论人民调解协议司法确认裁判的效力

人民调解协议司法确认裁判的效力根据在于非讼裁判权的运用和当事人的合意.关于不予确认决定,因当事人可以重新达成调解协议或提起民事诉讼,它不具有形式确定力.关于确认决定,在案外人异议期后它应具有形式确定力,虽不具有既判力但应具有一事不再理的效力;具有给付内容的确认决定还应具有执行力;某些确认形成性法律关系的决定,则应具有形成力.案外人裁判撤销制度的存在暂时阻却了裁判形式确定力的发生,旨在为案外人提供救济;并且,由于司法确认裁判不适用再审,再审也就没有打破各种效力的功效.     

Value of DNA tests: a decision perspective

ABSTRACT: Before a Court of Law testifying in DNA‐evidence cases, scientists are often challenged with the idea that the more markers (loci) the better, i.e., why does the scientist not use 16 or more markers? This paper introduces a new perspective, decision analysis, to deal with the problem of the number of markers to type in a criminal context. The decision‐making process, which plays a key role in the routine work of a forensic scientist, consists of the rational choice, given personal objectives, between two or more possible outcomes when the consequences of the choice are uncertain. Simulated results support the hypothesis that analytical added value does not increase with the number of markers.     

Should I stay or should I go?

Legal context: The European Patent Convention inherently allows parallel revocationproceedings to take place in the EPO and the domestic patentcourts. As a result, parties to UK patent proceedings frequentlyapply for a stay pending the outcome of proceedings in the EPO.There is commonly assumed to be a presumption in favour of thisstay, so long as it does not amount to an injustice. Key points: This article reviews the UK case law that has followed the Courtof Appeal decision in Kimberly-Clark, to see if this presumptionin favour of a stay is sustained. These cases show that, whendeciding whether to order a stay, judges perform a balancingexercise of a number of considerations. In practice it appearsthat these considerations easily topple the presumption. Practical significance: By providing a comparison of the considerations put before thecourts in the past, this article seeks to aid practitionersin judging those factors likely to affect the success of a stayapplication. It also highlights the lack of authority at appellatelevel on whether it is lawful for patent courts not to ordera stay.     

论数字时代政府决策信息的选择

政府决策是行政管理活动中的首要环节,他是政府职能目标实现的基础,其质量高低影响政府工作的成败和公共管理目标的实现.而准确、全面、可靠的信息则是实现最优决策的关键.虽然数字化技术和信息革命使社会信息高度膨胀,但其中不乏非精确性、错误、虚假、失真的信息.政府决策时,应对作为决策依据的信息进行效用选择,力图提高决策信息的质量.     

逻辑和决断力的统一——“司法审查”的政治决断力和社会动力分析

本文从法治价值、历史经验和规范分析三个层面分析了司法审查（尤其是普通法院司法审查）在中国面临的处境，最后在社会动力和逻辑价值吻合的角度上给出自己的“决断”：选择一种“最低限度的司法审查”的规范解释进路。     

驳回行政复议申请决定方式研究

驳回行政复议申请决定方式作为行政复议制度的一大创新,它具有一定制度价值,但同时也存在一定的立法缺憾,而对驳回行政复议申请决定的监督除了通过行政路径以外,还应当通过赋予这一决定可诉性的方式以强化对其司法监督。     

决策失误原因分析

造成决策失误的原因很复杂,但主要是决策制度的因素和决策者的因素两种。决策制度的因素往往为第一位因素。此外,决策失误还有决策方法、决策环境等因素。     

运用数据挖掘技术优化公安指挥决策

为从浩瀚的信息资源中提取所需信息,数据挖掘技术应运而生。针对我国公安工作中的实际情况和业务需求,需要借助于数据挖掘这种高端技术,并运用该技术优化公安指挥决策过程,提高决策者对大量公安业务数据信息的分析能力,从而帮助决策者调整策略,作出正确的指挥决策。     

对贩卖毒品罪基本理论问题的若干思考——兼与高艳东同志商榷

我国刑法理论和实务界对于如何理解“贩卖毒品”有着不同的看法。第一种观点认为,贩卖毒品是指为销售而非法收购毒品或明知是毒品而非法销售的行为;第二种观点认为,贩卖毒品是指有偿转让毒品或者以贩卖为目的而非法收购毒品;第三种观点认为,贩卖毒品,其实质是有偿转让,包括专卖与交换,不管是先买后卖,还是先卖后买,也不论是批发还是零售。以上观点为我们探讨贩卖毒品行为提供了一个理论基础,但从总体上来看都有值得商榷的地方。     

Cabinet Government in the Twentieth Century

This paper examines the main features of the cabinet system as it had emerged during the twentieth century, and which Jennings did so much to crystallize in his pioneering study on Cabinet Government. It then assesses the main changes that have occurred over successive administrations since the late 1970s, and concludes that even if cabinet government seemed to return in 1990 and 2003, it was without the cabinet system that had underpinned and made it effective in the past.