Democracy promotion through regional organisations: A missed opportunity for South African and Brazilian leadership?

What role do regional powers Brazil and South Africa play in democracy promotion in their respective regions, South America and Africa? While both Brazil and South Africa played an important role in building regional institutions’ normative frameworks for democracy promotion, most notably within the Union of South American Nations and the African Union, their leadership applying these frameworks within regional organisations is inconsistent. South Africa is trapped between regional and global expectations; Brazil’s leadership lacks commitment. The interplay of domestic, regional and international politics needs to be scrutinised to explain why South African and Brazilian regional leadership falls behind expectations.     

充分发挥比较优势 促进中俄区域合作

目前中俄边境地区参与区域性合作的途径还将在一个时期内以互市贸易为先导,通过由量的积累达到合作战略升级的目标。设立边境互市贸易区是有效途径之一。     

民族自治地方立法标准法构想

民族自治地方立法作为整个社会主义立法体制的重要构成部分,在新时期,迫切需要将其纳入统一的社会主义法制系统中加以规范。为了更好的贯彻实施立法法,规范民族自治地方立法行为,推动民族自治地方立法规范化、标准化建设,文章依据法理学原理,结合民族自治地方立法实践,系统探讨了民族自治地方立法标准法,分析了制定民族自治地方立法标准法的客观必然性,界定了民族自治地方立法标准法的调整对象,阐释了民族自治地方立法标准法的标准化内涵。     

黑龙江省对俄旅游合作的新思路探析

区域旅游合作是在市场经济基础上的资源互融、客源互动、产品互补、产业联动和利益共享的综合性合作,是以实现区域旅游产业横向联合发展,提高地方旅游总体发展水平的必然选择。     

大图们江区域各国法律的冲突与协调

大图们江地区各国国情差别较大,法律传统与法律背景不一,各国的法律观念存在很大的分歧,其法律体系也存在明显的差别。在区域合作中,政治上的分歧,观念上的相左,权利上的纠纷,是合作松散无法紧密的根本,而这些因素又具有深刻的历史文化根源,很难被“经济上的获利”消解。同时,这些因素又往往体现在法律当中,寻找解决的途径也只能依靠法律的思维。通过对大图们江地区各国法律及其背后的文化解析,认清各国的法律冲突,进而运用国际私法的理论,寻找解决冲突的途径,是促进大图们江区域合作的现实选择。     

The Mystery of China's Interprovincial Manufacturing Convergence & Differentiation of Overall Economic Growth——From the Perspective of Sector Productivity Growth & Cross-sector Redistribution of Resources

This article breaks down productivity growth into intra-sector productivity growth & inter-sectoral resource reallocation, & analyzes the reasons for the convergence of China's inter-provincial manufacturing industry & the differences in overall economic growth. The conclusions are as follows: (1) The growth of the service sector is diverging across provinces. The divergent growth of the service sector may be the key cause of the overall economic inconsistency, but not all. (2) Although the productivity of manufacturing industry has accelerated convergence across provinces, the convergence of manufacturing industry on the overall economy has been weakened by changes in the industrial structure due to the accelerated transfer of labor in the manufacturing industry. (3) The labor outflow from agriculture enters the service industry & non-manufacturing sectors, rather than the manufacturing industries with higher labor productivity. Therefore, the substantial pulling effect of the changes in the industrial structure on the overall economy is limited.     

ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ISSUES INVOLVED IN ACTING AS A PSYCHOLOGIST PARENT COORDINATOR IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES

The use of Psychologist Parent Coordinators in child custody cases (called Special Masters in California) is becoming increasingly prevalent across the country. This postdivorce parenting coordination role is a legal/psychological hybrid, demanding knowledge and skill in legal domains (legal procedure, relevant case law, etc.), psychological domains (child development, family systems, etc.), and dispute resolution (mediation and settlement processes). Situated in the interface of legal and psychological paradigms, Parent Coordination may be reviewed by multiple legal and psychological regulatory bodies. Coming from varying perspectives, the practice guidelines and mandates of these legal, ethical, and licensing agencies impose multiple standards of review of Parent Coordination. A brief overview of the legal and psychological review processes applicable to Special Master work in California, as they relate to common issues that confront the Parenting Coordinator across the country, is the focus of this article. They suggest that the current lack of coordination of review processes creates a minefield of professional risk for the psychologist who chooses to practice in this role.     

赴俄罗斯考察报告

20 0 2年 6月 17— 30日 ,中共中央政治局委员、中国社会科学院院长李铁映率领的中国社会科学院代表团访问了俄罗斯。作者作为全国地方社会科学院的惟一代表随团出访。由于俄方各界高度重视 ,考察访问非常顺利 ,实现了广交朋友、扩大交流、增进友谊、加强合作的目的。主要考察收获概括起来是十个非常深刻的印象 ,六点关于发展中俄睦邻友好和战略协作伙伴关系的启示与建议     

内地与香港的民事司法协助与民事管辖权的协调

最高人民法院和香港相关主管机关经过反复协商,先后成功地签署了《关于内地与香港特别行政区法院相互委托送达民商事司法文书的安排》和《关于内地与香港特别行政区相互执行仲裁裁决的安排》(以下简称《安排》),标志着我国区际司法协助取得了开创性成果,但《安排》仍然不能解决所有的区际司法协助问题,其中,两地的民事管辖权的冲突问题便是其中一个急待解决的课题。为了协调内地与香港的民事管辖权,必须遵守“一国两制”、当事人意思自治原则、最密切联系原则、一事不在理原则。同时,应当采用《安排》的模式来明确规定涉及两地的民事案件管辖权的标准。     

试论国际法之不成体系问题——兼及国际法规则的冲突与协调

国际法领域的扩展使不同国际法规则之间的冲突大大增加,国际法发展呈现不成体系的特征。演进中的国际法并非一个统一的体系,现代国际法表现为国际共存法和国际合作法并存,并在发展趋向上向价值定向发展。国际法随着范围的扩展形成大量次级体系,不同的次级体系多能“自成体系”并“专题自主”的特征,导致规则的冲突增加,造成在适用国际法规则上的困难。究其原因,一方面由于国际法自身的固有特征,另一方面则是国际法领域的扩展等新趋势导致的。国际法要研究如何防止并协调国际法规则矛盾与冲突,但是很难使之成为一个真正统一的体系,另一方面国际法的不成体系的特性却使国际法充满了张力。