A Quantum of Force: The Consequences of Counting Routine Conducted Energy Weapon Punctures as Injuries

In a recent paper, researchers reported increases in the risk of citizen injury associated with police use of conducted energy devices (CEWs), a finding that is contrary to that reported in most previous studies. These authors speculate that the differences in findings when compared to other similar studies may be due, in part, to the exclusion of routine CEW dart punctures as injuries by other researchers, and they called on the research community to collectively agree on how CEW injuries should be operationalized. In this paper, we empirically demonstrate the differences in findings when routine CEW puncture wounds are included as citizen injuries and when they are not. Ultimately, we reject the authors’ measurement approach as inconsistent with how injuries associated with other types of force are routinely coded and measured.     

政府绩效评估研究综述——基于公民参与的视角

本文从公民参与的视角,就近期国内外对政府绩效评估的研究做一梳理。     

依法行政中的公民诸权利分析

本文试图对当前依法行政中的公民诸权利做一些初步的探讨,以期引起有关方面的注意和推动依法行政向纵深发展。     

公民知情权的宪法学思考

在现代信息社会里,公民知情权日益受到重视。通过对公民知情权宪法化进程的分析和其宪法基础的考察,可以看出确立公民知情权的宪法地位,创立一系列法律制度予以保障是符合知情权发展的时代趋势的。这对公民基本权利的丰富和发展、我国人权的建设都有重要的现实意义。     

民主教育:建设先进文化的保障

民主教育是建设先进文化的保障 ,也是先进文化的一部分。建设社会主义的现代化 ,离不开民主教育。民主教育 ,包括教育方式和教育思想的民主化 ;教育内容的民主化 ,公民教育得到普遍深入的开展 ;教育管理的民主化。实现民主教育 ,将为中华民族复兴的伟大事业奠定一个优良基础     

从新公共服务理论引发出对公民参与的反思

本文以新公共服务理论为导火线,对新公共服务理论提倡的公民参与进行正反分析。笔者首先从理论、实践、个人、社会、公共管理等层面对公民参与进行正面剖析,然后从实际出发,对公民参与现状进行反思,分析了为何一些理论大力提倡公民参与,而公民参与兴趣越来越减退的种种原因,并提出了解决这一问题的几点对策。     

Withdrawal of Parental Responsibility: Lost Authority and a Lost Opportunity

This comment examines Re D (Withdrawal of Parental Responsibility), the first reported Court of Appeal decision on withdrawal of parental responsibility pursuant to section 4(2A) of the Children Act 1989. It demonstrates that the Court overlooked earlier Court of Appeal authority, resulting in tension in the Court's guidance. The comment criticises the Court of Appeal's characterisation of parental responsibility as entirely child‐centred and its uncritical acceptance that the child's welfare is the paramount consideration in applications for withdrawal of parental responsibility. It argues that such an approach may not adequately respect the parent's interests in retaining parental responsibility, especially in the context of an order which is more draconian in effect than a care order. The impact upon applications for removal of parental responsibility of the new presumption of parental involvement, which was implemented shortly after the decision in Re D, is also considered.     

社会契约论与市民社会理论的早期发展

市民社会理论研究是当前中国社会现代化理论研究中的一个重要的领域。市民社会理论以社会与国家的关系为核心，试图为中国的现代化发展提供一条自下而上的现代化发展的思路，这种研究是非常有益的。     

把握宪法根本 维护公民权利

宪法的核心和根本是对公民在国家生活和 社会生活中享有的基本权利和自由予以确认和保障，准确理解宪法这一精神实质，分析探讨维护公民宪法权利的难题和应对措施，对于进一步完善和贯彻落实宪法有着至关重要的影响，也是构建以人为本的民主法治社会需要面对和解决的一个重大课题。     

公民参与视野下西北乡村民间组织的作用

西北乡村民间组织在公民有序参与背景下,在西北乡村社会发挥出日益显著的作用。西北乡村民间组织有效组织农牧民参与经济、政治、文化和公共事业建设,缓解了社会矛盾,维护了政治稳定和发展,促进了政府决策民主化、科学化,增强了农牧民参政意识和能力,丰富了乡村社会的物质和文化生活,最终促进了乡村社会的发展。