JUDICIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Judicial Dispute Resolution or JDR is a pre-trial settlement process involving judges as settlement facilitators. In October 2000 the Family and Youth Court in Edmonton, Alberta launched a yearlong JDR pilot project to determine whether JDR would help in resolving family and child welfare matters before the court. The project was very successful and has become a permanent program in Edmonton. This article explains how the Edmonton JDR polit project was set up and evaluated as well as its success as a permanent program. The article describes the JDR process in detail and discusses the current statistics from the program. The design and development of the new JDR Centre in the Edmonton courthouse is also addressed.     

The parental problem-solving measure: Further evaluation with maltreating and nonmaltreating parents

Inability to solve problems related to parenting and other aspects of daily living is hypothesized to result in frustration or inability to cope, and contribute to the occurrence of problematic parental behavior such as physical abuse or neglect. The present investigation evaluated the Parental Problem-Solving Measure (PPSM), a procedure for measuring parental problem-solving skill of maltreating and nonmaltreating parents. Subjects were 60 parents with at least one child between the ages of 2 and 12. Subjects belonged to one of three groups: (a) physically abusive and/or neglectful parents (n=27); (b) nonmaltreating clinic parents seeking help for child behavior problems (n=12); and (c) nonmaltreating, non-help-seeking community parents (n=21). Results demonstrated the interrater reliability, internal consistency, and temporal stability of the PPSM and its five subscales. Support is also provided for the convergent and discriminant validity of the measure.     

合同诈骗罪若干问题探究

合同诈骗罪主观上是以非法占有为目的。"非法占有",是指对合法财产所有权的破坏,它与民法上的非法占有含义不同,也与非法占用含义不同。合同诈骗罪与经济合同纠纷的界限主要在于从主观目的上加以区别。对非法目的的判断,在我国采用司法推定的方法来确定。对于司法推定应当允许被告人提出反证,以防止出现冤假错案。     

马克思劳动价值论争50年

50年来,中国学术界对马克思劳动价值论的大范围讨论约有五次,包括涉及“两种含义的社会必要劳动时间”、“价值规律”和“生产劳动”等劳动价值论基本内容的前三次讨论,20世纪90年代初期关于“价值创造源泉”问题、世纪之交由深化劳动和劳动价值论认识再掀热潮的后两次讨论。在社会主义市场经济改革不断完善的今天,只有结合新的实践深化对劳动和劳动价值论的认识,才能更好地坚持和发展马克思的劳动价值论。     

日本个别劳动争议解决机制的最新发展

本文就近年来日本个别劳动争议解决机制的最新发展进行了初步研究.分析了日本近年来劳动争议的现状、特征,介绍日本针对此所采取的措施;分析了日本<个别劳动争议解决促进法>、<劳动审判法>制定的背景及其内容和主要特征;最后,结合中国的现状,探讨了日本个别劳动争议解决机制对我国的借鉴意义.     

纠纷解决与法

应该正视纠纷的法律效果,对纠纷的积极机制要有进一步认识。要根据纠纷的特点及社会提供的纠纷解决机制,作出谨慎的抉择。应重视法律处理纠纷的机能     

行政民事纠纷关联诉讼刍议

本文从一个案例入手 ,指出现实生活中时常发生的各种行政民事关联纠纷现象 ,并列举分析了此类案件的多种诉讼途径 ,建议尽快规范完善有关的行政民事关联诉讼制度。     

试论现行劳动争议处理程序的重构

我国现行的劳动争议处理程序在司法实践中已经暴露出了许多问题 ,本文在分析该体制的缺陷后 ,介绍了国外的有关立法经验 ,并提出了重构我国劳动争议处理程序的几点设想。     

性骚扰问题探讨——由全国首例性骚扰案引起的法律思考

本文介绍了性骚扰及其特征 ,并结合全国首例性骚扰案 ,针对性骚扰在我国令人堪忧的现状 ,阐述了对这一问题的法律对策———行政解决方案     

刑事二审案件审查范围的类型化构建

二审法官对刑事上诉案件进行全面审查既不符合诉讼经济要求，也不利于二审程序功能的实现，同时还有碍正义的伸张。将上诉案件区分为事实争议、法律适用错误、程序违法、量刑不当四种类型，并进行分类管理是我国刑事二审程序改革的有效举措。