Use of voices in legal opening statements

A powerful determinant of the outcome of a trial, the opening statement is the first opportunity for lawyers from each side to construct a factual narrative of events that makes sense and sounds plausible to the jury. Although it is created entirely by a lawyer and delivered in monologic speech, the genre shows traces of other voices. Regarding voice as a semiotic resource that allows reanimators to incorporate multiple perspectives, the study explores lawyers’ strategic orchestration of various voices in this initial phase of a trial, focusing on the source, function, and frequency of such voices. Based on a high-profile case, the findings suggest that the opening statement is a highly heteroglossic genre, and the two sides differ in terms of whose voices they choose to reanimate and what purposes those voices may be used to serve, including verbal–action representation, (re)contextualization, legitimation, and deconstruction. These voices not only serve to create and negotiate different realities but also contribute to making the opening statement essentially argumentative, rather than merely factual.     

东北振兴过程中的对外开放:总体思路与对策

改革开放以来,东北地区对外开放程度明显提高。对外贸易发展较快,利用外资规模日益扩大,国际经济合作也取得了一定程度的进展,但不可否认的是,东北地区的对外开放程度在全国仍处于偏低的位置,特别是远远低于东部沿海发达地区。在这种现实状况下,扩大东北振兴过程中的对外开放必须要有新思路,并制定出符合实际情况的政策体系。即应该以形成多层次的对外开放格局、有竞争力的区域对外开放布局、提高对外出口能力和推动出口产品结构不断优化为基本思路,并制定和实施以加强区域内部的协调与合作、加快对东北地区对外开放具有重大影响的基础设施和口岸建设、推动边境贸易快速健康发展等政策措施。     

论改革开放政策对私有财产权的影响

“李约瑟之谜”、新制度经济学引发了对中国私有财产权的反思。改革开放政策是一种强制型制度变迁,它为中国私有财产权打开了封闭的闸门、社会利益的多元化和个体化,触及了私有财产权灵魂。党的富民政策是私有财产权确立与保护的思想基础和制度来源,改革开放的政策内涵着合同自由与追求财富的民法机理．2004年的宪法修正案将私有财产权入宪,确认了改革开放以来经济领域中的成果,2007年《物权法》的出台更将其制度化。     

改革开放以来党的民族干部政策与西部民族地区的科学发展

西部民族地区要加快科学发展,缩小与东部发达地区的差距,必须大力培养和选拔少数民族干部,这是党和国家一项重要的民族政策。本文从西部民族地区发展少数民族干部的重要性出发,具体阐述了改革开放以来党的民族干部政策对推动西部民族地区科学发展的历史经验,并从中引发出若干思考。     

沿海开放地区黑社会团伙犯罪问题研究

改革开放以来 ,随着境外黑社会势力的渗透与影响不断加深 ,我国沿海开放地区的黑社会犯罪形势相当严峻。本文论述了有关犯罪的主要动向和十个主要特点 ,从八个方面分析其原因 ,并指出六点防治的基本思路。     

Helena Normanton: legal crusader or myth Maker? ‘[S]urely the one thing history teaches us is that we cannot generalise,or even worse,categorise individual humans into saints and sinners,or heroes and villains’

ABSTRACT

Helena Normanton aspired to become a lawyer at a time when women were prohibited from entering the legal profession. This aspiration became a reality when, on 24 December 1919, she became the first woman to be admitted to an institution of the legal profession after the passing of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, thus enshrining her place in legal history. Her achievement was, without doubt, remarkable. She has become the ‘face’ of women’s entry to the legal profession, but what was her contribution to the opening the legal profession to women? How should history remember her? This article will examine her role in this history and compare it to her own narrative. Further it will consider how we reconcile her trailblazing challenge to the male exclusivity of the Bar with the difficulties her behaviour often presents to us. Helena Normanton: saint or sinner? And does it matter?     

中国特色社会主义理论体系是在实践中形成的创新理论

中国特色社会主义理论体系,是在改革开放的中国特色社会主义实践基础上,围绕发展中国特色社会主义这一主题展开,并在与各种非中国特色社会主义理论的较量中形成并丰富和发展的具有强大生命力的体系化的理论。     

The Facing Problems and Solutions of International Board launched

本文介绍了推出国际板的背景意义,重点分析了国际板推出后可能带来的外资“圈钱”、人民币大量流出、冲击中小企业融资以及法律依据等问题,并试着探讨了国际板用美元来计价,直接将B股纳入国际板,开通“港股直通车”和强化汇出资金监管等措施。     

中国改革开放以来法律工作者职业化的趋势和问题

改革开放以来,我国法律工作者职业化的程度在不断提高,成为建设法治国家的必要步骤。法律职业化在我国具体表现在从业人数快速增长,法律职业人员受教育水平和专业素质的提高以及国家统一司法考试制度的确立等方面。在职业化进程中,同时存在着地域间职业化发展不平衡,忽视非正规法律工作者和民众法律观念保守等问题,文中在分析以上问题的基础上,也给出了一些解决方案。     

中国共产党人对改革开放的历史贡献

改革开放伟大事业,是在以毛泽东为核心的党的第一代中央领导集体创立毛泽东思想,带领全党全国各族人民建立新中国、取得社会主义革命和建设伟大成就以及艰辛探索社会主义建设规律取得宝贵经验的基础上进行的;改革开放伟大事业,是以邓小平为核心的党的第二代中央领导集体带领全党全国各族人民开创的;改革开放伟大事业,是以江泽民为核心的党的第三代中央领导集体带领全党全国各族人民继承、发展并成功推向21世纪的;十六大以来,我们党在全面建设小康社会实践中坚定不移地把改革开放伟大事业继续推向前进。