Missing the Point on Hard and Soft Power?

This article is a critique of two reports of parliamentary inquiries, into intervention and soft power, respectively. Neither report includes any discussion of Britain's involvement in and culpability for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite a more radical approach taken by the report on soft power, the article argues that the failure to address recent wars is symptomatic of a deeper and more dangerous inability to face up to profound and dangerous changes taking place in the world.     

广西文化软实力分析及发展路径选择

文化软实力研究现已成为一门显学,引起了学术界的相当关注。不过,学术界对文化软实力的探讨主要集中于国家层面,而对于区域文化软实力却缺乏相应的探讨。区域文化软实力是国家文化软实力的重要组成部分,也是体现区域综合实力的重要维度。文章以广西壮族自治区为案例,对广西文化软实力的优势、劣势和机遇展开了具体分析,并提出了发展广西文化软实力的战略路径选择。     

反思与完善:医疗纠纷中的多元法律治理

近些年在医疗卫生领域,医疗纠纷事件多有发生,呈现出明显的违法犯罪化之时代变迁。医疗纠纷多元法律治理有其价值,但从当前实践看,关键问题是"治乱"与"治软",亟需用法治统一理念和方式来强化、协调医疗纠纷的治理机制。根据我国医疗纠纷治理的现实情况,其"手段与功能"的治理模式色彩深厚,其治理效果显著的同时仍然存在一些问题。应当树立法律权威,发挥法律刚性约束力;协调法律机制,实现法律公平正义价值,并推进标本兼治,提升医疗纠纷法律治理的效果。     

公司社会责任信息披露的软法构建研究

2018年,证监会修订《上市公司治理准则》,确立了环境、社会、治理的ESG信息披露框架。在混合所有制改革、金融开放加速的背景下,中小投资者权益保护的内涵发生根本转变,企业社会责任利益相关方的话语权得到提升。优化营商环境,推进信用监管将市场自由的效率目标与公平竞争的秩序目标进一步推向融合。企业信息公开、上市公司信息披露、社会信用体系建设完善了社会责任信息交换的公共场域; ESG投资的交易成本降低,市场的强劲表现成为推进上市公司责任治理的实质性激励机制。以上元素共同构成了《上市公司治理准则》修订纳入ESG信息披露框架的制度语境。这一修订客观上打造了一个撬动责任软法推进的支点,通过将ESG框架导入上市公司治理,与新发展理念结合,在多元参与的公司治理结构和基于合规性的履责实践基础上,使得创新商业方法解决社会问题内化为上市公司的决策思维和责任基因,追求利润至上的"经济人"理性与追求影响力投资的"负责任"价值取向在ESG投资实践中有效融合。     

提高我国文化软实力的对策思考

党的十七大报告突出强调了加强文化建设、提高国家文化软实力的极端重要性,明确提出要推动社会主义文化大发展大繁荣。这充分体现了我们党在新的历史条件下对文化重要地位的高度重视,对文化发展方位的科学把握,对文化建设责任的自觉意识。     

加大扶贫力度 促进社会和谐

两千多万农村贫困人口的客观存在和扶贫工作中出现的新问题,是当前一个突出的不和谐因素。因此,我们要进一步加大扶贫力度,为构建和谐社会打下坚实的基础。     

Hidden Law‐Making in the Province of Medical Jurisprudence

Judges articulate their role in controversial cases of medical ethics in terms of deference to Parliament, lest their personal morality be improperly brought to bear. This hides a wide range of law‐making activities, as parliamentary sovereignty is diffused by ‘intermediate law‐makers’, and judicial activity is more subtle than the deference account implies. The nature of litigation raises questions about the contributions of other legal personnel and also the nature of the parties' interests in test‐cases. While judges demonstrate an awareness of some of these issues and anxiety about the constitutional legitimacy of their work, a more nuanced account is needed of their proper role. This may be built on Austin's theory of tacit legislation. It may draw from human rights law. However, considerable work is required before the complexities of hidden law‐making can be properly incorporated into the province of medical jurisprudence.     

Local politics and police strength

Numerous studies have explored variation in police employment across cities, usually focusing on public choice, conflict, or organizational explanations. Yet, few consider whether the local political context affects police employment. Recent research suggests that local politics affects criminal justice outcomes. Using insights from urban politics research, I develop testable hypotheses about the effects of local political arrangements on municipal police strength. WLS regression results suggest the value of considering local political context in models of police strength. Specifically, in a sample of 945 cities with 25,000 or more residents in 1990, net of other variables, cities with unreformed political systems (mayor‐council forms of government, district‐based city councils and partisan elections) had more police employees per 1,000 residents, and this effect varied by region. Additionally, the effect of minority populations and crime rates on police strength varied across municipal political contexts. Implications for theories of police strength are discussed.     

“软法”与“软组织”——对巴塞尔银行监管体制的再认识

巴塞尔委员会通过发布一系列软法性质的巴塞尔协议推动各国金融监管机构的合作，在促进各国监管规则的协调方面发挥了巨大作用。相较于传统国际法中的以政府间国际组织和条约为中心的运作模式，巴塞尔监管体制的运作方式是比较独特的。一方面，巴塞尔委员会取得的成就与其软组织性有很大关系；另一方面，巴塞尔委员会的软组织性与寡头俱乐部的实质又决定了它在国际金融监管领域所能发挥的作用有很大局限性。     

成人高校办学特色之我见

怎样把成人高校办成有特色的高校 ,这一问题在理论界一直存在着各种各样的争议 ,但办学思想的特色、办学理念的特色、办学模式的特色和办学环境的特色 ,这四大特色应成为办好成人高校的主体所在