Managing commercial risks in open source software licensing

Legal context: The article reviews the commercial risk allocation clauses intypical open source licence terms and discusses their enforceabilityand implications. Key points: The enforceability of warranty disclaimers and limitation ofliability clauses in common open source licence terms is questionable,particularly in a cross-border context, and commercial licensorsshould take additional steps to protect themselves from down-streamrisks. Practical significance: Open source software presents a number of unusual commercialissues, because it is available free of charge and the providerstry to disclaim warranties and liabilities. End users and resellershave to adjust their own in- and out-licensing models to accommodatethis situation.     

再论地役权的从属性

地役权具有从属性，且为固有属性，而非立法政策“强加”的；地役权规范为强制性规范，在建筑物、土地所有权转让的场合，当事人不得约定地役权继续保留在地役权人之手；数个地役权并存于同一宗供役地的场合，先设立且已登记的地役权的效力优先；先设立却无登记的地役权，不能对抗后设立但已登记的地役权；至于先设立却无登记的地役权与后设立亦未登记的地役权之间的效力关系，应按照四项规则处理。     

试析改善民生和扩大内需的内在统一

改善民生，扩大内需，既是应急之策，更是长远战略。只有从根本上解决老百姓的住房、教育、医疗等民生问题，老百姓才敢大胆消费，内需才能全面拉动。     

动态商标及其显著性认定

纸质媒介为主导的传统视觉生活是以静态的传统商标为主，但随着互联网的发展和普及以及电子商务的迅猛发展，非传统的动态商标逐渐受到国际社会的广泛关注。动态商标是以数字媒介为载体和动感设计为基础，是属于广义上的可视性商标，是符合绝大多数国家商标法对商标的规定。动态商标从本质上讲属于心理的认知，是消费者对商标所代表的有关商品或服务信息的评价。强大的视觉冲击效果和周而复始的广告宣传，使得动态商标在消费者的“认知网络”的信息组块中形成“结点”，从而使动态商标获得显著性。     

法律规范与生活逻辑:失火民事赔偿责任衍进的本土叙事

在中国传统社会,对于失火之法律责任,国家法律通常只明确了刑事制裁而无民事赔偿的规定;在民间的习惯法层面,失火人亦往往不担赔偿之责。不过在中国近代大规模继受西方民法的进程中,这一固有法的常态性规范渐被外来的侵权行为规则所排斥。中国近代的侵权行为立法,最终确立了失火行为的民事赔偿责任,且不对过失程度作出任何限定。不过社会实证经验又同样证明,失火毋需赔偿之固有法规范虽被旁置,但内嵌其中的社会文化性内容则在一定程度上被积淀下来,并以一种生活逻辑的形式潜移默化地影响着人们的思维,支配着人们的行为方式。     

论马克思早期的自由观

自由是人类固有的权利.实现自由从来都是人类的理想.正因为自由是一种普遍精神,内在地具有自主性、客观性、能动性、选择性、历史性,以及自发地从事认识、实践和发明创造的性质,具有社会道德和多元价值的含义,因此马克思终生酷爱自由,憎恨剥夺人民群众自由权利的行为,把全部身心都奉献给无产阶级解放事业,以使人类获得真正自由的本性.     

被伐树木整体分离痕迹检验中特殊特征和固有特征的运用

被伐树木形成的整体分离痕迹有其独特性,反映出特有的规律。本文介绍了在盗伐林木案件中,运用整体分离痕迹检验原理、方法,检验被伐树木分离面、分离缘的形态,检验其凸凹断茬特征、虫眼特征、裂纹特征、空心特征等特殊特征以及节子特征、年轮特征、木射线特征、树皮纹理特征等固有特征。特别是在两对应的锯断面之间木质完全缺失情况下,综合运用上述特征有针对性地检验,解决了部分被伐树木整体分离痕迹检验中分离痕迹能否作为同一认定证据、分离体是否原为同一整体的问题。文中所述对被伐树木上的特殊特征和固有特征的研究和运用,拓宽了被伐树木整体分离痕迹检验中特征标记的范围,为丰富被伐树木整体分离痕迹的检验方法提供了参考。     

A Miserable Little Compromise? Exploring Liberal Democrat Fortunes in the UK Coalition

At the half way point of the UK coalition government attention is turning towards the general election, with both parties beginning to contemplate their electoral strategies. This article explores the predicament faced by the Liberal Democrats who, unlike their coalition partners the Conservatives, saw a dramatic decline in support soon after entering government. By exploring a collapse in trust, an apparent identity crisis, and the party's questionable influence, this article seeks to explain the Liberal Democrats' current polling situation and highlight the serious barriers to retaining, yet alone extending their constituency of voters at the 2015 general election.     

Character-building and freedom in education

Educators, parents, and policy-makers in the United States, as in other countries, are concerned about the apparent inability of many schools to contribute to the development of character and civic virtue in their pupils. The answer, experience shows, is not for government to require a pedagogy of state-defined character education which, in a pluralistic society, would inevitably create new conflicts. Instead, education policy should take advantage of the growing interest on the part of educators in creating autonomous, distinctive schools, and the continuing interest, on the part of parents, in being able to choose what school their children will attend. Schools which exhibit a distinctive character based upon a shared understanding of the goals of education are effective not only in teaching academics but also in developing positive character traits in their pupils. Charter schools and educational vouchers are two means of encouraging and supporting such coherent schools. The article concludes with a series of policy recommendations designed to balance the autonomy of schools against the need for public accountability. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

保释制度价值论纲

保释制度既具自身的内在价值,又兼实现诉讼经济、遏止超期羁押等方面的外在价值,但在具体实施过程中也存在一定价值冲突.目前而言,保释可分为“权利保释”与“裁量保释”两种模式.为实现保释制度适用价值的最大化,我国在引入该项制度时,应借鉴各国的已有成果及实践经验,并结合本国的司法实际进行理性选择.