PROFILING AND POLICE LEGITIMACY: PROCEDURAL JUSTICE,ATTRIBUTIONS OF MOTIVE,AND ACCEPTANCE OF POLICE AUTHORITY*

This paper reports the results of four studies that investigate racial profiling as an attribution about police motives. Each study explores, first, the types of police behavior that heighten or lessen the occurrence of profiling attributions and, second, the consequences of such attributions. Results support prior studies in finding that judgments about whether the police are profiling are associated with the level of public support for the police. The studies then extend the analysis of subjective profiling judgments by examining their antecedents. The findings support the procedural justice hypothesis that the fairness with which the police exercise their authority influences whether members of the public view the police as profiling.     

Reporting on financial derivatives –A Law and Economics perspective

Fearing Enron-like financial fiascos concerning derivatives, accounting standards boards have issued new standards aimed at promoting higher transparency and reducing information asymmetries. After persistent reluctance, and despite significant criticism, the pertinent International standard, with some exceptions, was finally adopted by the E.U., for the sake of intra-European and cross-Atlantic accounting harmonization, for which the standard constituted sine-qua-non. These reluctance and criticism are not unfounded, as the standards might paradoxically result in increased information asymmetries, not easily mitigated by additional disclosure, and ultimately resulting in distortion of capital allocation and corporate governance mechanisms. Suggestions for more efficient solutions are outlined herein. JEL Classification G34 · M40     

SEX‐BASED DISPARITIES IN FELONY DISPOSITIONS BEFORE VERSUS AFTER SENTENCING REFORM IN OHIO*

Extending Koons‐Witt's (2002) study of whether sex‐based disparities in imprisonment likelihoods changed under sentencing guidelines in Minnesota, we examined similar models for Ohio with additional analyses of felony conviction likelihoods and sentence length for 5,472 felony defendants from twenty‐four trial courts. The main effects of a defendant's sex on imprisonment were significant during both periods (unlike the Minnesota findings), consistent with a chivalry perspective. Random coefficient models revealed that these effects were similar across the twenty‐four jurisdictions. Analyses also revealed significant postguideline reductions in sentence length disparities based on a woman's race and number of dependent children, yet increased disparities in imprisonment likelihoods postguidelines based on a woman's race and whether she was convicted on drug charges. These and other findings are discussed in the context of the Ohio legislature's implementation of a sentencing scheme that retains considerably more judicial discretion relative to Minnesota's template.     

公司内部制衡机制的立法原则

一个良好的公司治理结构必须建立起公司内部权力制衡机制。其前提和基础是权责明确。本文通过法学和经济学的交叉分析 ,对公司治理结构中权力制衡机制的立法原则进行了讨论 ,提出了四个制衡的原则 :有效性、合理性、适度性和协调统一性。     

解读公共治理：双重维度分析

公共行政领域的治理应该界定为公共治理,它是指在自组织治理的基础上,政府参与其中并起“元治理”作用,政府与自组织形成互动型治理网络,共同谋求公共利益最大化的治理形式。从精神维度上看,公共治理追求自由与公平的终极价值,彰显公共性的本质,塑造理性化与契约化的公共精神,预设有限理性的政府;从制度维度上看,公共治理以自组织网络为组织基础,以“元治理”为政府角色,以有限政府为政府的制度形态,以后科层制为组织模式。此双重维度共八个要素相互支持、相互强化,支撑起了公共治理的理论大厦。     

理论创新与思想路线

时于思想路线来说,理论创新应当是它的题中之义。然而由于历史的原因,毛泽东没有明确提出这个概念,理论界也没有意识到这个问题。邓小平提出的解放思想的理论使人们对思想路线的理解上升到一个新的水平,而江泽民提倡的理论创新又把人们对思想路线的认识向前推进到一个新的境界。     

公安机关“三基”工程建设的认识与思考

基层基础工作是整个公安工作的根基,是推动公安事业长远发展的基石。当前公安机关通过一年多的"三基"工程建设,取得了突出的成效,但由于公安基层工作还比较薄弱,离"三基"工程建设既定的目标还有较大的差距,要继续深入扎实的推进公安机关基层基础建设,必然要对制约公安机关基层基础建设的各种问题进行全面深入分析,并提出科学合理的对策。     

农村妇女自杀问题探究

农村妇女自杀现象已成为当今社会的一个突出问题。农村妇女自杀分为冲动型自杀、悲观型自杀、威胁型自杀和报复型自杀4种类型。造成农村妇女自杀的原因很多,需要我们针对性地采取防范措施,并对她们的生存状况给予特别关注。     

合作社法律制度研究述评

现代意义上合作社法律制度研究到目前为止在我国已有近10年的历史积累,合作社的相关法律问题在法学和管理学界已得到了较为深入的探讨,文章在在当前的研究基础上对合作社的有关主要法律问题诸如合作社的法律性质、合作社的法律地位、合作社的立法体系、合作社的治理结构、合作社的竞争秩序规制、合作社的公共积累产权安排制度以及合作社的社会责任等作一述评.     

胃肠病辨治初探

气阴两虚、湿热内蕴是胃肠病的基本病机。按邪正斗争态势分，正虚有气虚、阴虚、气阴两虚、阳虚、阴阳两虚、血虚之异，邪实有湿滞、热郁、滞结和血瘀之别。胃肠病的治疗重在补中清化。