我国给付不能制度体系之考察

我国给付障碍统一构成要件规则来自于德国"不履行"理论,但合同法并未统一法律效果,也未根据法律效果结构请求权基础,履行不能的制度功能并未因为统一构成要件而消失.在履行不能制度功能上,由于免责事由规定过窄,出现了债权人与债务人利益失衡的情形,而且没有规定对待给付当然消灭规则.在履行不能类型上,没有规定自始不能、部分不能、暂时不能、人身不能等规则,对此需要通过理论继受加以补充,在法律上还要明确经济上不能与情势变更之间的关系.在履行不能与瑕疵担保规则、风险负担规则竞合的情况下,应优先适用瑕疵担保规则、风险负担规则.     

8例利多卡因过敏性休克死的血药浓度分析

目的研究利多卡因过敏性休克死者利多卡因血药浓度及其与死因的关系。方法采用高效液相色谱法(HPLC),分别对使用利多卡因麻醉术中各项指标均正常的8例术中因利多卡因过敏性休克死者的血液和11例顺利完成手术患者的血液进行利多卡因浓度的检测,对比分析两者结果。结果 8例死者利多卡因血药浓度(1．61mg± 0．45mg／L)低于11例正常患者利多卡因血药浓度(2．44mg±0．47mg／L)。结论利多卡因过敏性休克死者血药浓度在正常值范围内,与发生过敏性休克致死无关。     

论检察机关自由裁量权

检察机关自由裁量权的构建对我国完善的诉讼制度具有重要意义。当今将起诉法定主义与起诉便宜主义相结合,赋予检察机关更大的自由裁量权,已成为世界检察改革的趋势。我国现行刑事诉讼法明确了检察机关相对不起诉的自由裁量权,但在法学界和司法实践中,检察机关的自由裁量权尚未获得普遍的理性认识。文章就如何加强对检察机关自由裁量权,追求法的公平、程序正义价值,体现诉讼经济原则等方面进行了探讨,并提出了完善我国检察机关自由裁量权的构想。     

公共部门绩效评估存在的问题与对策

公共部门绩效评估在具体实施过程中出现不少问题,主要表现在评估主体单一化、评估指标体系不够全面科学、评估程序随意性较大及定性评估方法运用过多等。完善公共部门绩效评估体系,保证评估结果的合理有效,应建构多元化的评估主体、选择科学的指标体系、设计规范的评估程序、运用定性和定量相结合的综合评估方法。     

中国电子信息产业运行问题思考--2003年回顾与2004年展望

2003年中国信息产业运行状况良好,业绩突出.产业运行问题,表现在技术创新能力不足、核心技术乏力;宏观调控与市场机制的衔接协调;国际贸易纠纷等方面.展望2004年,协调市场机制和政府干预两者的关联,协调对外贸易争端是中国电子信息产业经济运行紧迫的任务.     

公共部门绩效评估初探

公共绩效可以定义为公共部门在积极履行公共责任的过程中 ,在讲求内部管理与外部效应、数量与质量、经济因素与政治伦理因素、刚性规范与柔性机制相统一的基础上 ,获得的公共产出最大化。公共绩效评估困难的主要原因是管理目标复杂、产品形态特殊、产品标准多维、价格机制缺乏和生产要素独特。绩效评估的核心是建构评估模式 ,评估模式主要包括主题、维度和示标三方面内容     

The impact of downsizing on the corporate reputation for social performance

This paper investigates the impact of downsizing on a firm's reputation for corporate social performance (RCSP). Drawing on the downsizing, corporate reputation and social responsibility literatures, a number of hypotheses concerning the impact of downsizing, and particularly the types of downsizing, on a firm's reputation for corporate social performance are developed and empirically tested. The main findings of this study are that, while downsizing seems to have a negative impact on the firm's RCSP, when one takes into account the kind of managerial action that led to downsizing (layoffs and/or divestitures), this impact differs between the two stakeholder groups, industry executives and financial analysts, which were investigated. This study also found that a high financial performance prior to downsizing led to a greater negative impact on the firm's RCSP. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications     

Livelihood strategies and performance of Ghana's health and education sectors: exploring the connections

The public sector in Africa is riddled with widespread ineffectiveness. Although some countries have implemented various reform programmes with the support of international development agencies, the results so far have been disappointing. One reason for the failure is that the policies have focussed more on achieving macroeconomic stability than making the organisations effective. This article explores a fundamental problem of the policies—the need to focus on the human component of organisational performance. Using education and health organisations in Ghana as examples, the article advances a hypothesis that the livelihood strategies of public sector employees and the performance of their organisations are interconnected. Specifically, it is argued that as public sector employees have become more dependent on multiple sources of income, they have developed multiple social identities, which influence the culture of their organisations. The organisational culture may have encouraged employee effectiveness in some cases, but for most organisations, it has resulted in practices that perpetuate inefficiency and poor performance. To be successful, public sector reform policies must therefore involve deliberate efforts to change organisational cultures. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Caribbean electricity restructuring: an assessment

This article assesses the privatisation of the electricity sector in two Caribbean countries, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, to determine if they have been successful and whether they have contributed benefits to the respective societies. Two general methods are applied in assessing the success of the divestments; attainment of governments' stated objectives and commonly used utility performance metrics together with social and customer focus indicators. The results indicate that the stated objectives were broadly achieved, and the privatisation and its attempts brought benefits to the consumers and the society in general. The short to medium term benefits were accrued through lower labour costs per unit of electricity, higher performance of plant and operations and business led decision‐making. Long‐term benefits are accrued through the reduction or elimination of electricity supply deficits. However, although the basic privatisations were successful, the absence of an adequate regulatory framework in one case may have reduced the quantum of benefits through failure to enforce continuous improvement in the privatised generation company, and reductions in worker rents in the public distribution company. Further, benefits were reduced by long divestment processes, accompanying strategic drift, opportunity costs from delayed sale proceeds and efficiency enhancement, and the costs to sustain interim operations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.