Russia’s civil service: professional or patrimonial? Executive-level officials in five federal ministries

ABSTRACT

The issue of poor performance of the Russian federal bureaucracy is addressed by linking performance to type of official, through analysis of biographical data on deputy ministers and division (departament) heads in five federal ministries since 2012, supplemented by internet searches on behavior, particularly of a corrupt nature. Education, previous career experience, and recruitment, including its timing relative to superiors and subordinates, are analyzed, in order to determine whether officials behave primarily as members of patrimonial teams, as members of problem-solving organizations, as self-serving individuals, as the instruments of capture by commercial organizations, or as servants of bureaucratic agency interests. The data do not strongly support any one conclusion, but problem-solving officials have the strongest presence.     

论我国民事行政检察建议的定位与改革

我国现行民事行政检察建议制度存在诸多问题,其原因是对民事行政检察建议定位存在误区。民事行政检察建议不是法律监督行为,而是具有一定约束力的事实行为。可以借鉴行政指导理论,将民事行政检察建议定位为检察指导行为。民事行政检察建议制度改革应当明确民事行政检察建议的范围、完善民事行政检察建议的程序、提高民事行政检察建议的理论水平、提供公正的司法救济。     

Antecedents and Outcomes of Self-Determination in 3 Life Domains: The Role of Parents' and Teachers' Autonomy Support

Due to conceptualizations of autonomy as detachment and independence, research on the parenting–autonomy relationship in adolescence has yielded inconsistent results. In the present study, self-determination is proposed as an alternative way of tapping into the construct of autonomy. An integrated model of the relationships between perceived parenting and teaching styles, self-determination in 3 life-domains (school, social competence, and job-seeking behaviors), and specific adolescent outcomes, was investigated and confirmed. In 2 samples of mid-adolescents (N = 328 and N = 285), autonomy-supportive parenting was significantly related to self-determination in all life-domains. Autonomy-supportive teaching added significantly to the prediction of self-determination in the domains of school and job-seeking behaviors. Self-determination, in turn, was positively and specifically associated with measures of adjustment in the specific life-domains under investigation. Finally, in both studies, indications were found that self-determination acts as an intervening variable in the relation between the perceived interpersonal environment and adolescent adjustment. Doctoral student at the Center for Developmental Psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. His major research interests are parenting, psychological control, and identity development. Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Motivation Psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. His major research interests are self-determination theory, motivation, and parenting.     

“直接适用的法”与合同准据法的确定

“直接适用的法”是指无须援引法院地冲突规则而必须直接适用于某种涉外民商事关系的强制性法律规范。它在涉外合同准据法的确定中的地位有不同观点 ,本文对此进行了探讨 ,并分析了“直接适用的法”与具体的涉外合同法律适用原则的关系 ,认为“直接适用的法”在适用于涉外合同关系时只应作为对一般冲突规范的限制 ,而不是确定合同准据法的首要原则。     

论“其他组织”在我国民事法律主体体系中的地位

“其他组织”是我国法的特有概念 ,它现实是且应当是法定的第三民事主体。应当在我国民事基本法的总则编主体制度中对其作出规定。基于其与法人 (组织 )的对立统一 ,应改称为“非法人组织”。非法人组织的民事责任 ,应根据其目的上的营利性与否 ,进行区别对待     

论法律适用中的"契约自由"原则——国际合同的自体法

肇始于16世纪的"意思自治"理论,标志着合同准据法理论发展的里程碑,即客观论向主观论的发展,特别是以意思自治为主、辅之以最密切联系原则的合同自体法理论的提出,更是将合同准据法理论推向一个前所未有的高度,它一改过去合同法律适用的机械性做法,强调尊重当事人自主意识,并将契约当做一个整体来看待,体现了国际私法合同法律适用的潮流和趋势。     

律师从事证券业务对第三者的民事法律责任研究——兼与注册会计师比较

近几年来,由于证券市场的风起云涌,人们对证券市场中介机构的法律责任日益凸现.中国证监会等证券市场监督机构也加大了对证券市场中介机构的处罚力度,但对于市场中介机构,尤其是与证券市场发展息息相关的会计师事务所与律师事务所应该承担的民事法律责任,特别是对于第三者,主要是证券投资者的民事法律责任却缺乏明确的规范,尽管其行政责任已经很明确[1].本文拟从股票发行上市及交易的角度,对律师对第三者(主要是指证券市场投资者)的民事法律责任制度(以下简称"律师对于第三者的责任")作出初步的研究.     

Reliability of Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Criteria in Florida

The present study investigated the reliability of Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) civil commitment criteria under Florida's Jimmy Ryce Act. The purpose of the study was to determine if, independently, 2 evaluators would reach the same conclusions about the same client (n = 295). According to civil commitment criteria outlined by the United States Supreme Court (Kansas v. Hendricks, 1997), SVPs must display a mental abnormality predisposing them to sexual violence and a likelihood of future sexual violence. The interrater reliability of 8 DSM-IV diagnoses applied by evaluators to determine whether a client has a "mental abnormality that predisposes him to sexual violence" was found to be poor to fair (kappa = .23 to . 70). The interrater reliability of risk assessment instruments used to determine "likelihood of reoffense" was good (ICC = .77 to .85). The recommendations made by evaluators regarding whether or not to refer a client for civil commitment demonstrated poor reliability (kappa = .54). Implications for practice and policy are explored.     

社会转型与中国乡村权力结构研究--传统文化、乡镇企业和乡政村治

党的十一届三中全会以来,我国农村的改革促进了乡村社会的转型,传统文化的复兴、乡镇企业的崛起、乡政村治的建立等等导致了乡村权力结构中包含的具有各自利益需求和交换关系的主体--国家、基层政府、社区组织、乡镇企业、村民等等--不同身份特征的获得,并决定了他们有可能占有的资源及其相互的利益关联.对11省14个村庄的调查和比较,再现了转型期乡村权力结构的调整和重构.     

动荡与发展:民国时期民事诉讼制度述略

民国时期的民事诉讼制度建设,以清末修订的《民事诉讼律》为基础,但由于时局的发展和社会的变迁,又呈现出一种与清末不同的景观。仅就立法技术层面而言在改革的方向、进路等许多方面,当前的民事诉讼制度变革都与民国时期有着某种共通之处,因此,对民国时期民事诉讼制度发展历程的回顾和检视,有可能为当前的改革提供某些有益的启示。