The right to vote and nomadic voter enrolment

What model of voter enrolment is appropriate for states with nomadic minority populations? The present paper examines this question with reference to an equality-based, moral right to vote and considers four models that track some of the different institutional strategies that have been developed by states with transient populations. The paper shows that the right to vote is compatible neither with a model that makes permanent residence in a constituency an absolute condition for voter enrolment and so excludes nomads from the electoral process, nor with a model that enables nomadic voter enrolment but restricts the number of nomads that can enrol in a single constituency. But the right is, subject to certain caveats, consistent with a model that enables nomads to enrol in a constituency of their choice and, as well, with a model that enables nomads to enrol and vote in a distinct, non-territorial constituency.     

‘Living Rights’, rights claims,performative citizenship and young people – the right to vote in the Scottish independence referendum

This paper examines the rights claims-making that young people engaged in during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum when the right to vote was extended to 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time in the UK. Understanding citizenship and rights claims-making as performative, we draw on the novel idea of ‘living rights’ to explore how young people ‘shape what these rights are – and become – in the social world’. They are co-existent and situated within the everyday lives of young people, and transcend the traditional idea that rights are merely those that are enshrined in domestic and/or international law. We explore the complex and contested nature of rights claims that were made by young people as ‘active citizens’ in the lead up to the referendum to illustrate how the rights claims-making by young people is bound up with the performativity of citizenship that entails identity construction, political subjectivity (that challenges adult-centric approaches) and social justice.     

Vote Oswego: Developing and Assessing the Campaign-as-Course Model

College campuses have taken on increased responsibility for mobilizing young voters. Despite the discipline’s commitment to civic engagement, political science departments play a minimal role in this programming. This article outlines a course structure—including learning objectives, course outline, and assessments—that treats a campus-wide voter mobilization drive as the basis of an applied political science course. Transforming a campus voter mobilization program into a political science practicum offers advanced skill-building for students seeking political careers and links learning objectives to real world activities. Participants report gains in both knowledge of campaigns and grassroots campaign skills. We argue this type of course particularly benefits students attending colleges and universities in geographic areas that receive little attention from political campaigns as well as those students for whom the traditional route of gaining political experience—an unpaid, off-campus internship—is impractical or even impossible.     

论WTO决策机制

WTO的决策机制是指WTO对有关事项诸如条文的解释、修改、义务的豁免以及接受新成员、贸易争端的解决等作出决定的机制。WTO的决策机制十分重要,因为它直接涉及到与这些事项相关的各成员的权利与义务。从WTO决策机制与国家主权、协商一致机制和投票表决机制三个方面进行了分析,并指出了WTO决策机制的缺陷与不足,旨在为WTO决策机制的改进与完善作出努力。     

人身侵权责任相关问题研究

早期社会人身侵权的公法与私法救济的界限相对模糊,随着社会的发展,人身侵权责任在公法与私法的配置上发生分离,两者相互影响并指导司法实践.人身损害行为带来的损害赔偿责任分为人格利益补偿与财产性利益的补偿.人格利益包括生命利益与人身健康权利,财产性利益的补偿可以分为积极利益的补偿与预期利益的补偿.而根据我国当前国情,在司法实...     

Confused or competent? How voters use the STV ballot paper

STV is often extolled because it allows voters to express a nuanced choice, but is criticised for being too confusing. In practice the system is little used, but evidence from where it is indicates much depends on how voters choose to use it. STV was used for the first time in Scottish local elections in 2007, providing valuable new evidence on how voters respond to the system. We use survey data to examine the incidence of various indicators of apparent failure by Scottish voters to exploit STV, and compare both the levels and patterns of incidence with equivalent data for Ireland. We find little sign of confusion in either country, but significant evidence of ballot order effects in Scotland.     

试议我国宪法解释程序

研究并制定宪法解释程序对于建设法治社会来说是必要的和重要的。目前我国宪法解释程序存在着许多亟需解决的问题,应尽快制定《宪法解释程序法》,并且扩大宪法解释案的提案主体,建立宪法专家参与制度,明确规定宪法解释案的表决原则以及书面表达形式。     

客机失事的法医学鉴定——附一例报告

本文报告了1985年1月18日,中国民航 B-434(安-24)号客机在济南失事的法医学鉴定。机上乘员41人,死38人,伤3人。死难中以撞击伤(大部四肢骨折)和烧伤为主。死因主要是脏器的严重损坏、创伤性休克、大出血。部分死于烧伤。个人识别是空难法医学鉴定的主要内容,本例主要采用体貌鉴别和个人遗物鉴别(占90％),得到满意结果。本文讨论了客机失事的法医学处理问题,还就作者实践并结合国外经验提出我国飞机失事法医学鉴定程序的设想。     

地名管理中若干法律问题探微——兼对一起楼名权行政诉讼案件评析

地名是用以确定或代表某个地方并与其他地方相区别的文字符号和标记。地名权的本质属性是人身权。地名经过一段时间使用后会获得一定的商业价值,由此而转化得来的利益应是一个派生权,其原生权仍属人身权。因此大楼更名权的诉讼,是具有人身权内容的行政诉讼。地名权属准共有的范畴,为所有权人共有,应适用所有权共有制度中的有关规定。     

试论完善个人收入分配制度

改革开放以来,我国个人收入差距日益扩大,若不改变这种状况,必然影响社会的稳定与和谐。本文从分析我国个人收入分配方面发生的四个重大变化入手,阐述了目前我国个人收入差距日益扩大的五个主要原因,进而提出了解决问题的对策措施。