Why can't development be managed more like a funeral? Challenging participatory practices

The adoption of techniques to elicit community participation in development practice is an important step forward. The question remains whether this is sufficient for development outcomes that accord with the aspirations of ‘participants’. Community perceptions are somewhat different, as our own conclusions demonstrate. We have developed a ‘methodology of inclusiveness’, based on community institutions which embed collective social action in everyday life. We use the analogy of funerals as collective action in which activities are planned, roles are demarcated, responsibilities are assigned, and desired outcomes are realised. We ask the question: why can't development be managed more like a funeral?     

徇私舞弊不移交刑事案件罪主体的认定

徇私舞弊不移交刑事案件罪的主体是行政执法人员 ,但如何确定行政执法人员的范围法学界却存在分歧。笔者认为行政执法人员应该包括根据法律、法规授权或者受行政机关委托从事行政执法工作的个人和组织中的有关人员 ;其次 ,对公安机关工作人员行为性质的认定要根据具体情况综合各种学说予以判断 ;再次 ,监察人员应属于行政执法人员 ,而单纯的纪检人员不具有行政执法人员的身份     

Examining fatal and nonfatal incidents involving the TASER

Research Summary According to TASER International, nearly 10,000 police departments in the United States have deployed the TASER as a less lethal force alternative in some capacity. Despite the TASER's increasing popularity, serious questions have been raised about the device's physiological side effects; in particular, Amnesty International has reported that more than 300 people have died after being subjected to the TASER. Although a growing body of research has examined the physiological effects of the TASER on animals and healthy human volunteers in laboratory settings, there has been virtually no empirical analysis of “real‐world” fatal and nonfatal TASER cases simultaneously. This article examines all media reports of TASER incidents from 2002 to 2006 through a comprehensive review of LexisNexis and New York Times archives. We compare TASER incidents in which a fatality occurred to TASER incidents in which a fatality did not occur and then employ multivariate analyses to identify the incident and suspect characteristics that are predictive of articles describing TASER‐proximate deaths. Policy Implications Several suspect factors were significantly associated with the reporting of a fatal TASER incident, including drug use (but not alcohol), mental illness, and continued resistance. Multiple deployments of the TASER against a suspect was also associated with the likelihood of the article describing a fatality—especially if the suspect was emotionally disturbed—which raises the possibility that the risk of multiple shocks might not be uniform for all suspects. More research is needed to explore the relationship between mental illness, drug use (illicit or therapeutic), continued resistance, and increased risk of death. In the meantime, police departments should develop specific policies and training governing the use of multiple TASER shocks against individuals who could be in these vulnerable physiological and psychological states.     

从公共政府的建立看公共财政特征

在西方国家里,财政就是公共财政,而在我国可以说是我们经过几十年的旧式财政运行机制同新型市场经济体制激烈碰击之后悟出的真谛。财政改革的目标模式是建立公共财政的问题越来越引起人们的重视。本文试图从公共政府的执政理念的角度,把握公共财政的实质性特征。以期探索在现代市场经济条件下建立公共财政的新路。     

著作权法中“合理使用”与公共利益研究

一般认为著作权法是私法,以保障著作权人的利益为归依.然而,随着网络时代著作权人专有权的不断扩张,作为限制著作权人权利的合理使用制度越来受到重视.一方面,合理使用制度保障了公众对作品的接近、增进了知识和学习、促进了民主文化;另一方面,公共利益又是判定某一使用作品的行为是否为合理使用的重要指标.从公共利益视角审视合理使用制度,分析两者之间的关系,具有重要的学术意义和实践价值.     

建立统一公法学的时代意义——兼答“统一公法学”可能遭遇的质疑

建立统一公法学,既契合了特定的时代背景,更将产生重大的时代意义。建立统一公法学的时代背景:一是权力分立的铁律被突破,权力交叉的趋势在加强;二是国家社会一体化解体,社会公权力快速成长;三是学科的细化在加剧,学科的综合在并进。建立统一公法学的时代意义:一是有利于提炼规范国家公权力的基本规律,完善对公权力的整体调整;二是有利于研究公法面临的新问题,克服传统公法学研究的盲点;三是有利于加强公法基础理论研究,完善公法学科体系。建立统一公法学,并非否定权力分立的宪政原则,并非为了部门公法学的自身利益,并不违背学科发展的基本趋势。     

死刑存废的逻辑辩论(可行性问题)

从死刑的必要性考问中得出"应立即进行死刑废止实践"的结论,但是每一种社会实践都离不开一定的具体条件,因此分析死刑废止的现实条件,对废止实践进行可行性研究是死刑存废逻辑辩论的最后环节。从民意、法制统一、暴力犯罪等方面着手分析这一可行性。     

价值、道德与财富——谈公务员必备的心理素质

公务员队伍的廉政建设是一个热门话题。我们党倡导廉洁,反对腐败,很大程度上就是要净化公务员队伍,使之具有正确的价值观、道德观、财富观。在工作中,履行职责,清正廉洁,公道正派,做到情为民所系,权为民所用,利为民所谋。     

论警察与媒体的通融

构筑警方与媒体的和谐是我们的应有之义。改善和发展警察公共关系需要借助媒体的力量,良好的媒体关系有助于提升警察形象。媒体是警察与公众联系的桥梁和纽带,警方借助媒体发布正面的信息从而争取公众对警察工作的支持,使“执法者”与服务对象融为一体,共同维护治安、打击犯罪。     

公众人物姓名商标注册的法律规制——以公众人物姓名与注册商标权利冲突为视角

姓名具有识别功能,亦可被作为商标使用。公众人物基于自己的努力使得自己的姓名在社会公众中具有一定的吸引力,并使得自己的姓名蕴含了一定的商业价值。基于此,常有第三人欲借用公众人物对社会大众吸引力变为对商品的消费,而未经公众人物许可将其姓名注册为商标。对此情况,我国商标法以较隐蔽的方式进行限制,但法律规定的不明晰使得公众人物姓名被抢注为商标的情况仍不时发生,并直接导致公众人物姓名权与姓名商标权之间的冲突。为此,法律在商标注册时应进行规制,从知名度的认定、争议商标与公众人物姓名相同的认定以及争议商标使用的事实状态等三个方面进行考量,防止不当注册的情况产生。