The Discourse of the Extreme Right and Its Ideological Implications: The Case of the Alleanza nazionale on Immigration

Against the background of research on Italian parliamentary debates on immigration, ter Wal looks at the ideological positions of the extreme-right Alleanza nazionale (AN) concerning both immigration and integration policy. In order to unravel the ideological implications she focuses on examples of various rhetorical strategies enacted in speeches by several of the party's MPs: including stategies of self- and other-presentation, and of justification and causal explanation. This analysis shows how the AN manages to propagate an ideology of ethnic nationalism that eschews the egalitarian norms and cultural pluralism necessary for full participation by migrants. The AN's transformation and re-interpretation of the meaning of the key values of equality andsolidarietàfunction as a justification for the restriction of migrants' rights. Speakers shift the perspective from immigrants' problems to the socio-economic problems of Italians in order to recommend a policy of 'the own people first'. While the AN's discourse thus continues to build on traditional extreme-right beliefs and claims, on the other hand it also espouses New Right ideologies of cultural relativism. Moreover, unlike that of radical-right parties, the AN's discourse does not express blatant forms of ethnic prejudice in the form of stereotypical beliefs and negative representations of immigrants' personal characteristics, nor does it blame immigrants, who are rather represented, and sympathized with, as victims. The moderation of and internal contradictions in its discourse makes the AN difficult     

Regulatory policy outputs and impacts: Exploring a complex relationship

In this article, we pursue the objective of empirically testing the extent to which changes in environmental policy outputs can explain changes in environmental impacts. Previously, systematic testing of this relationship was hampered by the lack of a compelling measurement of changes in regulatory policy outputs. To remedy this, we present a novel approach to the measurement of events of regulatory output change. We illustrate our concept by employing data on changes in clean air regulations in 24 advanced democracies from 1976 to 2003. In a next step, we explore the extent to which changes in clean air regulations can account for changes in air pollutant emissions. The empirical analysis suggests that changes in clean air regulations cannot be unconditionally associated with changing intensities of air pollutant emission. We deem these results to have far‐reaching implications for the study of regulatory policy change.     

The triumph of regulatory politics: Benefit–cost analysis and political salience

While benefit–cost analysis (BCA) is now a permanent part of the regulatory process in the United States, and many other countries around the world as well as the European Union have adopted it or are moving toward it, there have been few empirical attempts to assess either whether its use improves regulations or how BCA interacts with the political environment. We use a unique US database of the costs and benefits of 109 economically significant regulations issued between 2000 and 2009 to examine whether the amount of information provided in the BCA or political factors surrounding the regulation better correlate with the net benefits of the regulation. We find that there is little correlation between the information provided by the analysis and the net benefits. However, we find that regulations that receive few public comments and are not issued at the end of an administration, have the highest net benefits. These are the regulations that are the least politically salient. This interaction between the political environment and the economic performance of a regulation has been under‐examined and deserves further study.     

人格立法之时代性与人格权的权利内质

法律人格是时代背景的产物,时代背景的变化必然要求变革人格立法以满足权利主体的正当性需求。以罗马法为代表的人格立法向以《法国民法典》等为代表的人格立法的发展,确立了以人之生命的保全和促进为目的的伦理性法律人格制度。这种法律上对人的伦理关怀,在遭遇现代科技特别是生命科技等因素的时候,使得单纯以生命的保全和促进为目的的人格立法不再与人的实现这一法律命令相一致。于此,个体主张其享有的人格权不应仅限于防御性的权利而应内涵积极请求权的特质。一方面,德国等国的法律实践对此态度犹豫不决,另一方面,现实生活中的个体因为其正当性权利要求得不到法律上的支持而陷入困境之中。因此,必须适时承认个体的这种权利主张以满足人之实现的法律命令。     

苏木素碱性品红苦味酸（HBFP）染色法对诊断心肌早期缺血的评价

法医病理学检验中,常需一种诊断心肌早期缺血性损害的准确方法,以便解决疑为心肌早期缺血,迅速死亡的案例.这些案例往往因为HE染色病变不典型,难以作出急性心肌缺血的诊断.为此,我们采用Lie等介绍的苏木素碱性苦味酸(HBFP)染色法,对26例法医尸体解剖的心肌组织切片进行研究,并同HE染色进行了对比观察.期望在诊断早期心肌缺血方面作出一恰当的评价.     

农村财务委托代理制的积极效应及其障碍排除——以广东湛江农村财务委托代理模式为例

广东湛江探索实行的农村财务委托代理是一种行之有效的模式。农村财务委托代理制在规范农村财务管理、密切农村党群干群关系、促进农村经济健康稳步发展等方面产生了积极效应。在推行过程中,对于思想认识、法理支持、责任追究、代理操作以及可持续发展方面的障碍要予以排除。     

环境影响评价制度中的公众参与

环境影响评价制度是一项重要的环境法律制度 ,公众参与是环境影响评价程序的关键。公众参与能保证决策的民主和科学 ,保障决策的行之有效。我国的《环境影响评价法》对公众参与的主体、对象、范围、方式所做的规定还不能令人满意。借鉴西方国家和港台地区立法的先进经验 ,我们应当通过使法律具有可操作性、协调好国家干预和公众参与、赋予公众提起环境诉讼的权利、加强公众宣传、保证信息透明等方式对其加以完善。     

Ego Strength Development of Adolescents Involved in Adult-Sponsored Structured Activities

A psychosocial conception of ego strengths is presented in relation to adolescent involvement in adult-sponsored structured youth activities. Five-hundred and seventeen high school students completed measures on their involvement in structured activities and on 8 ego strengths. Gender, age, and SES were controlled in a MANCOVA procedure and it was found that extracurricular activities of sports, student government, and belonging to an issues group, as well as engagement in volunteerism were related to several of the ego strengths. Religious attendance was not related to the ego strengths. In longitudinal analysis, it was shown that ego strength at Time 1 predicted involvement in structured activities at Time 2 (8 months later), but structured activities at Time 1 did not predict ego strength at Time 2. The findings are discussed relative to theory and research findings on the topic.Carol A. Markstrom is a Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in 1988 from Utah State University. Her research interests include adolescent identity formation, positive youth development, American Indian adolescents, and indigenous models of human development.Xaioming Li is a Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology in 1992 from the University of Minnesota. Research interests (in general) include child development, adolescent health risk prevention and intervention, research methodology, and biostatistics.Shana L. Blackshire is a M. S. Instructor, Child Development and Family Studies, Division of Family and Consumer Sciences, West Virginia University.Juanita J. Wilfong is a graduate student, Elementary Education, West Virginia University.     

加入WTO对我国法律的影响

加入WTO对我国既是机遇又是挑战,跨国商业交往将不断增多。本文从我国对外贸易法、外资法、服务贸易法、知识产权法等方面论证了我国法律与WTO规则之间的差距,提出了完善我国法律制度的具体对策。     

网络舆论对法治的影响

网络舆论能够迅速地形成强大的压力，使决策者处于舆论压力之下，不得不进行反映民主民意的决策。新闻媒体出于自身利益而进行的对案件具有倾向性的引导和未审先判的道德审判，对法官造成的压力也是巨大的。因此，应当分析网络舆论对法治影响的利弊，加以正确引导，从而为构建社会主义和谐社会作出贡献。