Pre-arrest drug use and associated risk factors among incarcerated offenders in China

ABSTRACT

Past research has consistently reported a higher rate of drug use before arrest among incarcerated inmates than that of the general population. However, there is a lack of either qualitative or quantitative research on this topic under the Chinese setting. Drawing upon survey data collected from 1,518 inmates in a Chinese province, this study attempts to fill in the research gap by assessing the connection between risk factors associated with pre-arrest use. Roughly a quarter of all inmates in the sample had the experience of drug use before arrest. Regression analysis suggested that impulsivity, volatile temper, and perceived prevalence of drug use in neighborhood were significantly related to drug use among inmates. Two control variables include offense type and stable job, were also found to be significant predictors of drug use. Implications for research and policy were highlighted in the end.     

罗马帝国时期埃及地方审判管辖浅析

罗马征服给埃及司法工作带来新的变化。罗马统治者根据其统治需要,在古罗马已有法律实践的基础上吸收、借鉴以往埃及法律惯例,造就了罗马埃及独特的司法制度。在不断地交流互鉴过程中,罗马埃及地方的审判管辖逐渐形成四级审级制度,各审级间的审判管辖权限层次分明,并且审判管辖亦形成了新的特征,即罗马埃及地方审级设置过多、军人参与司法事务和总督拥有最高司法权等特点。埃及地方审判管辖的发展无疑体现其渐趋罗马化的特征。     

国际海洋法法庭迅速释放问题研究

国际海洋法法庭自成立以来共审理了9个迅速释放案件,其中6个案件判决被告沿海国迅速释放被扣押船只和船员,从而有效地解决了沿海国和船旗国之间的争议。因联合国海洋法公约迅速释放相关规定的模糊性,以及国际海洋法法庭在保证金合理性判断标准和实质性审查问题上所采取的非一致性立场,在迅速释放问题上尚未形成习惯法。应该肯定的是,国际海洋法法庭的司法实践对沿海国相关法律制度的完善起到积极作用。本文认为,为维护我国海洋权利不受非法侵犯,应及时修改和完善我国渔民被外国执法扣押时的国家援助制度,以及解决迅速释放时的保证金制度问题。     

The laws of large numbers for Pareto-type random variables with infinite means

In this paper, we consider the laws of large numbers for NSD random variables satisfying Pareto-type distributions with infinite means. Based on the Pareto-Zipf distributions, some weak laws of large numbers for weighted sums of NSD random variables are obtained. Meanwhile, we show that a weak law for Pareto-Zipf distributions cannot be extended to a strong law. Furthermore, based on the two tailed Pareto distribution, a strong law of large numbers for weighed NSD random variables is presented. Our results extend the corresponding earlier ones.     

监察委员会人事管理与约束监督刍议

《监察法》的出台标志着监察制度改革的成果在法律层次上的确认,是国家在政治体制上进行顶层设计的一件大事。“一府一委两院”的政治新格局初步形成,深化监察制度改革依然是健全完善国家监督体系的重要路径。监察委员会的出现不同以往政治体制的改革,使行政监察迈向国家监察,监察制度实现了质的飞跃,其人事管理和“超级机关”的潜在威胁是不容忽视的。基于法治建设中具有普适价值的独立性与权力制约两原则,从人才选拔、人事培养到人事考核探索监察委员会的人事管理,从党的领导和外部机关约束监督的视角思量监察委员会的被监督问题。     

劳动合同服务期规则的适用——以海南省某企业招聘信息为切入点

海南省某企业在其招聘广告中要求劳动者承诺终身服务,涉及服务期规则的适用问题。现行《劳动合同法》存在对劳动者过度保护的倾向性,劳动者约束性条款数量较少。而服务期规则作为用人单位长期留用人才的唯一法律依托,存在着可设定服务期的事项范围过窄、违约金条款不具有应有惩罚性的问题。服务期规则的不健全把企业吸引和培育人才的手段引向异端。司法实践中出现了对现行服务期规则进行突破的裁判或未突破现行规则但裁判结果有违诚信原则的情况。针对现状,建议拓宽可设定服务期的事项范围、改进违约金规则使其具有惩罚性来保障企业人力资本投入上的合理利益,同时规定最长服务期限来维护劳动者基本权益,从而最大限度地维持劳资双方利益平衡。     

Strategic Framing of Adat in Land-Acquisition Politics in East Sumba

This article is about the strategic use of adat arguments in the politics of large-scale land acquisition. While customary (adat) communities are commonly depicted as small local minorities living in the forests and being guardians of the environment, in many situations such communities occupy a majority position within the district. Majority adat communities are internally differentiated into categories of actors with varying and conflicting interests. This article focuses on Sumba in eastern Indonesia, where state and adat powers are not opposed but historically aligned. We analyse how five common ways of framing adat in Sumba are currently being deployed in land-acquisition politics, in situations supporting plantation land acquisition or protesting against farmers’ land dispossession. We draw attention to what we call ‘strategic adat framing’ as a political activity. The article calls for analysing the historical and social context of local deployments of adat for understanding the impact of current government pro-adat policies.     

行政法视角下的不动产登记制度--兼评《不动产登记暂行条例》

建立不动产统一登记制度,是国务院机构改革和职能转变的重要内容,是提高不动产交易效率和安全性的必要之举,也是完善社会主义市场经济体制的必然要求,对保护不动产权利人合法权益、提高政府治理效率具有重要意义。相关的法律中有关不动产登记的不同规定,应当尽快随之配套修改,做好各项规定的衔接。登记机构的职责还应进一步细化与明确,将不动产统一登记制度整体性纳入简政放权的进程中。     

论表演者权——以著作权法第38条的修改为视角

表演是传播文学艺术作品或艺术表达的重要途径,表演者因表演行为而享有表演者权。但从我国著作权法第38条的规定来看,对表演者权的保护并不充分。为适应科学技术与社会生活的变化,须加强和完善对表演者权的法律保护。这不仅能调动表演者的创作积极性,还能促进文学艺术创作和娱乐产业的进一步繁荣。     

法律的民族志写作与文化批评——论中国的法律人类学研究

本文针对目前我国对法律人类学的研究还没有形成独立的学科特色和明确研究方向、研究方法这一问题,提出可以以法律的民族志写作为其工具,进行法律的文化批评,用实践化的研究风格树立其独特的交叉学科形象。