地方科技进步立法与科技创新规律的协调研究

科技创新对社会的发展起着巨大的促进作用,地方科技立法要促进科技创新的发展必须遵循科技创新规律,符合科技进步的内在要求。但目前地方科技立法与科技创新规律不协调的状况依旧存在,地方科技进步立法须作进一步完善,须充分发挥科技人员的积极性,加大投入,促进科技成果的转化,鼓励可持续创新。     

按份共有人优先购买权制度之适用——《物权法》第101条的解释与完善

我国《物权法》第101条关于按份共有人优先购买权制度的规定过于简约,存在诸多适用上的争议。作为制度分析的起点,应将按份共有人优先购买权的法律性质界定为形成权,从而以避免理论上的缺陷。从解释论的立场出发,可通过民法解释学的方法阐明《物权法》第101条前段的＂转让＂和＂份额＂的含义。在《物权法》第101条相关规定阙如的情形下,应通过比较法和规范意旨之分析,明确按份共有人优先购买权的行使、行使的效力和权利冲突等具体问题。     

我国民事公益诉讼的制度建构

民事公益诉讼的提出是当前侵害国家利益和社会公共利益的案件大量涌现却得不到适当解决的情势所需.民事公益诉讼的目的,是立法者基于其客观需要和民事诉讼、民事公益诉讼的本质及其规律的认识,而预先设定的理想目标.它是民事公益诉讼制度构建的逻辑起点,由此论及民事公益诉讼的原则、管辖、原告资格认定、诉讼受案范围、证明责任分担、诉讼费用等内容,目的是对民事公益诉讼制度在我国的全面确立有所裨益.     

探析农村黑恶势力形成的社会心理基础

农村黑恶势力的孳生、发展与其相应的社会心理基础有着必然的关系。其形成的社会心理基础,包括心理的互动性、集团内聚力、从众现象、社会心理需要与公共权力弱化等方面的内容。必须采取有效措施,充分发挥社会规范的综合治理作用,以减少或消除农村黑恶势力形成的社会心理基础。     

完善民事纠纷多元化解决机制的思考

目前,我国正处于体制转轨、社会变革、利益分化、观念更新的矛盾凸显期,社会矛盾日趋复杂,民事纠纷日益增加,迫切需要在诉讼外寻求其他纠纷解决方式来缓解社会矛盾。文章通过对多元化纠纷解决机制含义、内容以及价值功能的分析研究,提出完善多元化纠纷解决机制的建议。     

Female sex offenders who abuse children whilst working in organisational contexts: offending,conviction and sentencing

To date, there has been very little research into the phenomenon of female-perpetrated institutional child sexual abuse (CSA). This study explored 71 cases of CSA perpetrated by women working with children, considered by UK police and courts between 2000 and 2016. Qualitative and quantitative content analysis was employed to examine court reports, professional regulatory body decisions, media reports and an online sentencing database in order to identify perpetrator and victim characteristics, the nature of the offending behaviour, modus operandi and criminal justice system responses. Findings indicate most women offended alone and had no previous criminal or employment records of concern. Victims were typically male and 15–16 years old. Most women received custodial sentences, typically of 2–3 years in length. Implications for policy and practice are also discussed.     

The reconstruction of business interests after the ISI collapse: unpacking the effect of institutional change in Chile and Uruguay

Abstract

This paper focuses on understanding the different evolutions of business’ associational paths in post-Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) Chile and Uruguay, offering an explanation at the crossroads of the institutional change and international trade literatures. The argument is that the different forms in which ISI institutions were transformed during the liberalisation period facilitated a greater mobility of factors to different degrees, triggering divergent enduring associational strategies on the part of business. The proliferation of narrow-based special benefits during the ISI fuelled preferences for the formation of sector-based coalitions oriented towards rent-seeking activities. Nevertheless, while ISI regulations were displaced in Chile during the military period, Uruguay followed a gradual process of layering of new rules alongside old ones. These diverging strategies, having different effect on established inter-sectoral regulatory distortions, propitiated alternative associational paths of local business.     

Make and Buy—An Alternative to Make or Buy? An Investigation of Four Theoretical Explanations in Danish Municipalities

The question of whether public organizations should provide services themselves or buy them from external suppliers has become increasingly relevant due to public-sector modernization. The literature has focused on it as a question of either make or buy. Contrarily, we focus on the reasons for public organizations to simultaneously produce and contract out similar services. The article investigates different theoretical explanations for concurrent make and buy. A survey of Danish municipalities shows that make and buy seems to be a steady choice. However, the results show little support for the theoretical explanations indicating the need for more public-oriented explanations.     

Postal Service Reforms in Solomon Islands of the South Pacific: Evaluating Consequences for Public Service Delivery and Customer Satisfaction

The changing environment of the postal sector over the last decade has increased the urgency for governments worldwide to re-examine regulations governing how their public postal administrations operate. The need to increase service efficiency and quality is a critical strategic focus, given the increasing technological competition, rising operational costs, and changing customers' needs and expectations. There are many success stories, particularly from developed countries, highlighting improved service quality following corporatization of their public postal administration. This particular study revealed that reforms of the Solomon Islands postal service have had some positive influence on the level of customer satisfaction.     

Institutional Change and Professional Norms: A Study of Grading Behavior in Higher Education

This study investigates how an institutional exogenous change interacts with professional norms in relation to behavior in public organizations. We test how a new grading scale introduced in 2007 changed grade point averages and pass rates at two university departments. Data consist of register data on grading between 2004 and 2010. We find that the new grading scale both increased grade point averages and pass rates and halted the negative time trend in these variables. These effects are even greater for exams with an external examiner. The main conclusion is that grading systems affect grading both immediately and over time.