风险投资组织形式的比较与选择

现有有关风险投资的研究多从风险投资家的作用、风险投资的契约形式、投资评估及决策程序、退出方式等角度进行阐述,很少对风险投资机构这一投资主体进行研究.然而不同的组织形式具有不同的效率,不同的国家和地区根据自身情况选择了不同的组织形式.影响风险投资组织形式选择的因素主要有资金来源、法律因素和政府扶植状况.鉴于我国有关法律与制度还不完备,我国现阶段应以公司制为主.可通过实行专家聘任制、经理人回报制度及引入阶段性投资机制解决现有公司制中存在的问题.     

TURNING OFFENDERS INTO RESPONSIBLE PARENTS AND CHILD SUPPORT PAYERS*

This article describes four demonstration projects that strive to promote responsible behavior with respect to parenting, child support payment, and employment among incarcerated and paroled parents with child support obligations. These projects, conducted in Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas, with support from the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement and evaluated by the Center for Policy Research, led to a number of common outcomes and lessons. The projects revealed that inmates want help with child support, parenting, and employment and that prisons can be effective settings in which to conduct such interventions. Family reintegration programs were popular with inmates and may have helped to avoid the rupture of parent–child relationships commonly associated with incarceration. Although employment is the key to child support payment following release, rates of postrelease employment and earnings at all project sites were low and the employment programs were of limited utility in helping released offenders find jobs. Agencies dealing with child support, employment, and criminal justice need to adopt more effective policies with incarcerated parents including transitional job programs that guarantee immediate, subsidized employment upon release, child support guidelines that adjust for low earnings, and better training and education opportunities during incarceration.     

宏观视角下的充分就业问题

本文认为，创业是深度开发就业岗位的前提，促进就业的潜力极大。一是因资本市场发育滞后所导致的金融支持不足；二是低端服务业市场的经营成本高，限制多。前者涉及加快资本市场改革问题，后者涉及放宽低端服务市场的管制问题。     

WTO框架下中国农业法制环境的完善

经过乌拉圭回合的艰苦谈判,WTO成员间终于形成了一套农产品贸易安排的规则体系。我国是传统的农业大国,入世后,中国农业与世界农业的关联度大大增强,所以研究这套规则体系与中国农业发展的关系对于加速中国农业发展,繁荣农村经济,增加农民收入具有重大意义。本文解读了《农业协议》的核心内容,认真研究了中国农业经济和法制的现状,分析了入世给中国农业带来的机遇和挑战,以期对中国农业法制环境的完善提出有益的建议。     

Affirmative Action in an Institutional Context: The Antecedents of Policy Preferences and Political Support

This study broadens the framework within which the psychology of support for affirmative action policies is examined to include the institutional framework within which such policies are developed and implemented. This broader framework includes concern with electoral support for those who implement affirmative action policies, as well as considering the impact of implementing such policies on the overall legitimacy of government. It also includes evaluations of the fairness of the two key social institutions shaping such policies—government authorities and markets. The results of a survey of Americans suggest that this institutional framework had an important influence on reactions to affirmative action policies that was distinct from direct reactions to policies themselves. In particular, people were more supportive of policies intervening in markets when they believed that markets represented unfair social allocation procedures. Those politicians who supported such policies received greater electoral support when people viewed market procedures as being unfair and when they felt that government decision-making procedures were fair. Evidence suggests that outcomes did not directly shape electoral support or judgments about the legitimacy of government.     

汉简所记敬老制度研究

武威汉墓出土的“王杖诏书令”规定给70岁以上的老人授王杖,使其享受种种优惠,并严惩抗令不遵者;而且颁赐王杖不分穷、富、男、女,这充分体现了汉代的养老、敬老制度,也给今人以深刻的启发。     

THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION AND THE GRAVE RISK OF HARM EXCEPTION

International child abduction is a problem that affects families around the world. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was instituted to ensure that abducted children are promptly and safely returned home. Although the goal has been met, recent decisions and their use of Article 13(b) have limited the return of children to Israel on the premise that political turmoil and increased incidences of terrorist attacks constitute war. Although few would dispute that the recent escalation of terrorist attacks in Israel is troublesome, these incidences do not rise to the level of war. Such interpretations of Article 13(b) is too broad and undermines the Convention's policies. Unfortunately, in the global post-September 11th climate, terror attacks are inevitable throughout the world. In light of this harsh reality, courts must not be quick to declare that a country is a zone of war absent clear and convincing evidence.     

市场经济：司法权威生成的土壤与空间

自然经济不能产生至上的司法权威 ,独立、终局性的司法权威只能建立在市场经济的基础上。市场经济内涵的平权关系及其秩序图式对司法权威提出了制度化要求 ,为司法权威生成提供了具有平等法律地位和维权意识的诉讼法律关系主体。从而为司法权威确立了程序平等、裁判中立和裁判终局等价值和制度要素。     

论我国存款保险制度的构建

存款保险制度设立的目的在于保护存款人利益,维持存款人对金融机构的信心,保证金融体系的稳定,最终维护社会公共利益。目前,我国存款保险制度的构建尚存在以下障碍:“资金援助”供需的结构性矛盾,差别费率与银行不良资产,金融立法滞后,缺乏一套客观公正的银行信用评级体系。我们应从立法体例和目标、存款保险机构、投保金融机构、存款保险资金以及存款保险费率等五个方面来构建我国的存款保险制度。     

A SECOND CALL FOR CLINICAL HUMILITY AND JUDICIAL VIGILANCE:

Offering commentary on "Empirical and Ethical Problems with Custody Recommendations: A Call for Clinical Humility and Judicial Vigilance," we express our agreement with Tippins and Wittmann. We opine that professional activity stimulates inquiry and it is through inquiry that our knowledge base will be expanded and our skills will be improved. In the interim, we should be mindful of our limitations, and actively articulate the ways in which the incompleteness of our knowledge base and the deficiencies of our assessment tools limit the confidence that can be placed in the recommendations that we offer.