Managing commercial risks in open source software licensing

Legal context: The article reviews the commercial risk allocation clauses intypical open source licence terms and discusses their enforceabilityand implications. Key points: The enforceability of warranty disclaimers and limitation ofliability clauses in common open source licence terms is questionable,particularly in a cross-border context, and commercial licensorsshould take additional steps to protect themselves from down-streamrisks. Practical significance: Open source software presents a number of unusual commercialissues, because it is available free of charge and the providerstry to disclaim warranties and liabilities. End users and resellershave to adjust their own in- and out-licensing models to accommodatethis situation.     

从收入分配角度看中国的贫困问题

中国目前的贫困问题是经济发展问题和收入分配问题的综合表现.收入分配问题主要体现在以下三个层面:区域之间的收入分配公平问题;城乡之间的收入分配公平问题;不同收入阶层之间的收入分配公平问题.我国不公平的资源所有权格局引起了收入不公平的分配.解决收入分配涉及市场经济体制和政府对社会财富的分配体制两大类.必须把"统筹"作为解决收入分配问题的着力点.     

宪法与刑事诉讼法关系模式的发展趋势--紧密型关系模式的普遍化

由于宪政的深入发展、刑事诉讼中权力与权利关系冲突的日益加剧、人本主义的滥觞、法律形态的程序化等方面的原因,宪法与刑事诉讼法关系变得更加紧密,世界范围内正逐渐形成紧密型关系模式的普遍化趋势.     

论医疗事故罪的主体

医疗事故罪是新刑法增加的一种犯罪,自规定后争议一直颇大,特别是医疗事故罪的主体范围问题。医疗事故罪主体除了医务人员外,实习人员、医疗单位中从事行政管理、后勤服务等非医疗工作的人员在特定情况下也能成为本罪主体,但是单位不能成为本罪的主体。     

An Analysis of the Joint Board or County Model as the Structural Basis for Effective Australian Local Governance

Australian policy‐makers continue to rely on municipal amalgamation as the main engine of structural reform in local government, despite strong evidence that it diminishes participation and representation without improving service efficiency. Several promising, but neglected alternative models of structural reform have been developed, including ad hoc resource sharing models, Regional Organisations of Councils, virtual local government, and agency models. In an encouraging response to the recent policy of enforced council amalgamations in NSW, the Shires Association of NSW (2004) has recently proposed a ‘Joint Board model’ of local governance and invited comment on this model. This article takes up this challenge and seeks to place the Joint Board model in conceptual context and evaluate its characteristics and simulated cost savings.     

论警察出庭作证制度

完善我国司法制度,建立警察出庭作证制度是必要的;在我国现行法律体制下,警察出庭作证制度尚未形成。我们应根据国际法则与我国实际情况建立适合本国国情的警察出庭作证制度。     

Error minimization and deterrence in agency control

In the presented oversight model, in which a regulatory agency may collude with regulatees, a watchdog organization may scrutinize the agency’s decision-making and find evidence speaking for collusive behavior. Found evidence is of a specific, stochastic quality. Courts will overturn the administrative decision when the evidence presented in court exceeds a minimum quality standard set by the political principal. Lowering the quality standard increases the odds of finding evidence of sufficient quality and, hence, leads to increasing collusion deterrence and to a lower probability of acquitting collusive administrators (type I error), but also to a higher probability of convicting an innocent administrator (type II error). It is shown that, when welfare-maximization gives rise to an interior solution, the welfare-maximizing standard of evidence is lower than the one that merely minimizes the costs of legal errors without taking deterrence costs into account, but will imply incomplete deterrence. However, conditions can and will be identified under which both error cost minimization and complete deterrence coincide with welfare-maximization.     

领导干部的社会主义荣辱观

胡锦涛同志提出的社会主义荣辱观,涵盖了爱国主义、集体主义和社会主义的丰富内容,指明了社会主义市场经济条件下人们世界观、人生观、价值观的核心所在,明确了当代中国的道德评价体系和道德评价标准。高屋建瓴,切中时弊,具有强烈的现实针对性。各级领导干部应准确把握社会主义荣辱观的内涵,充分认识树立社会主义荣辱观的必要性,为全社会作出表率。     

中国政府形象传播目标模型

中国政府形象传播运作程序或运作过程,可分为五个基本步骤--调研、预测;计划(策划);传播、沟通(政府行为 对行为的解释);反馈、评估;矫正(形象修正).此五个环节相互衔接,不断循环上升,形成一个动态的循环式运转模式.它体现了政府形象传播流程的系统性、整体性和计划性.其核心是:政府与社会、公众的有效互动(双向模式),政府组织与其他组织的有效互动.     

政府促进科技创新比较研究

近年来 ,政府在创新中的作用呈现出加强之势。各国政府在促进创新中实施了不同的战略 ,如追赶型、重点化战略等 ;政府作用形成了三种代表类型 :美国模式、欧洲模式和东亚模式。创造适宜的环境 ,建立和完善风险投资机制、激励机制和知识产权保护机制是各国政府推动创新的主要措施。在转型期 ,我国政府在科技创新中应发挥主导作用 ,有效发挥宏观调控、导向和组织协调功能 ,为创新营造良好的软硬环境