Shared services: An outline of key contractual issues

In the wake of the Gershon Report, commissioned to find ways of saving £20 billion in the UK public sector, and the growing strain on the public purse following the credit crunch and the global financial recession, procuring bodies are increasingly looking to the “shared services” procurement model to take advantage of economies of scale and best practice. This article examines the legal issues thrown up by the shared services model and ways of managing them.     

新形势下高校精神文明建设的探索与思考

文章通过对高校在社会主义精神文明建设中的地位、作用、主要任务和存在问题的研究,阐述了加强高校精神文明建设的重要性及其如何加强高校精神文明建设的问题。     

论青少年知法、守法和用法的辩证关系

青少年主体行为控制必须履行法治原则。青少年主体知法、守法和用法的辩证统一 ,能为其形成良好的行为控制创造积极的条件 ,并促进良好社会秩序的建立。     

试论坚持科学发展观与提高党的执政能力

坚持科学发展观是党科学执政的具体体现,是党执政理念的飞跃,是党提高领导经济工作水平的迫切需要。"坚持以人为本、全面协调可持续的科学发展观"反应了党更为成熟和更为清晰的发展思路。坚持科学发展观不仅是发展理念的创新,更是深刻的实践活动。     

以人为本科学发展观的现实意义

以人为本的科学发展观,是马克思主义的重要内容,充分体现了马克思主义哲学的实践要求,是人与自然、主体与客体、主观与客观、手段与目的、当前与未来的有机结合。当前,只有坚持以人为本的科学发展观,才能更好地贯彻和落实党的思想路线和党的基本路线,更好地反映和体现党的宗旨,才能真正做到"权为民所用、情为民所系、利为民所谋"。     

Gauging support for innovative farmland preservation techniques

Given growing concerns about the loss of farmland in the US, governmental and nonprofit groups are seeking innovative, cost-effective methods to preserve lands that will elicit additional landowner participation. This article describes four innovative farmland preservation techniques and derives implications for the policy process through interviews of key stakeholders: program administrators, lawmakers, and landowners. Experts on farmland preservation were also interviewed to ensure stakeholder perceptions substantively inform the policy process. Four techniques were selected for assessment from approximately 30 novel techniques. Reactions to these policy options reflect stakeholder perceptions of a baseline condition; the perceptions help evaluate which options are likely to survive the policy process and what attributes will lead to their acceptability because few of these techniques have yet become policy. Although the stakeholders may have more limited experience with the policy process, land preservation experts validated many of the results and the possibility of success in the “rough and tumble” of the policy process. Of the four investigated techniques rights of first refusal was the most favored, although respondents thought effective implementation would require careful targeting and a dedicated funding source. Experts agreed this technique was most likely to survive in the political arena. Agricultural conservation pension was also viewed favorably, though it was considered administratively difficult to implement. Several experts thought that, though inchoate, the pension plan could potentially be more cost effective than rights of first refusal. Land preservation tontines were perceived to be an interesting concept, but confusing, difficult to implement, and ill-defined. Term conservation easements were viewed unfavorably because they did not preserve land permanently.

汉初三阶段:治、富、教

汉初六十多年可以大体分为三个阶段:刘邦夺取政权以后,采取一系列措施巩固政权。社会稳定以后,到文帝、景帝,发展生产,节约开支,社会达到极其富裕的程度。但富裕以后,汉初社会文明程度较差,暴露出许多问题,因此发展教育、提高文明程度,就成为社会的迫切问题。汉武帝立五经博士,大办学校,发展文化教育,独尊儒术,实现了物质与精神双富裕的盛世。     

法治视阈下警察纪律建设若干问题的思考

警察纪律法治化是警察法治文明的重要标志。《公安机关人民警察纪律条令》的颁布是警察纪律建设的里程碑,具有重要的法治意义,主要体现在完善了警察法律体系,标志着具有公安特色的惩治和预防腐败体系的初步建立,必将有力地推进警察法治文明建设。与以往的公安机关的惩戒性规范相比,《公安机关人民警察纪律条令》具有创新性、严厉性、全面性以及可操作性等特点。当前警察纪律建设要特别注重两个方面问题:一是在法治视阈下探析《公安机关人民警察纪律条令》的适用问题;二是以法治方式推进《公安机关人民警察纪律条令》的实施。     

地方人大常委会重大事项议决权的法理分析

重大事项议决权是地方人大常委会的一项法定职权.地方人大常委会的这一职权具有从属性、抽象性、综合性.行使重大事项议决权要坚持自主创制性和民主参与性,同时还要注意到实体和程序的结合性.地方人大常委套应就重大事项不议决与议决不当承担相应的法律责任或政治责任.地方人大常委会重大事项议决责任的问责主体有原选区选民和原选举单位两类;问责方式主要是罢免.     

社会环境的变化对警察执法公信力的影响

当前我国正处于社会转型的关键时期,公安工作所面临的政治、经济、法律、文化等各方面的环境发生了深刻的变化.近年来,我国警察执法公信力之所以受到各方的关注,其原因不仅在于公安机关本身,还在于公安工作所面临的外部环境发生了变化,如行政权力干预、民生问题、公众的认知、新闻媒体的报道等都会对警察执法公信力产生影响.