金融机构在反洗钱中的核心地位

洗钱犯罪有多种渠道,但大多数洗钱犯罪是通过金融机构进行的,金融机构是洗钱犯罪活动的重要场所。洗钱犯罪不仅动摇金融机构的信用基础,危及金融安全,而且还影响金融市场的稳定。充分发挥金融机构在反洗钱活动中的重要作用,建立起金融机构反洗钱犯罪的第一道屏障,对遏止洗钱犯罪起着至关重要的作用。     

试论少数民族习惯法与国家制定法的冲突与互补

习惯法与国家制定法 ,是两种不同的社会规范 ,存在着冲突 ,但有着共同的目标追求。在法治现代化的过程中 ,应充分利用少数民族习惯法的价值 ,并注重对少数民族习惯法的继承与改造 ,协调习惯法与国家制定法之间的冲突 ,实现二者互补和融合的良好状态。     

宪政在政治文明中的地位和作用

政治文明以民主政治制度为核心 ,以实施宪法、实行法治、制约权力为保障。宪政是以民主政治和法治为基础 ,是宪法规范及其实施并对具体的政治和社会生活产生现实影响的产物 ,是现代政治文明进步的结果和标志。宪政对政治文明具有保障民主政治的运行、建立和维护社会正常的政治秩序、制约政府权力、保护公民权利等方面的作用。树立宪政意识、实行法治和党的依法执政等是政治文明建设中急需完善的主要问题。     

浮动担保制度对我国的物权立法之借鉴

浮动担保在英国已有百多年历史.它以不转移担保物的占有,并允许担保人在一定范围内自由处分财产为显著特征.我国将在制定物权法中应全面引入浮动担保制度,为众多企业的融资活动开辟新天地.     

Rapidly growing internal carotid artery aneurysm after amphetamine abuse: case report

Amphetamine is one of the most common illicitly abused drugs in certain countries. It is a potent sympathomimetic that may lead to vascular events, including stroke and myocardial infarction. Most reports of stroke after amphetamine abuse are of intracerebral hemorrhage. In this report, the authors describe a ruptured aneurysm of the right internal carotid artery in a young man with amphetamine abuse. It grew rapidly within 2 weeks. Surgery revealed fibrosis and fibrinoid necrosis around the aneurysm. The aneurysm was successfully embolized with Guglielmi detachable coil. A rapidly growing aneurysm in the major intracranial vessels resulting from amphetamine abuse is very rare.     

Data protection in the Asia-Pacific region

The increasing reliance on technology as a means of conducting cross-border businesses has spurred on the development of data protection and privacy laws in many countries across the globe. In Asia, however, many countries today still have no or extremely limited data protection laws. Cultural attitudes towards the concept of autonomy and the well-established right of certain governments to monitor and scrutinise its people in certain countries have been partly to blame. However, in order to remain economically viable, the businesses and government of these countries must be able to provide protections which are at least similar to those afforded by the data protection laws of their business counterparts. This article examines the effectiveness and relevance of the APEC Privacy Framework and the state of the data protection laws in eight Asia-Pacific countries today.     

Asia–Pacific news

This column provides a country by country analysis of the latest legal developments, cases and issues relevant to the IT, media and telecommunications' industries in key jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region. The articles appearing in this column are intended to serve as ‘alerts’ and are not submitted as detailed analyses of cases or legal developments.     

Legal developments and industry issues relevant to IT,media and telecommunications law in key jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific

This column provides a country by country analysis of the latest legal developments, cases and issues relevant to the IT, media and telecommunications' industries in key jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region. The articles appearing in this column are intended to serve as ‘alerts’ and are not submitted as detailed analyses of cases or legal developments.     

关于建立相奸人侵权责任制度的法律思考

婚姻侵权给受害人造成财产上的损害和非财产上的损害，受害人理应有权请求侵权行为人承担责任，很多国家的法律都有规定，我国现行《婚姻法》规定存在较大瑕疵，没有规定第三者(相奸人)的侵权责任，建立相奸人的侵权责任制度势在必行。     

Effects of genetic and environmental explanations of psychopathy and gender on perceptions of criminal behaviors

Genetic/biological evidence is increasingly introduced into courtrooms but findings regarding its impact are mixed. This study integrates research on psychopathy and the use of genetic evidence in legal contexts by considering how information on genetic causal accounts of psychopathy affect perceptions of culpability, recidivism, amenability to treatment, and sentencing severity. Perpetrator gender was examined as a moderator. Two-hundred thirty-eight undergraduates read a hypothetical violent crime vignette and mock expert testimony regarding psychopathy. The testimony included a diagnosis only, or a diagnosis plus genetic or environmental explanations of the etiology of psychopathy. Results indicated that a genetic account of psychopathy was not clearly perceived as aggravating or mitigating such that participants were more lenient in their perceptions of culpability yet more punitive in their sentencing recommendations when perpetrators were described to have genetically-caused psychopathy. An environmental account of psychopathy was mitigating but only for sentencing severity. In addition, although participants were more lenient in sentencing male and female perpetrators when provided with an environmental cause of psychopathy, participants judged male perpetrators most harshly when provided with a genetic cause of psychopathy. Implications of the relations between etiology and gender in legal decision-making are discussed.