Parliamentary scrutiny as a function of interparliamentary cooperation among subnational parliaments

ABSTRACT

The paper analyses the scrutiny activities of three different types of institutionalised form of interparliamentary cooperation with participation of subnational parliaments: the Conference of European Legislative Assemblies; the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference; and the Interregional Parliamentary Council of the Grande Région. For the purpose of analysis, the analytical parameters of parliamentary functions are modified and applied to the forms of institutionalised interparliamentary cooperation. It is shown that the exertion of scrutiny activities increases in relation to the age and institutionalisation of an interparliamentary cooperation. Ex ante control, which may consist of as little as demands, develops more easily than ex post control. Moreover, the exercise of the scrutiny function becomes more difficult when the level(s) that populate(s) the interparliamentary cooperation is/are not congruent with the level(s) that populate(s) the executive body of the respective international organisation. Interparliamentary cooperation of subnational parliaments struggles to scrutinise an organisation in which national executives play a major role.     

Self-reported and performance-based measures of executive functions in interned youth

This study address three questions: (a) Do interned adolescents exhibit general or specific deficits in the core executive functions, as compared to an age-matched control group? (b) Do interned adolescents report more executive problems in everyday life, as compared to an age-matched control group? And (c) are performance-based measures of executive functions related to self-reported executive problems? Thirty-one interned youths and 40 non-interned controls participated in the study. To this end, we measured the three constituents (inhibition, shifting, and updating) of the Unity/Diversity model of executive functioning, as well as the participants’ self-reported everyday executive functioning using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions scale. The interned group performed less well compared to the control group on the majority of performance-based tasks but did not show more pronounced deficits in any one executive function, reflective of a more general deficit. Compared to the controls, the interned adolescents also reported more dysfunction in executive behaviors related to the ability to inhibit action, behavioral flexibility, working memory, and the ability to follow through with tasks. Overall, correlations between self-report and performance-based measures were weak. These findings suggest that performance-based and self-report measures may assess different, albeit important, aspects of executive functioning.     

对物上请求权性质的思索

物上请求权来源于物权却独立于物权,有其特殊的行使条件、目的和方式,是一种与物权、债权请求权相关但却性质不同的特殊请求权.物上请求权的性质是物上请求权制度的基本问题,探讨其不仅有理论价值且具实务意义,既可明确物上请求权的地位又可促进物权保护.     

请求权在民事权利结构中的性质与地位

请求权的合理性根本上决定于权利实现与保护之现实诉求,其存在具有重要意义。作为基本权利实现与保护的技术性手段,请求权是从动态角度对权利作的观察,与基本权利相比较,是一种"工具性"概念。在民事权利体系中,作为物权的保护性权利,物权请求权与债权请求权在逻辑上是处于一个逻辑层面的以物权保护为使命的权利。     

行政生态学视阈下我国乡镇政府职能转变研究——以苏北QY、FC等若干乡镇为例

行政生态学理论为研究苏北乡镇政府职能转变提供了一个崭新的视角。目前,乡镇政府在经济要素、社会要素、沟通网络、符号系统和政治架构等生态方面存在种种困境和问题。转变苏北乡镇政府职能,必须提升乡镇政府的公共服务能力,塑造良好的乡镇政府形象,培育健康多样的非政府组织,并努力完善地方政府绩效考核指标。     

谈民间组织发展与政府职能转变的互动关系

民间组织发展和政府职能转变的互动关系构成了市民社会与国家二元互动的一个缩影,也是行政管理体制改革事业有效开展的重要组成部分。政府职能转变为民间组织发展提供了重要契机和必要空间,并将带来政府对民间组织监督和管理方式的相应变化;民间组织的发展也将会从多个方面推动政府职能转变和行政管理体制改革,并成为政府职能转变效果的重要表征和继续改革的信心来源与动力支撑。     

工会参与人力资源管理探析

社会的发展推动着工会职能的延伸。工会参与人力资源管理的职能源自工会章程和法律规定以及现实劳动关系的发展状况,主要表现为工会应该参与职位设计、工作分析、职工招聘管理、职工薪酬管理及职工培训等环节。对于这些职能,工会应该在观念更新、干部素质、制度机制等方面做出积极应对。     

从中国大城市基层政府管理体制改革看城市管理及社会治理(下)——以北京市街道办事处管理体制改革为例

(二)街道管理体制改革、机构设置及组织图1.关于街道新组织图的几个新机构的职能及组织关系的说明(见图2)(1)地区党建联席会(协会)。非常设机构,由辖区各单位负责社区党建的副书记组成。其职能是:制定辖区单位党组织和党员参加社区建设的计划,各单位分工并承担相应任务,动员各单位党组织对社区建设提供各种资源支持,并组织各单位党组织交流社区党建经验。市、区党委应制定“社区党建联席会(协会)条例,”以明确该组织的性质、职责、权利及行为规范。(2)街道地区管理委员会。“报告”指出,地区管理委员会是街道主持的辖区的行政事务组织协调机…     

安徽司法行政40年发展历程回顾与新时代发展展望

40年来,安徽司法行政机关历经了不同历史时期的机构改革,司法行政业务从最初的法制宣传、律师公证、人民调解、劳改劳教、法学教育与研究等“五大业务门类”,逐步扩展到包括法律援助、仲裁机构设立登记、管理司法鉴定、国家统一法律职业资格考试管理、社区矫正、安置帮教等在内的十多项职能。2018年,省司法厅重新组建后,定位发生了全面、深刻变化,职能贯通立法、执法、司法、守法普法各环节,汇聚法治安徽、法治政府、法治社会建设于一体,形成了“一个统筹、四大职能”的工作总体布局。     

壮族习惯法及其特征与功能

壮族习惯法是广西壮族民间强制性的准法规范。它作为一种巨大深厚的社会存量,被特定的社会群体所选择、收纳、共享,成为壮族共遵共循的行为准则。本文着重阐述了壮族在集体生活、社会治安管理、保护人身安全、婚姻家庭、财产继承等方面习惯法的主要内容。并对壮族习惯法的审理、处罚进行了论述。认为壮族习惯法突出呈现出植根的乡土性、内容的生活性、管辖的地域性、运作的强制性、法规的不成文性、程序的不完善性等特征。并在壮族社会生活中发挥着维系功能,理顺社会秩序,维护社会稳定;调整功能,排解纠纷,协调关系;制约功能,规范行为,惩诫恶行;传承功能,传递民族文化,宏扬民族精神;教育功能,寓理于法,培养社会角色。