从《鹿特丹规则》看国际货物运输法律的统一

在总结对《鹿特丹规则》不同评价的基础上,揭示《鹿特丹规则》效果和目标存在的偏差,提出该公约存在的问题将限制其作用,影响其统一化的目标。建议国际社会继续探讨国际货物运输法律制度的统一途径,并建议中国暂时不考虑签署和加入《鹿特丹规则》。     

票据背书法律规制之我见

流通是票据的生命,背书是票据流通的主要方式。我国票据法律法规对票据背书进行了较为具体和详细的规定,但也存在一定的问题。其未规定空白背书及背书涂销;关于背书的后手对直接前手背书真实性负责的规定含义不清;对期后背书效力的规定自相矛盾;对委托取款背书及质押背书的被背书人的再背书限制不明确;司法解释对质押背书时“质押”字样记载的效力的规定易生歧义等,均在一定程度上损害或阻碍了票据的流通,建议《票据法》予以修正。     

交通肇事罪认定中的几个问题

刑法第 1 33条规定 ,因逃逸致人死亡的 ,处 7年以上有期徒刑。该规定相对于类似的过失犯罪来说处刑明显偏重 ,有太多的功利色彩 ,致使罪责刑不相适应。《最高人民法院关于审理交通肇事刑事案件具体应用法律若干问题解释》第 5条第 2款的规定不符合共同犯罪的理论 ,该规定中的单位主管人员、机动车辆所有人、承包人或乘车人等指使者与肇事者之间缺乏共同的过失。     

论受贿罪中的“为他人谋取利益”

"为他人谋取利益"旨在说明国家工作人员收受的财物与其职务之间具有对价关系;"为他人谋取利益"中的"他人"包括行贿人、行贿人所指示的第三人以及单位,"利益"包含正当利益与不正当利益;将"为他人谋取利益"限定为客观上实施了谋取利益的具体职务行为或者解释为主观要件要素,不具有合理性;"为他人谋取利益"的最低要求是许诺为他人谋取利益;事先没有约定,在为他人谋取利益之后收受作为职务行为的不正当报酬的财物的,成立受贿罪;"为他人谋取利益"的行为构成其他犯罪的,除刑法有特别规定的以外,应当与受贿罪实行并罚。     

Confronting disillusionment: on the rediscovery of socialist archives in recent South African cultural production

In recent years, South African literature, art, and cultural criticism have been registering the feelings of disappointment, nostalgia, and of a general impasse that signify a crisis of postapartheid imaginations. At the same time, we can observe a turn in cultural production toward reexamining South Africa’s socialist archives and reconnecting them to the present-day predicaments and emerging social movements. Reading these processes in Imraan Coovadia’s latest novel, artworks by Haroon Gunn-Salie, and an exhibition by the Stellenbosch Open Forum, this article argues that they confront the feelings of postapartheid disillusionment by critically re-invoking memories of the 1970–80s socialist practices in South Africa and the transnational frameworks they involved. It argues that these changing approaches to the socialist archives can be read as a decolonial critique, which links the described trends in South African culture to other “post-dependence” (and specifically, post-socialist) contexts worldwide.     

Popular post-separation parenting smartphone apps: An evaluation

In recent years a bewildering array of smartphone applications (“apps”) has emerged to support separated parents' communication. Post-separation parenting apps vary in cost and features; they typically comprise a messaging tool, shared calendar, expense tracker and a means to export records for legal purposes. A key challenge for separated parents and family law practitioners alike is knowing which apps or app feature(s) can work well for different family contexts, needs and budgets. The present study sought to evaluate nine popular post-separation parenting apps and their features using small-n Human–Computer Interaction methods. Mediators role-played high conflict ex-couples while completing a set of five common post-separation communication or organizational tasks. A cross-case analysis of ratings was conducted. We found that (a) many of the mediators changed their apparent enthusiasm for co-parenting apps once they had used the apps themselves; (b) all nine apps were rated somewhere between “Poor” to Fair’; and (c) features of some of the best-known apps were not rated as highly as some of the features of more recent, lesser-known apps.     

建国后毛泽东、邓小平少数民族干部思想比较

大量地培养和任用少数民族干部,是维护国家团结、坚持民族平等、巩固民族区域自治制度以及彻底解决民族问题的关键。建国后,毛泽东、邓小平的少数民族干部思想是一脉相承的,但在具体方面也存在一些差异。将他们的少数民族干部思想进行比较研究,有助于我们深化对该问题的认识。     

“80后”的多维解读

“80后”这一概念反映了社会快速发展过程中代际之间的文化断裂和价值冲突。“80后”的成长经历、家庭环境和社会环境都不同以往,他们是特殊环境中成长起来的一代。“80后”现象折射出的是当今的时代问题,这些问题反映在社会生活的方方面面,整个社会都需要对此进行反思。从历史发展来看,年青一代的观念不同于传统,这是世界各国发展中的正常现象。我们应当以平常心看待“80后”,对他们充满信心,陪伴他们一起成长。     

醉酒驾车行为“入刑”的必要性

文章对我国醉酒后驾驶交通工具的危害进行了阐述,并从目前的社会现实情况为出发点,结合刑法的目的,提出了“醉酒驾驶交通工具的行为”应该纳入刑法的调整范围,并提出相应的立法建议。     

Working with People Who Are Violent to Their Partners: A Safety Building Approach

This article offers a new perspective on the assessment, treatment and management of adults who are violent to their partners. Using a worked case example, it describes how a solution-focused approach is used to develop, and evidence, safety for all family members.