合乎历史 顺乎民意——论《反分裂国家法》出台的意义

《反分裂国家法》是中国政府为了反对和遏制“台独”势力分裂祖国,促进祖国和平统一所制订的一部法律。它体现了国家意志,代表了全中国人民的心声,是一部和平统一的法、一部促进两岸关系发展的法,也是一部中国自主解决台湾问题的法。它的出台有助于反对和遏制“台独”势力分裂国家,有助于促进两岸关系稳定发展,有助于维护台海地区的和平与稳定,合乎历史,顺乎民心。     

股权众筹是否真的那么美--基于美国制度缺陷的再思考

股权众筹作为初创企业采用的一种利用互联网向大众募集小额资本的融资方式，以“脱媒式”对接投融资双方的优势，利用互联网的人群聚集与信息广泛传播效应，降低投融资方之间沟通成本，有助于投融资意向的快速达成。2012年美国JOBS法案的高调出台，吸引了全球范围内的广泛关注。但股权众筹制度在美国已受到诸多批判，除信息披露要求弱化引发的欺诈风险增加外，在注重前端融资效率的同时却忽略了投资端的设计和保护，尤其是众筹股权的流通和退出问题等。美国立法与实践领域对于这些问题尚未取得彻底的突破。股权众筹以美国模式为样板引入中国，在遭遇中国固有法律体系及制度的困扰后，中国股权众筹实践陷入更多困境。通过对美国相关制度出台的背景及存在的不足进行分析，对照中国实践，锁定实践中产生的新问题，并深入探讨现有解决路径能否真正缓解这些不足，以期对股权众筹制度重新进行明确的定位。     

Senior centres in the lives of older Americans: implications for Chinese older adults

As a critical community resource, the senior centre has provided older Americans with a wide array of recreational, nutritional, health, and social service programmes. Funding resources include the Older Americans Act allocations, local organisations and governments, national charities, voluntary associations, and religious associations. The types of programmes offered at a senior centre reflect two models: social agency model or voluntary organisation model. The five most popular programmes are nutrition, health and fitness, recreation, volunteering, and social services. Participation in senior centre activities has positive impacts on the overall well-being of older adult participants. With the rapid growth in the ageing population and improved life expectancy in China, senior centres may serve as a focal point for Chinese older adults by providing a broad spectrum of social services to enhance the well-being of community-dwelling older adults, to support their independence and dignity, and to facilitate ageing in place in later life.     

Navigating health care: brokerage and access for undocumented Latino immigrants under the 2010 Affordable Care Act

ABSTRACT

Brokerage is a prominent mechanism that explains access for Latino immigrants to many American institutions. However, few studies examine the dual nature of brokerage in answering questions on access to health care for undocumented Latino immigrants. The growing importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and ethnic navigators connecting immigrants to health care under the 2010 Affordable Care Act calls attention to the duality of brokers and its role in access. The study draws from 44 in-depth interviews with providers, clinic directors, navigators, and immigrant patients and two years of fieldwork in FQHCs in California’s San Francisco Bay Area (2011–2013). Results show that brokers enable access through coaching and myth-busting but they also hinder it through scrutiny and bureaucratic filtering. The widespread dependence on brokerage, I argue, leads to ersatz brokerage, such as when providers navigate the health-care system for the undocumented without the appropriate linguistic resources or coordination. Furthermore, the study shows that the duality in brokerage generates misinformation, churning, and alienation. Understanding the relational processes that both include and exclude vulnerable populations from needed services enhances theories of immigrant integration and can help design more efficient policies and address inequalities related to documentation status.     

美国《双语教育法》颁布的社会背景研究——基于霍姆斯的四模式分析框架

在美国的中小学校除英语之外讲各种语言的学生,或者说那些不会讲英语的学生,他们的教育需求长期得不到妥善的解决。1968年颁布的《双语教育法》表明,美国联邦政府承认了美国学校体制中长期存在的只能使用英语教学的单语教学问题,如何使教学语言多样性是一个亟待解决的核心问题。以霍姆斯的四模式为分析框架,把颁布《双语教育法》时纷繁复杂的社会背景置于规范模式、组织制度模式、精神状态模式和自然环境模式中进行分析,结果显示:(1)移民人口剧增并逐步扩展到新的区域,给美国公立学校造成了巨大压力;(2)司法判例对所实施的隔离但平等原则的彻底否定催生了新的希望;(3)少数族裔群体谴责主流社会的不公平,他们要求身份认同和获得更多权利的呼声愈来愈大;(4)联邦政府对保障国防安全、消除贫困现象等多重利益的考量,促成了《双语教育法》的颁布。     

禁忌语的“言有所指”刍议

语言学家奥斯汀在他的言语行为理论中把施为句分成三种：以言指事、以言行事和以言成事。我们借用奥斯汀的以言指事之称，认为语言中的禁忌语也是“言有所指”，指代的是客观世界中人们所避讳的事物和理念，因此被禁忌。禁忌语的“言有所指”大致可以分为人称代词指称语类、专有名词指称语类、普通名词指称语类三个类别。人们之所以禁忌这些言语，是混淆了“能指”和“所指”之间的关系。     

加拿大环境保护法的变迁:1988—2008

加拿大环境保护法自1988年产生之后,随着社会环境的变化而不断更新,在正当的法律程序的指引之下,既重视法律文本的完善,又关注法律的实效,以此为借鉴,中国环境法在修改过程中,可以突出以下方面:一是进一步充实立法原则;二是建立环境保护责任制度;三是完善立法程序和立法技术.     

Deaf access to justice in Northern Ireland: rethinking ‘Reasonable Adjustment’ in the Disability Discrimination Act

Abstract

This article provides findings of a qualitative study exploring the interactions of eight Deaf participants and one hearing ally with the justice system in Northern Ireland, where the Disability Discrimination Act requires solicitors to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ in order to provide effective access to Deaf clients. Three thematic categories emerged: (a) barriers to accessing justice, (b) work Deaf people do for access, and (c) the need to educate solicitors about access. A central strain ran through these themes: the idea that ‘reasonable adjustment’ must reflect the value of sign language interpreters in facilitating effective communication access for all the parties.     

以言行事——从言语行为理论解析公益广告语的动态功能

公益广告传播带来的社会效益使得公益广告的社会价值得到了社会的认可和公众的青睐。文章以Austin和Searle创立的言语行为理论为基础，结合中外公益广告实例，从言语行为理论几个重要概念入手分析和探讨公益广告语的“以言行事”传播功能，揭示公益广告语言在广告传播效果上的积极作用。     

英国刑事相似事实证据规则的新发展——以《2003年刑事审判法》为基点

自《2003年刑事审判法》颁布以来,英国刑事相似事实证据规则发生巨大变革。新法将相似事实证据归于不良品格证据项下,并废除了普通法上的相似事实证据规则,改而以类型化的一般相关性为可采性标准,并辅以详尽的采纳程序。这虽然改变了普通法严格的可采性标准,限制了法官的自由裁量权,却大大简化和统一了相似事实证据规则的适用,也促进司法公正的实现。