ,这种“特殊关系”在冷战后实际上得到了加强     

小鼠皮肤损伤愈合过程中PI3K/Akt通路的作用

目的探讨小鼠皮肤损伤愈合过程中损伤区磷脂酰肌醇-3-激酶(phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase,PI3K)、磷酸化磷脂酰肌醇-3-激酶(phospho-PI3K,p-PI3K)、蛋白激酶B(protein kinase B,PKB,又称Akt)和磷酸化蛋白激酶B(phospho-Akt,p-Akt)的表达及其随时间的变化规律。方法应用免疫组织化学染色、Western印迹法和real-time PCR技术检测小鼠皮肤损伤不同时间段PI3K、Akt、p-PI3K及p-Akt的变化情况。结果免疫组织化学染色显示,皮肤损伤后,PI3K、p-Akt阳性染色出现在单核细胞和成纤维细胞,峰值出现在组织修复期。Western印迹法显示,各个时间段均有PI3K、p-PI3K、Akt、p-Akt的阳性条带,其中p-PI3K、p-Akt表达的峰值出现在炎症期和增生期,PI3K、Akt表达的高峰出现在组织重建期。real-time PCR结果显示,PI3K m RNA的峰值出现在炎症期和组织重建期,Akt m RNA的峰值出现在组织重建期。结论在皮肤损伤愈合过程中,PI3K、Akt、p-PI3K及p-Akt的表达变化呈现不同的规律性并有较好的时间依赖性,PI3K/Akt通路的表达规律可以用于法医学损伤时间推断。     

美国K类签证对中国立法的启迪

美国K类签证,又称外籍公民入境与美国公民结婚的一种签证。由于K类签证拒签率较低,对申请人的语言要求不高,已经成为美国公民的外籍配偶合法移民的重要途径。鉴于越来越多的发展中国家公民试图通过涉外婚姻而达到移居发达国家的目的,因此出入境管理部门及普通百姓了解K类签证的申请程序,有助于中国研究制定相应的立法对策。