A nexus between labour movement and labour movement: the Knights of Labor and the financial side of global labour history

The rise of global and transnational labour history has revolutionised the study of working-class movements and individuals and the global forces that shaped them. Some of the more mundane considerations of these movements, however, have so far been neglected in this rapidly growing field. One of the most important of these considerations was money, or in other words the financial affairs of transnational movements such as trade unions and political parties. This article is a call to write the financial side of global labour history. It focuses on a global working-class movement that is itself often neglected in the historical literature, the Knights of Labor, and their outposts in Britain and Ireland. It examines the history of the British and Irish Knights through the prism of their financial history, so far as we can reconstruct it from the scanty sources that are available. This article argues that their financial ties with the United States and a series of embezzlement cases became major causes of their decline and, ultimately, their dissolution. Finally, this article draws conclusions from the financial misadventures of the British and Irish Knights of Labor that are relevant to the study of other international working-class movements and to the writing of global labour history in general.     

The Design and Execution of Performance Management Systems at State Level: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Malaysia

This comparative study analyses the experience of Italy and Malaysia in the design and execution of performance management systems at the state level. The article investigates how performance management systems have changed over the past decades, the motivations behind their metamorphoses, their common elements across the two countries, and what accounts for the respective progress. It also investigates the role that the institutional framework plays in making performance management systems robust. The study presents policy recommendations on how governments can create more robust performance management systems for enhanced accountability and transparency in an age of resource constraint.     

“Vivimos en Jaula de Oro”: The Impact of State-Level Legislation on Immigrant Latino Families

This study sought to learn from Latino immigrant parents which and how state-level immigration policies impact their families. Fifty-four Latino immigrant parents participated in interviews. Constructivist grounded theory methods were used to complete the analysis. Results indicate that fear of detainment, deportation, and family separation affects participants emotionally and behaviorally. Participants experience exploitive practices in the workplace and through traffic infractions. Social support networks are constantly changing and weakened when families relocate in search of immigrant friendly communities. Simultaneously, parents develop strategies to protect their families against stringent immigration enforcement. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed.     

Local Government and Local Governance: 1944–2011

Abstract

Since the establishment of the tri-partite system of state education after the Second World War, the once simple relationships between central government and local government and the individual school have become increasingly complex. This article considers the key governance issues for schools and colleges in England and how they have been affected by the redistribution of power between central government and local government. The principal foci are the main legislative changes and the impact they have had on the respective powers and responsibilities of central government, local government and schools and colleges. The radical developments since the formation of the coalition government in May 2010 have accelerated the shift of power to central government from local government and by the end of the first term of the coalition the local authority will have little more than a vestigial role in the provision of secondary education and a diminishing role in primary and special education. As academy status becomes the norm (as it already is for secondary schools in some authorities) central government will be dealing directly with autonomous schools and academy chains. With more schools directly employing staff and with funding levels set nationally, the pattern and nature of public education will have been irrevocably changed.     

简析我国网络隐私权的保护

随着网络事业的迅猛发展和人类文明程度的提高,人们在享受互联网带来的方便、快捷与商业利益的同时,更加注重追求精神世界的和谐与安宁,因此有关网络隐私权的问题备受关注,本文从隐私权概念入手,通过对各国法律对网络隐私权保护的分析,提出对目前我国网络隐私法律保护的思考。     

浅论一人有限责任公司的立法完善

我国2005年10月27日第十届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十八次会议通过了对公司法的修正案。修订后的《公司法》顺应了世界立法潮流,首次明确承认了一人有限责任公司的法律地位,并对其设置进行了相应规范,从而使实际存在的一人公司受到了有效的法律规制,但其仍然有进一步完善的空间。     

我国立功制度的缺陷及立法完善

立功制度是一项行之有效的法律制度,在司法实践中发挥了十分积极的作用。但我国现行的立功制度还存在一定的缺陷,给司法实践带来了诸多不便。为了使其发挥更大实效,应及时予以科学完善。     

环境行政许可的八个立法原则

在现代社会,许可证制度是防范环境风险最主要的法律制度。目前,学界对行政许可的一般立法原则(法律保留原则、便民效率原则、信赖保护原则、公开公平原则等)探讨甚多,而对环境行政许可具有自身特色的立法原则探讨较少。环境行政许可具有风险品性、科技背景、利益权衡、代际平衡、国际关联等五个特征,因此,环境行政许可的立法,除了须遵循行政许可的一般立法原则外,还须遵循预防、谨慎行事、合理开发利用、污染者负担、科技促进、公众参与、协同合作、国家环境资源主权与不损害国外环境等八个立法原则。这八个原则对具体制度的建构均有明确的要求,并在特定情况下使许可举证责任发生转移。     

法治层次观照下的法律语言发展完善

法律语言与法律文化的关系密不可分。法律语言的完善程度是法律文化是否成熟的重要标志。法治是有层次的，法律语言必须具有多种特征才能与之相适应。法律语言需要进一步发展完善，立法语言应在准确、严谨的基础上，尽量简明、平实；司法文书写作风格要多样化并增强其内容的说理性；法制宣传要关注民众需求，注重宣传的实效。这是法治层次论对法律语言发展完善的客观要求。     

浅议赃物能否适用善意取得

赃物是否适用善意取得制度,目前我国现有的法律中没有明确规定,这必然给司法实务中处理此类问题带来诸多困难。因此,本文试从赃物的概念入手,通过对国外关于赃物善意取得的立法例、我国相关立法和学说进行分析,提出赃物有适用善意取得的空间,从而平衡财产权利的动态保护和静态保护,实现物权公示公信原则和民法公平原则的和谐统一。