Section 8 orders on the public-private law divide*

While section 9(2) of the Children Act 1989 prevents a Local Authority from applying for a child arrangements order directly, a case file study of residence and contact orders made in 2011 found that a significant number of applications for residence orders in the County Court were supported and sometimes even instigated by local authority children’s services (Harding & Newnham, 2015). The findings of the study demonstrate that residence orders often formed part of solutions offered to the family and can even operate as an alternative to formal public law remedies in situations where the parents are no longer able to provide care, and grandparents or other relatives take over. In these ‘hybrid cases’ private law orders are used to resolve situations on the fringes of public law action and, in some cases, divert cases from voluntary accommodation or formal care proceedings. This article raises questions about whether cases are being diverted to private law remedies in an appropriate manner and argues that closer scrutiny of the practice is required to ensure that the rights of parents, children and kinship carers are appropriately respected.     

宪法性居住权在我国的民法实现途径——面向土地的"公产"取向

居住权制度在我国民事(物权)立法过程中最终被废黜,既反映了传统民法中的,微观意义上的居住权制度本身存当代中国社会意义的欠缺,又反映出我国物权法完全排斥居住权观念的极端性.尤其在物权法宣誓了"公有制"的基本原则之后,创造性地发展罗马法以来的居住权,就成为当代中国物权法参与营造和谐社会的,当仁不让的制度功能.其体现即是以宪法之维中的居住权观念,统帅物权制度,面向土地的"公产"取向,以公众居住利益实现为基础进行地权制度的改良.     

DISRUPTING THE PATHWAY FROM FOSTER CARE TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM—A FORMER PROSECUTOR'S PERSPECTIVES ON REFORM

Nearly half a million children are victims of abuse and neglect and part of our foster care system. Over time, many of these youth cross into our juvenile and then adult justice systems; some will end up as federal offenders, immersed in a process where mandated penalties provide little room for flexibility or consideration of the characteristics and needs of the individual. This article will offer the perspectives of a former prosecutor and child welfare advocate on: (i) the current conditions and challenges within our foster care system—the feeder for many youth into gangs and criminal activity; (ii) the misaligned priorities and disheartening patterns we currently see in our justice system; and (iii) the ill‐advised practices, that set our nation apart from the rest of the world, allowing juvenile offenders to receive life without parole sentences. The article will then discuss a series of recommendations in all of these areas that would enable us to turn the corner and chart an improved and more hopeful path for our nation's vulnerable and at‐risk children and youth.     

论司法鉴定人的注意义务

鉴定人对民事责任的承担应当以过错为前提,而对注意义务的违反是判断过错的依据,鉴定人的注意义务是复杂的集合体,是由法律法规、技术规范等多种内容构成,如果对上述内容的违反就证明鉴定行为存在过错,必须对损害后果承担责任,但并不是所有的错误鉴定都构成对注意义务的违反,在一定情形下可以免却鉴定人的法律责任。     

侵占罪认定中的疑难问题探析

无论是在刑法理论界,还是司法实务界,对侵占罪的成立一直存在诸多争论,其中尤以对代为保管是否限于合法保管,遗失物是否属于侵占罪的犯罪对象,拒不退还、拒不交出如何认定三个问题的争论为最。     

党内激励关怀帮扶机制的理论模型

党内激励关怀帮扶机制是从尊重党员主体地位、保持党的生机活力的基本需要出发,立足党员群体的差异性特征而提出的。这一机制具有强大的促发精神动力功能、团结凝聚功能、利益协调功能、维护党内和谐功能,因而建立健全这一机制很有必要。但建立健全这一机制不能随心所欲地进行,必须坚持"党内激励、关怀、帮扶相结合,激励关怀帮扶党员与激励关怀帮扶群众相结合,党内激励关怀帮扶与相关配套工作相结合"的主要原则。     

浅析家庭养老在当前我国农村的新发展

我国农村传统的、占主流的家庭养老在目前的社会经济变革时期面临着前所未有的挑战 ,有些学者因此提出农村家庭养老必将为社会养老所代替 ,社会养老是农村社会保障的最终发展方向。与其观点相反 ,文章从我国的国情出发分析了家庭养老存在的基础 ,指出了家庭养老在我国农村的可持续发展性 ,并提出了在当前形势下如何赋予家庭养老以新的内容。     

The Walk in the Woods: A Step‐by‐Step Method for Facilitating Interest‐Based Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

In this article, we describe a method we have used successfully in both academic and professional settings to rapidly introduce novice negotiators to the principles and practice of interest‐based negotiation: “the walk in the woods.” The walk incorporates much of the principles of interest‐based negotiation: fostering self‐awareness, cultivating curiosity, and understanding the importance of world view. The walk's effectiveness is illustrated in this article using the case of the merger of two large, complex health‐care organizations.     

监视居住下侦查权边界的研究

在监视居住措施下,侦查机关的管辖权、侦查权、讯问权、监视权应当得到有效规范,其权力边界应当得到明晰。这不仅有效保障了公民的人身和财产安全,而且让侦查机关在监视居住期间的侦查行为能够有法可依,依法有据,认清侦查权力与滥用职权的边界,从而避免侦查机关滥用职权的风险,克服刑讯逼供的隐患,洗刷非法拘禁的嫌疑,减少国家赔偿的损失,真正体现侦查机关作为人民卫士的神圣使命和中国特色社会主义法治理念的优越性。     

Predicting Initiator and Near Repeat Events in Spatiotemporal Crime Patterns: An Analysis of Residential Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft

Near repeat analysis has been increasingly used to measure the spatiotemporal clustering of crime in contemporary criminology. Despite its predictive capacity, the typically short time frame of near repeat crime patterns can negatively affect the crime prevention utility of near repeat analysis. Thus, recent research has argued for a greater understanding of the types of places that are most likely to generate near repeat crime patterns. The current study contributes to the literature through a spatiotemporal analysis of residential burglary and motor vehicle theft in Indianapolis, IN. Near Repeat analyses were followed by multinomial logistic regression models to identify covariates related to the occurrence of initiator (the first event in a near repeat chain) and near repeat (the subsequent event in a near repeat chain) events. The overall findings provide additional support for the argument that neighborhood context can influence the formation and context of spatiotemporal crime patterns.