Most in Need But Least Served: Legal and Practical Barriers to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Federally Detained Minors

Abused, neglected, and abandoned immigrant youth face numerous obstacles to physical safety, including potential repatriation (deportation) to abusive caretakers from whom they fled. In recognition of the special needs of abused children, Congress enacted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) to provide a previously unavailable child welfare defense to deportation. The remedy is contingent upon a State court declaration that the youth is, in fact, in need of protection. However, unlike their counterparts in foster care or guardianships, youth detained by the federal government face numerous practical and legal roadblocks to accessing the necessary State court declarations. This article identifies several gaps in State laws which impede detained youths' access to State court declarations, and proposes several remedies which would enable the States to carry out Congress' intent that detained youth have access to SIJS, regardless of detention status.     

特殊医疗纠纷解决路径研究--对一般医疗纠纷解决路径的反思与突破

特殊医疗纠纷因其医患地位平等性而区别于传统意义上的一般医疗纠纷。在过去,一般医疗纠纷解决主要有合同和侵权两种路径,但以侵权路径为主。之所以如此,是因为合同路径不符合医方的角色定位,且难以帮助患者获得精神损害赔偿。然而,侵权路径亦有劣势,其难以涵盖整个医患关系,且无法解决医患实质平等。综合来看,解决纠纷审判宜采合同路径。主要理由有四:第一,合同路径能够适应特殊医疗纠纷基本特征。第二,合同路径并不排斥精神损害赔偿。第三,选择合同路径有助于《消费者权益保护法》适用的证成。第四,合同路径有利于促进医患形成"命运共同体",缓解医患矛盾。     

对适时防卫与事后防卫的再认识——从一则真实案例说起

“不法侵害行为的结束”不等同于“不法侵害的结束”,是适时防卫还是事后防卫,应以不法侵害是否结束为判断标准,而不应以不法侵害行为是否结束为判断标准。     

论遏制我国特殊利益集团的制度建设

在我国经济体制转变过程中,制度冲突、制度缺失和制度执行失范等现象普遍存在,为特殊利益集团的衍生提供了可乘之机。特殊利益集团掠夺和侵害社会公共利益,引发社会利益结构的失衡,激化社会矛盾,而社会矛盾的本质和根源是制度矛盾。因此,必须通过加强制度创新建设来有效遏制特殊利益集团。     

完善我国宪法监督制度的构想

从宪法观念和监督体制两方面深入剖析了我国现行宪法监督制度及其存在的问题,提出了建立专门宪法监督机关模式的构想,论述了确立该体制需要解决的两个重要问题专门宪法监督机关与全国人大及其常委会的关系和专门宪法监督机关组成人员的产生方式。     

对新形势下如何遏止虚开增值税专用发票犯罪的思考

虚开增值税专用发票犯罪居高不下,屡禁不止,造成国家巨额税款流失,严重地侵害了共和国经济秩序。对此,应利用信息网络优势,增加投入,加快联网速度;树立全局观念,加大协助力度,形成打击虚开犯罪合力;落实专项经费,保障大案要案的查破;严格审核,防止利用虚假身份证及其他虚假证件登记注册公司、企业。     

Understanding Parental Gatekeeping in Families with a Special Needs Child

Supporting the positive development of a special needs child is especially challenging when parents have separated or divorced. Invariably, there is an increased need for collaborative co‐parenting wherein information is shared and intervention plans can be implemented effectively. In this article, the evolving literature on parental gatekeeping is applied to families with special needs children, as it offers a useful model for understanding the strengths and liabilities of co‐parenting relationships. We describe some of the typical and unique gatekeeping dynamics that occur when children suffer from developmental, physical, and/or psychiatric syndromes that require specific treatment and specialized parenting skills. Examples of both restrictive and facilitative gatekeeping are described as they manifest in these families. Implications for decision making are also discussed.     

累犯制度修正内容之解读

《中华人民共和国刑法修正案（八）》中增加了未成年人犯罪不成立一般累犯的规定,并扩大了特别累犯的范围,司法实践中应对本次修正中的＂不满十八周岁的人犯罪的除外＂、＂恐怖活动犯罪＂、＂黑社会性质的组织犯罪＂等内容作正确理解和适用,使累犯制度的作用得以真正实现。     

特赦问题研究

赦免,一个古老而又常新的话题。盛世时赦少,乱世赦多也是历史所证明的。赦多则宽暴徒、伤良民,使国家法令废弛,更有鼓励犯罪之嫌。当今社会,赦免是许多国家弥补法律僵化的重要手段,然而赦免对于法治的违背使人们对赦免的合理性产生怀疑,而且赦免存在滥用政治目的的可能。目前,我国关于特赦的立法并不成熟;社会的后续接受能力也有限;老百姓对特赦所产生的危机感更是难以消除。因而在目前情况下不宜进行特赦。