BOUNDARY OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS — A LESSON FROM THE QVOD CASE

The Qvod case in 2016, in which the Chinese video-sharing site Qvod was convicted of the crime of disseminating pornographic materials for profits, provoked heated debates regarding the criminal responsibility of internet service providers (ISPs) in China. Using the Qvod case as an example, this paper first discusses the definition and the legal obligations of ISPs, and argues that we should decide the criminal responsibility of ISPs according to their functions and the content of their services. This paper further analyzes four major issues associated with the criminal responsibility of ISPs, including accomplice responsibility, accessory with neutral conduct, perpetrator by action or omission and ideal concurrence (Idealkonkurrenz).     

Magazine Influence on Cartridge Case Ejection Patterns with Glock Pistols

In this study, the cartridge case ejection patterns of six different Glock model pistols (one specimen per model) were compared under three conditions: firing with a loaded magazine, an empty magazine, and without magazine. The distances, covered by the ejected cartridge cases given these three conditions, were compared for each of the six models. A significant difference was found between the groups of data for each of the tested specimens. This indicates that it is important that, to reconstruct a shooting scene incident based on the ejection patterns of a pistol, test shots are fired with the same pistol type and under the correct magazine condition.     

Forensic Case Reports Presenting Immersion Pulmonary Edema as a Differential Diagnosis in Fatal Diving Accidents

Immersion Pulmonary Edema (IPE) reduces the transport of gases over the respiratory membrane due to edema in the interstitium and respiratory zones. IPE has previously been described in both swimmers and divers, with a few known fatal cases. We have reviewed 42 SCUBA and snorkeling‐related drowning deaths, and through a thorough analysis of each case, including both diving physiology and forensic pathology, we present IPE as a differential diagnosis to drowning in four cases. Our findings propose that; absence of watery content in the stomach and conducting airways, and liquid filled lungs without hyperexpansion, may be compatible with IPE. We suggest that IPE should be considered in cases where witness testimony reveals; no obvious signs of aspiration and rapid respiratory deterioration despite continuous breathing through an appropriate air source. The diagnosis should be based on the overall impression, including both the autopsy findings and the circumstances regarding the accident.     

建立案件质量评估体系的构想

防止错案发生的重要途径之一,就是要尽快建立案件质量评估体系.确立适应检察权特点的侦查和审查案件的质量评估原则;建立科学、合理、客观、规范、适度的案件质量评估标准;建立相应的制约机制和激励机制,确保评估体系良性运转.通过推进案件质量的目标化管理,提高办案水平,实现在诉讼环节中冤、假、错案的自我纠正.     

Comparing political futures: the rise and use of scenarios in future-oriented area studies

The predictive ability of scholars of politics has long been a subject of theoretical debate and methodological development. In theoretical debate, prediction represents a central issue regarding the extent to which the study of politics is scientific. In methodological development, much effort and resource have been devoted to a diverse range of predictive approaches, with varying degrees of success. Expectations that scholars forecast accurately come as much from the policy and media worlds as from the academy. Since the end of the Cold War, scenario development has become prevalent in future-oriented research by area studies scholars. This approach is long due critical re-assessment. For all its strengths as a policy tool, scenario development tends towards a bounded methodology, driving the process of anticipating futures along predetermined paths into a standardised range of options, and paying insufficient attention to theoretical and contextual understandings available within the relevant scholarly disciplines.     

缔约过失责任的历史嬗变

在德国法上,缔约上过失制度是在侵权法与合同法之缝隙中生长出来并逐渐独立的制度,是学说、判例以及立法合力的结果。耶林从一生活中的例子出发,以罗马法为根据,勾画出缔约上过失制度独立之价值,后世之学说、判例,都是建立在耶林所发现缔约上过失制度价值的基础上的。可以说,耶林发现了法律问题,并准确地提出了解决方案,而司法实践又提供了大量的类型,最终经过学说一般化努力,缔约上过失制度才逐渐被法典化。缔约上过失制度发达史对我们的启示是,法典化的基础在于法律理论,而法律理论又有赖于学说与判例的发展,所以,在我们继受外国法时,应注意理论继受。     

我国应对炸弹恐吓事件的工作缺失及其对策

近来,我国境内发生多起炸弹恐吓事件,造成了较大伤亡和财产损失,引起了社会公众的恐慌。炸弹恐吓事件有各种特征及其成因,我国应对此类事件有一些缺失,要采取一些对策预防和打击炸弹恐吓事件。     

论民族哲学、文化研究统一的必要性

哲学与文化原本就是互生、互动的 ,只是在学科分化后才被人为地分割开来。这种相互疏离和分割 ,既不利于准确、完整地把握特定民族国家的哲学和文化 ,也不利于各民族的自我认识、相互理解以及哲学、文化自身的发展 ,因此民族哲学研究、民族文化研究需要重新结合。即 ,民族文化的完整研究必须用哲学研究来统摄 ,民族哲学的完整研究也必须以文化研究为依托 ,二者相互补充、相互结合     

刑事诉讼中疑罪案件处理的几个问题辨析

疑罪从无是无罪推定原则在案件的实体处理上的体现。准确界定疑罪案件是刑事司法实践中正确适用疑罪从无原则的前提和关键。疑罪从无原则不仅适用于审判阶段 ,也适用于侦查和起诉阶段 ,但效力不同。我国现行刑事诉讼法未能彻底贯彻疑罪从无的精神 ,如二审程序的立法有悖于这一精神及最高人民法院的司法解释又给其予以重大冲击。