蚕桑文化的符号构成及礼治内涵解析

人类文化都是以符号化的思维及符号化的行为表现出来的,并且人类文化的全部发展都依赖于这些不同符号的表达,蚕桑文化也不例外.远古时期的华夏民族群体生活中,留下了内涵丰富的以蚕桑为中心的图像符号、传说及史实记载,从一个侧面反映出古代中国农耕社会的原初面貌以及变迁发展.以桑、蚕、丝为主要内容的蚕桑文化元素,成为华夏民族文化体系的重要组成部分,蚕丝及蚕丝服饰成为儒家文化所倡导的礼治思想的外在表现形式.     

论中国古代的宗族刑法

中国古代宗族刑法助长群体意识与道德标准入律,忽视公平与正义,破坏国家法治统一,侵犯国家司法权,有违刑法保障人权机能与刑法保护秩序机能。司法实践中,动用“家法”和私刑代替国家司法权、煽动“民愤”等干扰司法活动的现象以及宗派争诉、情胜于法等宗族刑法观,是对国家司法权的挑衅和破坏,其消极作用不言而喻。     

中国宪法非讼化原因探析

中国宪法呈现为非讼化特征是有其历史必然性的。其主要原因在于 :前苏联宪法模式及其苏维埃宪法意识的影响 ,宪法章程化、宪法纲领化和宪法问题政治化等中国现代宪法观念的作用 ,以及中国社会民主意识和公民宪法权利意识的限制     

The influence of acculturation level and family relationships on quality of life among U.S. Chinese older adults

ABSTRACT

The present study examined the influence of acculturation level and family relationships (i.e., positive family support and negative family strain) on quality of life (QOL), using the data from the Population Study of ChINese Elderly (PINE) in Chicago (N = 3159). Controlling for sociodemographic variables and health status, it was found that individuals’ acculturation level and positive family support were positively related to QOL, whereas negative family strain was negatively associated with QOL. More importantly, higher acculturation levels were associated with increased protective effects of positive family support and reduced risk effects of negative family strain on QOL among U.S. Chinese older adults.     

Pure Gold for Broken Bodies: Discursive Techniques Constructing Milk Banking and Peer Milk Sharing in U.S. News

Technological advances provide increased ability to transfer human tissues—blood, organs, milk—from one body to another. This article analyzes mechanisms of reality construction in U.S. news to construct shared human breast milk. Articles used typifications and human interest stories to convey participants as victims, lay heroes, and villains. Milk banking was portrayed as institutionally integrated through associations, expert testimonies, and formalized procedures, making banked milk “pure gold.” Peer sharing was portrayed as institutionally opposed through institutional warnings, expert testimonies, informal procedures, and hypothetical atrocities, making peer milk “fool's gold.” Findings suggest that “biovalue” of human milk is interconnected with institutional processing.     

Crossing the border: immigrant student identities in Swaziland schools

This paper sets out to explore how the resettlement of immigrant students in a host country and schooling context influenced the constitution, negotiation and representation of their identities. Data capture included a mix of semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, observations and a researcher journal. Data were analyzed by means of the content analysis method. Findings were fivefold. First, the sociocultural context influenced the way immigrant students constructed their identities. Second, categorization was based on phenotypical features, accent, negative attitudes and stereotypical perceptions of immigrants by Swaziland society. Third negotiated identities were multiple in nature and rooted in their culture of origin. Fourth, self-determination was a strong trait of immigrants; reflected in their work ethic, in the resolution of culture conflicts, and in their drive to achieve linguistic competency. And fifth, psychosocial passing was consistent with second generation immigrants. New knowledge generated from this study revealed that African immigrants preferred to be clustered with Mozambican immigrants, as it provided solid ground from which they negotiated identities in Swaziland schools. Mozambican immigrants recruited other African immigrants into their cluster, which they referred to as the ‘Chico nation’. And, the culture of non-Christian immigrants was suppressed to promote Christian religious beliefs and values.     

宪法视域中的公共利益原则分析

公共利益原则是一项重要的宪法原则。公共利益原则的实施必须以宪法为基础,宪法以人民主权、权力制约等价值要素为公共利益的实现提供政治前提和法律依据。同时,还通过一整套设计完整的宪法制度对公共利益原则的异化进行矫正。     

严格责任的反思

我国刑法理论界中关于严格责任的概念和种类有较大分歧,从新的角度对其进行了反思和梳理,使我国的严格责任理论更为科学,并沿着理性的思路对严格责任在我国之所以存在的理论基础进行了充分论证。严格责任与我国传统意义上的罪过责任和犯罪构成理论存在较大差异和逻辑矛盾,笔者也试着对这些问题进行了诠释、论证和解决。     

影响创新扩散速度的社会和技术因素之研究

通过对美国、中国内地和香港等不同地区不同创新物在各自特定时空中的扩散轨迹的总结和分析,把影响创新扩散的因素归纳为两大类:社会的和技术的。其中,社会因素又区分为创新产生的年代和创新扩散的地区,而技术因素主要指创新属性,分为计算类、电信类、家庭娱乐类和大众媒介类。研究结果发现,社会因素中的创新出现的时间对于创新扩散的形态具有显著影响;扩散所在地区和创新特性对创新扩散的形态没有显著影响。     

预备立宪时期清政府的政体选择

预备立宪时期,在一部分官僚立宪派的推动下,清政府起初选择了日本式的二元君主制度政体,但后来由于形势的变化不得不向议会君主制政体转轨.就当时中国的情形而言,选择二元君主制政体有其历史的合理性.而议会君主制政体尽管是西方长期以来一种行之有效的制度设计,但对当时的中国而言却很难说是最佳的政体选择.